title: Talking about how difficult we find it.
abstract: As part of a study on the health and social support needs of families with a baby aged under one year, twenty families on Merseyside with a baby born in the same month in 1988 were interviewed at home when the baby was between seven and nine months old. The interviews were unstructured, tape recorded and later transcribed in full. Transcripts were indexed to explore the need for, use of and response to, health support systems. Most interviewees felt that post-natal groups would provide valuable support.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Curtice
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support