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to explore the learning needs of multigravid Ghanaian women in an effort to develop more effective prenatal education programmes.a descriptive–exploratory design consisting of in-depth individual semi-structured interviews and a single focus group.prenatal clinic of a large hospital in a city in Ghana, Africa.18 multigravid Ghanaian women between 38 and 40 weeks of gestation who were not experiencing...
to obtain a detailed description of the 36-week birth talk, and how it is delivered to and perceived by women and their birth partners.two qualitative methods: ethnography and interpretative phenomenological analysis. Non-participant observation of five birth talks and in-depth semi-structured interviews with midwives, women and their birth partners.two caseload midwifery practices in an inner city...
to explore the attitudes of first-time mothers towards antenatal education from the perspective of attenders and non-attenders.a qualitative approach was utilised using focus group interviews to collect the data.the study was conducted in one local health office area of the Health Service Executive—South East, Ireland.a purposive sample of first-time mothers was interviewed to explore the area of...
to describe the experiences of women who were participants in the Australian CenteringPregnancy Pilot Study. CenteringPregnancy is an innovative model of care where antenatal care is provided in a group environment. The aim of the pilot study was to determine whether it would be feasible to implement this model of care in Australia.a descriptive study was conducted. Data included clinical information...
to study women’s and men’s satisfaction with two models of antenatal education: natural childbirth preparation with psychoprophylaxis, and standard antenatal education including preparation for childbirth and parenthood but no psychoprophylaxis.randomised controlled multicentre trial.15 antenatal clinics in Sweden between January 2006 and May 2007.1087 nulliparous women and 1064 of their partners...
in many parts of Europe as in Ireland, maternity services do not provide infant CPR training routinely to expectant or new parents. Little is known of the views of expectant women and their partners about learning the skills of infant CPR as part of their antenatal education. The aim of this study was to evaluate knowledge, satisfaction and use of a 22 minute Self-Instructional Infant CPR kit to facilitate...
in Western countries, caesarean section rates are increasing at an alarming rate. This trend has implications for women׳s health and calls into question the use of pathogenesis to frame maternity services. The theory of salutogenesis offers an alternative as it focuses on health rather than illness. Sense of coherence (SOC), the cornerstone of salutogenesis, is a predictive indicator of health. This...
to examine the effects of antenatal education on fear of childbirth, maternal self-efficacy, and maternal and paternal attachment.quasi-experimental study, comparing an antenatal education group and a control group.63 pregnant women and their husbands.demographic data forms, the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire, the Childbirth Self-Efficacy Inventory, the Maternal Attachment Inventory...
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...
research suggests that information provided to parents about newborn bloodspot screening (NBS) can be inconsistent. The majority of international NBS programmes recommend that parents should receive information about NBS in the antenatal period, however prior studies have mostly focused on postnatal women's knowledge, with no quantitative study of women's knowledge in the antenatal period conducted...
to investigate the personal, social, cultural and institutional influences on women making decisions about using epidural analgesia in labour. In this article we discuss the findings that describe practices around the gaining of consent for an epidural in labour, which we juxtapose with similar processes relating to use of water for labour and/or birth.ethnography.tertiary hospital in Australian city...
the aim of this research was to initiate active consultation with women and antenatal educators in the development and delivery of antenatal education that was mutually relevant.a Participatory Action Research approach influenced by feminist concerns was used to guide the research. Data were analysed by the researcher and participants using a Voice Centred Relational Method of Analysis.an Antenatal...
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