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Home delivery - Czech reflection discussion
NĚMCOVÁ, Tereza
Periodicals are the topic a home birth engaged only in certain time waves, about whether a home birth is permissible or not. The views of the general public are greatly influenced by the media that report on these events. The professional public provides expert opinions on home birth. These views are supported by relevant research. And that's why the medical opinion carries a great weight for the view on this whole topic. In my bachelor thesis, I have dealt with home birth, as reflected in newspapers. In the theoretical part, I focused on defining the terms and the legislation associated with home birth, as midwife, doula, birth plan and others. I provided detailed history on the procedure of transfer of women from the home environment to the medical environment. I also explained the applicable laws relating to midwives and newborns. The aim of my thesis was to map the interest of press in the home birth. The reflections are associated with events in this issue. I also examined the reactions and opinions of journalists, lay and professional public. An integral part of this research was to monitor the trends and shifts in this debate. I used the qualitative research strategy in the form of analysis of printed documents in my thesis. The research group was based on the three most widely read journals - Lidove noviny, MF Dnes and Právo, and the three most read newsweeklies - Reflex, Respekt and Týden. The research cohorts were selected according to the readership criteria based on the data from the Publishers' Union from 2013. I identified two seasons for my research. The first one was the period from 1990 to 2012 for Mladá fronta Dnes. I performed a retrospective analysis of development in these data to explore the media interest in home birth over a longer period of time. The second period (for all media) was between January 1, 2013 and June 30, 2015. A deeper analysis of the articles was performed for a shorter period of time. The research showed that periodicals are not interested in home birth. It turned out that the discussion was based on an event. Mostly, it was a negative event. The highest increase in frequency of articles was found in the events associated with the judiciary and in the events associated with the death or adverse developments in home birth. The discussion is the last part of this thesis. The results are compared with the literature used in the theoretical part. In conclusion, I present a summary of my research and suggestions for solutions.
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