When Baby Stops Breathing: Analysis of Mothers’ Interviews

Deborah Stiffler; Deborah Cullen; Evelyn Stephenson; Gaye Luna; Taylor D. Hartman

doi:10.1177/1054773815619580

When Baby Stops Breathing: Analysis of Mothers’ Interviews

Deborah Stiffler, Deborah Cullen, Evelyn Stephenson, Gaye Luna, Taylor D. Hartman

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Abstract

Sudden unexplained infant death is responsible for 14% of Indiana’s infant mortality. The purpose of this qualitative research study was to describe mothers’ experiences when death of an infant occurred suddenly and unexpectedly. Field deputies or social workers interviewed mothers from central Indiana during the child-death team investigations. The Thematic Analysis Program from the Joanna Briggs Institute was used to analyze interview data. Sixteen de-identified interview cases were extracted, and a meta-aggregate method was conducted. The three synthesized themes were Extreme Emotional Shock, We Feel Like We’re to Blame, and Working Toward Moving On. Understanding these phenomena from mothers’ experience may assist in eliminating risks associated with infant deaths and inform nursing practice and policy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	310-324
Number of pages	15
Journal	Clinical Nursing Research
Volume	25
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1054773815619580
State	Published - Jun 2014

Keywords

infant mortality
infant suffocation
public health nursing
qualitative research
sudden unexplained death

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Nursing(all)

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