The effects of childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder on women and their relationships: a qualitative study [PDF]
, 2006 There is converging evidence that 1%-2% of women develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of childbirth. The current study aimed to explore the long-term effects of childbirth-related PTSD on women, their relationship with their partner ...
Ayers, Susan, Eagle, A, Waring, H
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Maternal gift economy framework for addressing obstetric violence.
(Con)textos, 2022 The present article analyzes the economic aspects of maternity care, proposing the maternal gift economy theory as a possible framework for addressing the economic and structural causes of obstetric violence.
Elena Skoko
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Humaniser l’accouchement au Bénin ? Retour sur l’échec d’un projet de la coopération japonaise
Anthropologie & Santé, 2022 Since the 1970s, international activist movements have denounced a medical and techno-centric approach to birth. In response to this “techno-bio-medicalization” of birth, the concept of humanized childbirth emerged in the 1990s in Latin America and then ...
Clémence Schantz +2 more
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Assessment of the dimensionality of the Wijma delivery expectancy/experience questionnaire using factor analysis and Rasch analysis [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Fear of childbirth has negative consequences for a woman's physical and emotional wellbeing. The most commonly used measurement tool for childbirth fear is the Wijma Delivery Expectancy Questionnaire (WDEQ-A).
Creedy, D. K. +6 more
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Post-traumatic stress disorder following childbirth: an update of current issues and recommendations for future research [PDF]
, 2015 Objective: This paper aimed to report the current status of research in the field of post-traumatic stress disorder following childbirth (PTSD FC), and to update the findings of an earlier 2008 paper.
Alexandra Sawyer +23 more
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The need to legislate and regulate obstetric violence to ensure women a real legal protection.
(Con)textos, 2022 Women across the world face multiple and intersecting forms of violence, both in private and public life. A form of violence during facility-based childbirth has been addressed and framed by the WHO and UN following women’s reports of abuse and ...
Alessandra Battisti
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Sillages Critiques, 2023 Although they have often been used as metaphors for the act of writing, pregnancy and childbirth have a long history of being left out of literature itself, especially as diegetic events in the novel.
Maxence Gouleau
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The Effect of Antenatal Class Plus Coping Skill Training on the Level of Stress and Childbirth Self-Efficacy [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Pregnancy puts mothers in vulnerable conditions that lead to stress. Consequently, a negative impact over the stress influences mother’s and baby’s health.
Runjati, Runjati +3 more
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Support during birth interacts with prior trauma and birth intervention to predict postnatal post-traumatic stress symptoms [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Many women experience childbirth as traumatic and 2% develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study examined the role of health practitioner support and personal control during birth as predictors of PTS symptoms, adjusting for ...
Elizabeth Ford +6 more
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Perceptions of Adolescent Pregnancy Among Teenage Girls in Rakai, Uganda. [PDF]
, 2017 The leading causes of death and disability among Ugandan female adolescents aged 15 to 19 years are pregnancy complications, unsafe abortions, and childbirth.
Baumgartner, Joy Noel +9 more
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