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WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES: BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO ACCESSING SERVICES DURING PREGNANCY,CHILDBIRTH AND EARLY MOTHERHOODSchool of Nursing <strong>and</strong> Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin1.5. Inclusion criteria ....................................................................................... 51.5.1. Quality assessment .............................................................................. 51.5.2. Research domains included ................................................................. 51.5.3. Social <strong>and</strong> cultural appropriateness of research ................................... 61.6. Number <strong>and</strong> type of papers selected for use in each section ............... 61.7. Format of the review ................................................................................. 7CHAPTER TWO: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT ......................................... 82.1. Introduction ............................................................................................... 82.2. Childbirth <strong>and</strong> motherhood in Irel<strong>and</strong> ..................................................... 82.3. Official statistics <strong>and</strong> definitions of disability in Irel<strong>and</strong> ..................... 102.3.1 His<strong>to</strong>rical development of data collection............................................. 102.3.2. Inclusion of disability statistics in national Census .............................. 112.3.3. Development of exp<strong>and</strong>ed Census categories exploring disability ..... 122.3.4. The National Disability Survey ............................................................ 132.4. Limits of published research ................................................................. 182.5. Physical <strong>and</strong> sensory disability: pregnancy, childbirth, <strong>and</strong> earlymotherhood .................................................................................................... 192.5.1. Background <strong>and</strong> context ..................................................................... 192.5.2. Evolution of the concept of disability ................................................... 202.5.3. Society’s attitudes <strong>to</strong> women <strong>with</strong> disability ........................................ 212.5.4. Reproductive control ........................................................................... 222.5.5. The effect of physical disabilities on pregnancy .................................. 232.6. Mental health <strong>and</strong> illness: pregnancy, childbirth, <strong>and</strong> earlymotherhood .................................................................................................... 252.6.1. His<strong>to</strong>rical perspective.......................................................................... 252.6.2. Mental health difficulties <strong>and</strong> pregnancy ............................................. 272.6.3. Motherhood <strong>and</strong> mental distress in context: social <strong>and</strong> personalcircumstances ............................................................................................... 322.6.4. Positive aspects of mothering for women <strong>with</strong> mental health difficulties..................................................................................................................... 342.6.5. Mothers <strong>with</strong> enduring mental health difficulties’ experience of themental health service .................................................................................... 362.7. <strong>Women</strong> <strong>with</strong> intellectual disabilities: pregnancy, childbirth, <strong>and</strong> earlymotherhood .................................................................................................... 392.7.1. Introduction ......................................................................................... 392.7.2. Labels, definitions <strong>and</strong> diagnostic criteria ........................................... 402.7.3. His<strong>to</strong>rical perspective.......................................................................... 432.8. Summary .................................................................................................. 48ii

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