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to describe home-birth risk assessment by parents.interviews using a semi-structured interview guide. Data were analysed using a phenomenological approach.independent midwifery practices in Sweden.five couples who had had planned home births.the parents had a fundamental trust that the birth would take place without complications, and they experienced meaningfulness in the event itself. Risks were...
to illuminate the experiences of women who have given birth at home.a descriptive design with a qualitative approach based on interviews with 12 women. The text was analysed using a phenomenological–hermeneutic method.giving birth at home meant preserved authority and autonomy whereby the women themselves ruled the situation. The women's experiences of giving birth at home can be divided into three...
to ascertain the reasons why mothers choose to have a home birth and the factors that influence these reasons.this cross-sectional study involved 392 women and was conducted between June and September 2003 in a rural setting in Turkey. The data were collected using a questionnaire developed by the authors. The questionnaire included demographic information, obstetric background, the reasons for deciding...
to explore the experiences of a small group of first-time mothers giving birth at home or in hospital.a grounded theory methodology was used. Data were generated from in-depth interviews with women in their own homes.Sydney, Australia.19 women were interviewed. Seven women who gave birth for the first time in a public hospital and seven women who gave birth for the first time at home were interviewed,...
the aim of this study was to increase our understanding of why Canadian women choose to give birth at home. Despite on-going debate regarding the safety of home birth, a small number of Canadian women choose home as a place to give birth. The factors influencing a woman's decision to plan a home birth remain poorly understood.a qualitative, grounded theory approach using semi-structured interviews...
to explain how women who choose to give birth at home perceive and manage the risks related to childbirth.a qualitative, methodological approach drawing upon the principles of grounded theory. Data were gathered by in-depth interviews with women who had given birth at home.the study was conducted in Zahedan, the capital of Sistan and Balochestan province in southeast Iran.21 Baloch women aged 13–39...
to evaluate and gain understanding of the service factors that contribute to the relatively high home birth rate found in one inner city NHS Trust providing maternity services in England.a multi-faceted approach encompassing narrative, historical, structural, demographic and cultural elements.an inner city maternity service provided in a large metropolis in England.stakeholders including clinical...
the poor perinatal mortality ranking of the Netherlands compared to other European countries has led to questioning the safety of primary care births, particularly those at home. Primary care births are only planned at term. We therefore examined to which extent the perinatal mortality rate at term in the Netherlands contributes to its poor ranking.secondary analyses using published data from the...
to describe the context of Irish home birth midwives' practise experience.ethnography derived from participant observation, unstructured interview and documentary analysis.women and midwives' homes and meeting places in Ireland.21 self-employed community midwives.choice of place of birth is extremely limited in Ireland. Structural and professional supports for home birth and midwifery are lacking...
the objective of this study was to describe and compare perinatal and neonatal outcomes of women who received care from independent midwives practicing home births and at birth centres in Tokyo.a retrospective cohort study.birth centres and homes serviced by independent midwives in Tokyo.of the 43 eligible independent midwives 19 (44%) (10 assisted birth at birth centres, nine assisted home birth)...
In the 1970s, advocates of demedicalising pregnancy and birth ‘discovered’ Dutch maternity care. The Netherlands presented an attractive model because its maternity care system was characterised by a strong and independent profession of midwifery, close co-operation between obstetricians and midwives, a very high rate of births at home, little use of caesarean section, and morbidity and mortality...
to study whether an increase in intrapartum referrals in primary midwife-led care births in the Netherlands is accompanied by an increase in caesarean sections.nationwide descriptive study.the Netherlands Perinatal Registry.789,795 births of nine year cohorts of women with low risk pregnancies in primary midwife-led care at the onset of labour between 2000 and 2008.primary outcome is the caesarean...
to study whether an increase in intrapartum referrals in primary midwife-led care births in the Netherlands is accompanied by an increase in caesarean sections.nationwide descriptive study.The Netherlands Perinatal Registry.807,437 births of nine year cohorts of women with low risk pregnancies in primary midwife-led care at the onset of labour between 2000 and 2008.primary outcome is the caesarean...
it is a generally accepted idea that women who give birth at home are less fearful of giving birth than women who give birth in a hospital. We explored fear of childbirth (FOC) in relation to preferred and actual place of birth. Since the Netherlands has a long history of home birthing, we also examined how the place where a pregnant woman׳s mother or sisters gave birth related to the preferred place...
to compare intrapartum- and neonatal mortality and intervention rates in term women starting labour in primary midwife-led versus secondary obstetrician-led care.retrospective cohort study.Amsterdam region of the Netherlands.women with singleton pregnancies who gave birth beyond 37+0 weeks gestation in the years 2005 up to 2008 and lived in the catchment area of the neonatal intensive care units of...
partners often participate in childbirth, and the effects on both partners have been intensively investigated, but children׳s participation is rare in western countries and less studied. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore and construct a comprehensive structure of meaning of Finnish children׳s experiences of participating in birth of a sibling at home.a phenomenological study based on analysis...
to explore midwives׳ and doctors׳ views and experiences of publicly-funded homebirthing models.cross-sectional survey implemented two years after the introduction of publicly-funded homebirthing models.two public hospitals in Victoria, Australia.midwives and doctors (obstetric medical staff).midwives׳ and doctors׳ views regarding reasons women choose home birth; and views and experiences of a publicly-funded...
to study home, natural hospital, and medical hospital births, and the association of these birth models to resilience and birth experience.cross-section retrospective design.participants were recruited via an online survey system. Invitations to participate were posted in five different Internet forums for women on maternity leave, from September 2014 to August 2015.the sample comprised 381 post partum...
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...
to explore the prevalence of birth satisfaction for childbearing women planning to birth in their home or birth centers in the United States. Examining differences in birth satisfaction of the home and birth centers; and those who birthed in a hospital using the 30-item Birth Satisfaction Scale (BSS) and the 10-item Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R).a quantitative survey using the BSS and BSS-R...
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