'She come like a sister to me': a qualitative study of volunteer social support for disadvantaged women in the transition to motherhood in England

This qualitative study explores the ways in which disadvantaged women benefit from social support from a trained volunteer during pregnancy and the postnatal period, using the theoretical frameworks of stress and coping and a multi-dimensional model of social support. Forty-seven mothers took part i...

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Main Authors: McLeish, J, Redshaw, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Royal Society, The 2021