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Is there respectful maternity care in Poland? Women’s views about care during labor and birth

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
Background Abuse against women in labor starts with subtle forms of discrimination that can turn into overt violence. Therefore it is crucial to work towards prevention and elimination of disrespect and ill-treatment in medical facility perinatal care in
Barbara Baranowska   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Home birth midwifery in the United States: evolutionary origins and modern challenges [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Human childbirth is distinct in requiring-or at least strongly profiting from-the assistance of a knowledgeable attendant to support the mother during birth.
Dunham, Bria
core   +1 more source

Effect of preoperative oral liquid carbohydrate intake on blood glucose, fasting-thirst, and fatigue levels: a randomized controlled study

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, 2021
Background: This study aimed to analyze the effects of preoperative oral intake of liquid carbohydrate on postoperative blood glucose, fasting-thirst, and fatigue levels in patients undergoing arthroscopic surgery.
Gökçen Aydın Akbuğa   +1 more
doaj  

Effective System for Pregnant Women using Mobile GIS [PDF]

open access: yeshttp://www.ijcaonline.org/archives/volume64/number11/10675-5547 (2013), 2013
World Health Organization showed at one year about 287 000 women died most of them during and following pregnancy and childbirth in Africa and south Asia. This paper suggests mHealth system for serving pregnant women, that proposed system is first an effective mHealth system works base on mobile GIS to select adjacent care centre or hospital maternity ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Efficiency of antenatal care and childbirth services in selected primary health care facilities in rural Tanzania : a cross-sectional study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background: Cost studies are paramount for demonstrating how resources have been spent and identifying opportunities for more efficient use of resources. The main objective of this study was to assess the actual dimension and distribution of the costs of
Dalaba, Maxwell A   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Maternal plasma levels of oxytocin during physiological childbirth – a systematic review with implications for uterine contractions and central actions of oxytocin

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
BackgroundOxytocin is a key hormone in childbirth, and synthetic oxytocin is widely administered to induce or speed labour. Due to lack of synthetized knowledge, we conducted a systematic review of maternal plasma levels of oxytocin during physiological ...
K. Uvnäs-Moberg   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Effect of Increased Access to IVF on Women's Careers [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
Motherhood is the main contributor to gender gaps in the labor market. IVF is a method of assisted reproduction that can delay fertility, which results in decreased motherhood income penalty. In this research, I estimate the effects of expanded access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) arising from state insurance mandates.
arxiv  

CLEVER maternity care: A before-and-after study of women’s experience of childbirth in Tshwane, South Africa

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2020
Background: Birthing care matters to women and some women experience mistreatment during childbirth. Aim: To determine the effect the ‘CLEVER Maternity Care’ package, a multi-faceted intervention to improve respectful, quality obstetric care.
Sarie J. Oosthuizen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Child Care, Time Allocation, and the Life Cycle [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2023
This study explores the impact of gender differences in preferences and productivity in home production on the time allocation in married couples, particularly in relation to childcare responsibilities. Using aggregated data from Japan, we estimate a life-cycle model that tracks the development of a child from infancy to adulthood by extending the work
arxiv  

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