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Clean birth kits to improve birth practices: development and testing of a country level decision support tool [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: Clean birth practices can prevent sepsis, one of the leading causes of both maternal and newborn mortality. Evidence suggests that clean birth kits (CBKs), as part of package that includes education, are associated with a reduction in newborn
A Ayaz   +31 more
core   +4 more sources

Hidden in the Labour Market: An Intersectional Latent Class Analysis of Discouraged Workers in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employs an intersectionality‐informed latent class analysis (LCA) to examine the hidden diversity of discouraged workers in Australia. Drawing on nationally representative data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, we identified six empirically distinct subgroups defined by intersecting demographic and ...
Sora Lee, Woojin Kang
wiley   +1 more source

Exploration of a cognitive model to predict post-traumatic stress symptoms following childbirth [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Women can suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following childbirth. This study investigated the application of a cognitive model to PTS symptoms following childbirth and explored the addition of social support to the model.
Agar   +46 more
core   +1 more source

Metformin enhances external urethral sphincter integrity and restores continence via AMPK activation in a rat model of stress urinary incontinence

open access: yesAnimal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
The pathogenesis of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is intimately associated with injury to the external urethral sphincter (EUS). In this study, we established an SUI model induced by double vaginal distension and demonstrated that metformin treatment activated the AMPK signaling in the EUS tissue.
Yuting Xu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE MOTHERHOOD IN THE UKRAINIAN VILLAGE IN LATE 19 — EARLY 20 CENTURY

open access: yesКиївські історичні студії, 2020
The study illustrates the gender aspect of Ukraine’s social history during the late 19th and early 20th century. The author pays special attention to the specific functioning of the Ukrainian Institute of Motherhood of this period.
Inna Koroliova
doaj   +1 more source

Giving Birth in Silence

open access: yesMedicine Anthropology Theory, 2023
Jacinta, deaf from birth, chose to give birth to her own baby at home without her hearing aids. Fu-Yu assisted and took photos of the process. This is a Photo Essay about alternative possibilities to biomedical childbirth. We share our experience through
Fu-Yu Chang, Jacinta Aguirre
doaj   +1 more source

Caesarean section for non-medical reasons at term [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Background: Caesarean section rates are progressively rising in many parts of the world. One suggested reason is increasing requests by women for caesarean section in the absence of clear medical indications, such as placenta praevia, HIV infection ...
Bewley   +52 more
core   +1 more source

Over the edge: Empirical evidence for the cliff‐edge model of obstetric selection

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The cliff‐edge model of obstetric selection maintains that larger neonates and smaller birth canals confer a positive selective advantage until labor becomes obstructed and vaginal delivery is no longer possible, eliciting an abrupt reduction in fitness.
Laura M. Watson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ichthyosis as one of the forms of hereditary pathology of fetus and newborn

open access: yesМедицинский вестник Юга России, 2020
A retrospective analysis of the course of pregnancy and childbirth during the birth of a child with a congenital pathology «ichthyosis» was carried out.
A. A. Borscheva   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Social Networking Sites on Post-Partum Depression in Women: An Analysis in the Context of Bangladesh [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Postpartum Depression (PPD) refers to moderate or severe depression in a woman after childbirth. It is strikingly common in new mothers from all regions of the world with a prevalence of around 10-15%.
Das, Maitraye, Saha, Abir
core   +1 more source

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