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Objective: to explore midwives' education in, knowledge of and attitudes to nutrition in pregnancy.Design: survey using questionnaire and interview schedule.Participants: a randomly selected sample of 77 Registered Midwives.Setting: one English regional health authority.Measurements and findings: qualitative and quantitative data collection methods. Midwife teachers were responsible for 95% of teaching...
Midwives are increasingly being encouraged to undertake research activities at various levels, as a routine part of their job. However, despite topdown directives to this end, there is some evidence that relatively little research is published and reasons, such as lack of time, confidence and skill have been put forward to explain the shortfall. While these reasons may be valid obstacles, it is also...
Objective: to determine whether the three human lateral asymmetrical behaviours (maternal handedness, maternal preferred cradling side, neonatal preferred head turning) affected the development of a unilateral breast feeding problem (UBP).Design: quasi-experimental comparing 32 postnatal women who reported a UBP with 28 who did not.Setting: maternity unit in the south of England.Participants: 60 mother/baby...
Objective: to survey midwives' attitudes and practices related to intrapartum fetal monitoring.Design: descriptive correlational study.Setting: regional and district maternity unit and related community area within one health authority.Participants: all midwives were invited to participate. Two hundred and forty two questionnaires were administered and 117 were returned (48% response rate).Measurements...
This two-part study explored the home birth experiences of all full time practising community midwives within three health authorities. The study consisted of a self-completion questionnaire, followed by interviews with a random stratified sub-sample of the midwives. The study sample consisted of 56 midwives of whom 44 (78%) agreed to participate. The total experience of home birth by these midwives...
Syphilis has re-emerged as a significant public health problem for pregnant women and their babies in Michigan, US, and in many areas of the world. In the US over 50 000 cases of primary and secondary syphilis were reported to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in 1990. Due to the current epidemic of maternal syphilis in pregnancy in our city, we studied 253 cases of maternal syphilis over a one-year...
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