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Geographies for a good birth: a geo(corpo)graphic approach to home birth in Chile

Salud Colectiva, 2022
Home birth has added a layer of complexity to the epistemology of birth, raising questions about its institutional aspects. From this standpoint, this article stems from an interest in the narratives that Chilean women ascribe to the scenario of home
Pía Rodríguez-Garrrido
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Hub of medical expertise or medicalised conveyor-belt? Sharing meanings online on the hospital birth setting

Linguistik Online, 2017
In 2014, the official risk advice in the UK regarding birth setting was altered given scientific evidence that for low-risk groups, home births are safer than hospital births.
Antoinette Fage-Butler
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Relationship between Admission Temperature and Risk of Cerebral Palsy in Infants Admitted to Special Care Unit in a Low Resource Setting: A Retrospective Single-Center Study

Children, 2022
Background: Deviations from normothermia affect early mortality and morbidity, but the impact on neurodevelopment of the survivors is unclear. We aimed to investigate the relationship between neonatal temperature at admission and the risk of cerebral ...
Chiara Guadagno, Francesco Cavallin, Luca Brasili, Donald Micah Maziku, Dionis Erasto Leluko, Gaetano Azzimonti, Giovanni Putoto, Andrea Pietravalle, Daniele Trevisanuto   +8 more
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Monitoring intrapartum fetal heart rates by mothers in labour in two public hospitals: an initiative to improve maternal and neonatal healthcare in Liberia

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background In low-resource settings with few health workers, Fetal Heart Rate (FHR) monitoring in labour can be inconsistent and unreliable. An initiative to improve fetal monitoring was implemented in two public hospitals in rural Liberia; the country ...
K. Borzie, N. Jasper, D. P. Southall, R. MacDonald, A. A. Kola, O. Dolo, A. Magnus, S. D. Watson, M. Casement, B. Dahn, W. Jallah   +10 more
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Exploring women's preferences for birth settings in England: A discrete choice experiment.

PLoS ONE, 2019
ObjectiveTo explore pregnant women's preferences for birth setting in England.DesignLabelled discrete choice experiment (DCE).SettingOnline survey.SamplePregnant women recruited through social media and an online panel.MethodsWe developed a DCE to assess
Benjamin Rupert Fletcher, Rachel Rowe, Jennifer Hollowell, Miranda Scanlon, Lisa Hinton, Oliver Rivero-Arias   +5 more
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Development of the evidence-based guidelines for home birth in Switzerland: Results from a Delphi process

European Journal of Midwifery
In Switzerland, the right to a home birth is enshrined in law, and the associated costs are reimbursed by the national health insurance system. However, the conditions under which such births should occur remain unregulated at the national level, with no
Adrien Bruno, Piroska Zsindely, Rafaela Joos, Myrim Barbara Rösch, Carole Lüscher, Charlotte Farin-Moënnat, Claire Ajoubair, Anne Steiner   +7 more
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Effects of the birthing room environment on vaginal births and client-centred outcomes for women at term planning a vaginal birth: BE-UP, a multicentre randomised controlled trial

Trials, 2018
Background Caesarean sections (CSs) are associated with increased risk for maternal morbidity and mortality. The recommendations of the recently published German national health goal ‘Health in Childbirth’ (Gesundheit rund um die Geburt) promote vaginal ...
Gertrud M. Ayerle, Rainhild Schäfers, Elke Mattern, Sabine Striebich, Burkhard Haastert, Markus Vomhof, Andrea Icks, Yvonne Ronniger, Gregor Seliger   +8 more
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Costing Alternative Birth Settings for Women at Low Risk of Complications: A Systematic Review.

PLoS ONE, 2016
BackgroundThere is demand from women for alternatives to giving birth in a standard hospital setting however access to these services is limited. This systematic review examines the literature relating to the economic evaluations of birth setting for ...
Vanessa Scarf, Christine Catling, Rosalie Viney, Caroline Homer   +3 more
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Neonatal tactile stimulation at birth in a low-resource setting

BMC Pediatrics, 2018
Background Stimulation is the most common intervention during neonatal resuscitation at birth, but scarce information is available on the actual methods, timing and efficacy of this basic step. To evaluate the occurrence, patterns and response to tactile
Andrea Pietravalle, Francesco Cavallin, Anna Opocher, Stefania Madella, Maria Elena Cavicchiolo, Damiano Pizzol, Giovanni Putoto, Daniele Trevisanuto   +7 more
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Illuminating birth: exploring the impact of birthing environment lighting on labor

Frontiers in Global Women's Health
IntroductionNumerous factors influence the birth experience and outcomes, both positively and negatively. We aimed to investigate the relationship between the birth room environment and light condition during birth and their effects on birth method ...
Shenhav Albo, Orli Dahan, Omer Horovitz, David Peleg, David Peleg, Inbar Ben-Shachar, Inbar Ben-Shachar, Yael Sciaky-Tamir, Yael Sciaky-Tamir   +8 more
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