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to estimate the costs to women, their friends and family for different antenatal tests in the Down's syndrome (DS) screening pathway.questionnaire-based costing study.eight maternity clinics across the UK.pregnant women (n=574) attending an appointment for DS screening, NIPT or invasive testing between December 2013 and September 2014.using data collected from the questionnaires we calculated the...
to compare hospital and health service usage costs of feeding low-birthweight (LBW) infants predominantly with their mother's milk, supplemented with donor milk, with donor milk and preterm formula.prospective matching study.tertiary public perinatal centre, neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and donor human milk bank.100LBW infants (Group I) fed predominantly with their mother's milk from the first...
there is potential for midwives to indirectly experience events whilst providing clinical care that fulfil criteria for trauma. This research aimed to investigate the characteristics of events perceived as traumatic by UK midwives.as part of a postal questionnaire survey conducted between December 2011 and April 2012, midwives (n=421) who had witnessed and/or listened to an account of an event and...
a growing body of literature has highlighted the prevalence of mistreatment that women experience around the globe during childbirth, including verbal and physical abuse, neglect, lack of support, and disrespect. Much of this has been qualitative. Research around the world suggests that support during childbirth can improve health outcomes and behaviours, and improve experiences. Support can be instrumental,...
to investigate how ‘normal’ childbirth is described by new mothers and their attending midwives.a qualitative, reflexive, narrative study was used to explore birth stories using in-depth, un-structured interviews.21 new mothers and their 16 attending midwives were recruited from the locality surrounding a district general hospital in South Wales, United Kingdom (UK).the findings identified that the...
to gain insight into the experiences of women, partners and midwives who participated in the Complementary Therapies for Labour and Birth Study, an evidence based complementary medicine (CM) antenatal education course.qualitative in-depth interviews and a focus group as part of the Complementary Therapies for Labour and Birth Study.thirteen low risk primiparous women and seven partners who had participated...
pregnancy care for vulnerable women is often perceived as a burden by caregivers as vulnerable clients require complex case management, additional time, and more often show adverse perinatal outcomes. Vulnerable clients bring about additional work strain for the caregiver, especially when the workload is high. We define client vulnerability as coexistence of psychopathology, psychosocial problems...
to explore women's preferences with regard to their preferred health professional during labour and childbirth in case of an uncomplicated pregnancy, and to gain insight into women's knowledge of the legal competences of midwives.a descriptive observational study.Brussels metropolitan region, Belgium.women in their reproductive age, living in the Brussels metropolitan region, with Dutch or French...
birth weight is vital to the development potential of the newborn. Abnormal birth weight (such as low birth weight and macrosomia) is an important determinant of child survival, disabilities, stunting, and long-term adverse consequences for the onset of non-communicable diseases in the life course and therefore demands appropriate public health interventions. Stillbirths are also considered one of...
to summarise research evidence on the impact of father-infant skin-to-skin contact on infant and paternal outcomes.an integrative literature review.PubMed, ScienceDirect, PsycINFO, and Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health.studies included were: (1) published in English between January 1995 to September 2015; (2) primary researches; and (3) focused on fathers providing skin-to-skin contact...
low- and middle-income countries still have a long way to go to reach the fifth Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality. Mozambique has accomplished a reduction of maternal mortality since the 1990s, but still has among the highest in the world. A key strategy in reducing maternal mortality is to invest in midwifery.the objective was to explore midwives’ perspectives of their working...
the predicted midwifery workforce shortages in several countries have serious implications for the care of women during pregnancy, birth and post partum. There are a number of factors known to contribute to midwifery shortages and work attrition. However, midwives assessment of their own professional identity and role (sense of empowerment) are perhaps among the most important. There are few international...
over the past three decades there has been a social movement in Latin American countries (LAC) to support humanised, physiologic birth. Rates of caesarean section overall in Latin America are approximately 35%, increasing up to 85% in some cases. There are many factors related to poor outcomes with regard to maternal and newborn/infant health in LAC countries. Maternal and perinatal outcome data within...
midwifery workforce issues are of international concern. Sustainable midwifery practice, and how resilience is a required quality for midwives, have begun to be researched. How these concepts are helpful to midwifery continues to be debated. It is important that such debates are framed so they can be empowering for midwives. Care is required not to conceptually label matters concerning the midwifery...
Somali-born women constitute one of the largest groups of childbearing refugee women in Sweden after more than two decades of political violence in Somalia. In Sweden, these women encounter antenatal care that includes routine questions about violence being asked. The aim of the study was to explore how Somali-born women understand and relate to violence and wellbeing during their migration transition...
to assess the experiences with maternity care of women who planned birth in a birth centre and to compare them to alternative planned places of birth, by using the responsiveness concept of the World Health Organization.this study is a cross-sectional study using the ReproQ questionnaire filled out eight to ten weeks after birth. The primary outcome was responsiveness of birth care. Secondary outcomes...
decreased fetal movement is a reason for women to seek health care in late pregnancy.to examine what pregnant women who present with decreased fetal movements want to communicate to health care professionals and to other women in the same situation.a qualitative descriptive study.questionnaires were distributed in all seven labour wards in Stockholm from 1 January to 31 December 2014 to women who...
To identify and describe first-time fathers' experiences of normal childbirth.A qualitative interview study using a thematic analysis for analysing the transcripts.purposeful sampling was used. Eight men were interviewed two to six months after experiencing childbirth. Participants were men who had become fathers for the first time.A county located in the middle of Sweden covering both urban and rural...
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