Journal article
Advice from Bereaved Parents on Strategies to Heal After Baby Loss
OMEGA-JOURNAL OF DEATH AND DYING
11 Oct 2022
PMID: 36219066
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Abstract
With close to one in three babies dying between conception and infancy, research examining how to assist bereaved parents after loss is critical. Prior research focuses primarily on a general understanding of the journey post-loss or on a specific strategy that can be pursued to assist in healing but does not adequately provide a holistic examination of post-loss strategies nor is it from firsthand recommendations of bereaved parents. Our research addresses this gap in the literature by identifying the post-loss healing strategies recommended by bereaved parents themselves, thereby informing coping post-loss. To do this, 30 semi-structured interviews were conducted with bereaved mothers. Four themes emerged from our findings: (1) honor the deceased baby, (2) engage in helpful practices, (3) pursue healing now, and (4) embrace the post-loss journey as unique.
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- Title
- Advice from Bereaved Parents on Strategies to Heal After Baby Loss
- Publication Details
- OMEGA-JOURNAL OF DEATH AND DYING
- Publisher
- SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC; THOUSAND OAKS
- Grant note
- The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was generously funded by the Star Legacy Foundation and an ACR-AMA research grant on transformative consumer research. We would also like to thank Eliza Fay for her help with various aspects of this project's data. This research is motivated by and dedicated to Solomon Onyx Minton who died at three weeks old in January 2021.
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000866194100001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-105001062386
- Other Identifier
- 991021861209604721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Multidisciplinary
- Social Sciences, Biomedical