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to report the clinical outcomes of the first six months of operation of an innovative midwife-led normal birth unit (MNBU) in China in 2008, aiming to facilitate normal birth and enhance midwifery practice.an urban hospital with 2000–3000 deliveries per year.this study was part of a major action research project that led to implementation of the MNBU. A retrospective cohort and a questionnaire survey...
Chinese midwifery is under threat and has been denigrated, with virtually all midwives practising in the labour wards.The present study aims to inform the development of a proposed continuing professional education programme.Questionnaire surveys and semi-structured interviews were used to investigate the views of new mothers after vaginal births and midwives. The questions focussed on midwives' education,...
to investigate and assess Chinese midwives’ views of their roles and ability to practice in a proposed midwife-led normal birth unit (MNBU).a self-completed questionnaire supplemented with semi-structured telephone interviews. Memos, diaries, correspondence and comments of Chinese collaborators were also accessed.six hospitals in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province.143 midwives were contacted...
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