'This child is a planned baby': skilled migrant fathers and reproductive decision-making.
OBJECTIVE
This study analyses discourses that migrant fathers in New Zealand draw on to explain their decision to have a child.


BACKGROUND
Little is known about migrant men's reproductive decisions in the context of contemporary/active fatherhood.


METHODS
A discourse analytic research study.


METHODS
Qualitative research was conducted in 2009 where Chinese and Indian migrant men took part in focus groups.


RESULTS
Fathers drew on two key discourses to understand how they became fathers. The first was fatherhood as a financial decision and the second was fatherhood as a natural process. These two discourses are not always congruent.


CONCLUSIONS
Understanding the discourses that shape men's decisions to have a child, will enhance nurses' capacity to provide appropriate care and support for migrant families.
Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Ruth Noreen Argie
RN
De Souza
D003657:Decision Making; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012098:Reproduction; D014171:Transients and Migrants
decision-making; discourse analysis; father(s); heteronormativity; midwifery; neoliberalism; nurses; nursing