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to explore how first-time fathers describe requested and received support during a normal birth.qualitative research design. Ten first-time fathers were interviewed during the first postpartum week. Individual open-ended interviews were used to explore the fathers’ descriptions, and the interviews were analysed using qualitative analysis.a labour ward at one hospital in a south-western county of Sweden...
to examine factors associated with breast-feeding initiation and duration in young mothers (≤24 years).a retrospective questionnaire completed between six and 24 months post partum.mothers were recruited from local mother and infant groups, nurseries and online mother and infant forums.138 mothers aged between 17 and 24 years (mean age 21.93 years)participants completed a retrospective questionnaire...
The prompt identification of clinical deterioration and referral for appropriate care are key issues in the management of women who become critically ill during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period. The Intensive Care Society has developed designated levels of care in relation to adult patient care, which may not be appropriate for use in midwifery. Therefore, exploring the midwifery, nursing...
to report findings on midwives’ use of the Internet drawn from a larger study that explored midwives’ attitudes and experiences to online and computer-based learning.a descriptive, quantitative design using anonymous questionnaires was employed to obtain information from a sample of midwives in Victoria, Australia.questionnaires were forwarded by mail to a sample of 300 members of the Victorian branch...
to assess the accuracy of abdominal palpation, Johnson's technique and ultrasound in the estimation of fetal weight (EFW).174 pregnant women were recruited at random in a large teaching hospital in Iran. Fetal weight was estimated by palpation and Johnson's technique at the time of admission by one qualified midwife, and then estimated by ultrasound by one radiologist. After birth, all newborns were...
to explore the strategies used by Jordanian women to manage nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.cross sectional descriptive study.the three regions of Jordan.235 women aged 18–54 years who had been pregnant.there a number of strategies were used by Jordanian women in the sample for the alleviation of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, varying from non-pharmacological strategies such as diet and lifestyle...
to explore women's experiences of cervical ripening using isosorbide mononitrate (IMN) in the home as part of the main randomised controlled trial.qualitative study with semi-structured interviews carried out at three weeks post partum. Interview transcripts were analysed to identify recurrent themes, focusing on why women became involved in the study, their views about both the self-medication and...
in Sweden, acupuncture education is required before midwives can use the method in clinical practice. Courses in acupuncture are usually organised by private individuals or companies, and each health facility decides on the adequacy of the educational package. Therefore, there is no overall standard or quality control for free-standing courses of acupuncture education for midwives. The aim of this...
to conduct and describe results from a process evaluation of home-based life saving skills (HBLSS) one year post-implementation.a non-experimental, descriptive design was utilised employing both qualitative and quantitative techniques for data collection including: (1) key informant interviews, (2) group discussions, (3) performance testing, and (4) review of programme data.rural Matlab, Bangladesh...
to explore midwives' intrapartum referral decisions in relation to their dispositional attitude towards risk.a web-based correlation study examined the association between midwife's personality (personal risk tendency), place of work (location), years of experience and the timing of their decisions to make referrals (referral score) in a series of fictitious case scenarios (vignettes).102 midwives...
to determine differences in antenatal care use between the native population and different ethnic minority groups in the Netherlands.the Generation R Study is a multi-ethnic population-based prospective cohort study.seven midwife practices participating in the Generation R Study conducted in the city of Rotterdam.in total 2093 pregnant women with a Dutch, Moroccan, Turkish, Cape Verdean, Antillean,...
to explore the way that case-loading midwives in New Zealand construct midwifery (and in so doing, the concepts of woman and childbirth). This paper illuminates the fundamental features of this construction (continuity and woman-centred care) and discusses this with regard to the role of midwives vis-à-vis normal/abnormal birth.semi-structured interviews and official publications constituted the ‘text’...
to review the literature on safety and efficacy of the most commonly used herbs to enable midwives to give evidence-based information to pregnant women.survey and review of the scientific literature.the survey was performed at the antenatal clinic at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital between 26 November 2007 and 15 February 2008.a total of 578 expectant mothers at least 20-weeks pregnant.57...
it is not known how acupuncture is used in midwifery care in Sweden and what kind of requirements health-care providers have for midwives and acupuncture training programmes. The aims of this study were to survey indications for the use of acupuncture in midwifery care in Sweden, and to examine the criteria and requirements used for purchase of acupuncture education programmes.a postal survey using...
to explore low-risk pregnant women's views on their preferences for psychosocial support from midwives during their transition to motherhood.a qualitative design with focus-group interviews and thematic analysis of the discussions.21 Dutch participants were included in three focus groups. Groups 1 (n=7) and 3 (n=8) consisted of pregnant women from four semi-urban midwifery practices, and group 2 (n=6)...
to analyse the exercise of essential competencies for midwifery care by nurses and/or midwives in the public health system of São Paulo (eastern zone), Brazil.to develop a profile of the public health institutions and of the nurses and/or midwives who care for women before, during and following childbirth; to identify the activities performed in providing such care, as well as their frequency; and...
during childbirth, it is necessary to assess and monitor experienced pain and to evaluate the effect of pain relief treatment. The aim of this study was to compare the PainMatcher ® (PM) with the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for the assessment of labour pain and the effect of pain relief treatment.randomised controlled trial.labour ward with approximately 2500 childbirths per year in western...
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