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North American Nurses' and Doulas' Views of Each Other

open access: yes, 2016
Objective: To analyze factors that lead nurses and doulas to have positive views of each other. Design: A multivariate analysis of a cross-sectional survey, the Maternity Support Survey.
Roth, Louise Marie   +3 more
core   +1 more source

A qualitative study of volunteer doulas working alongside midwives at births in England: Mothers' and doulas' experiences [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Objective: To explore trained volunteer doulas’ and mothers’ experiences of doula support at birth and their perceptions of how this related to the midwife's role.
Maggie Redshaw, Jenny McLeish
core   +1 more source

Midwives and doulas in Poland: mutual perceptions in the context of interprofessional cooperation

open access: yesFides et Ratio
A doula is an independent professional who provides emotional, physical and informational support to women during pregnancy, labor and the postpartum period.
Katarzyna Wójcik-Brylska   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating Birth Outcomes From a Community-Based Pregnancy Support Program for Refugee Women in Georgia

open access: yesFrontiers in Global Women's Health, 2021
Refugee women face numerous and unique barriers to sexual and reproductive healthcare and can experience worse pregnancy-related outcomes compared with U.S.-born and other immigrant women.
Elizabeth A. Mosley   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The uncomfortable science in the womb: How biological experience disrupts surrogacy narratives

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The discourse surrounding surrogacy portrays pregnancy as a temporary process, depicting surrogates as neutral “carriers” whose involvement concludes at birth. This narrative minimizes gestation's biological significance despite evidence of its lasting effects on both women and children.
Orit Chorowicz Bar‐Am   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A atuação dos movimentos de doulas em Florianópolis (SC): conflitos pelo protagonismo feminino no parto [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Este artigo tem o objetivo de analisar a dinâmica interna do movimento de doulas em Florianópolis (SC), a partir de suas pautas políticas de promoção ao parto respeitoso e ao protagonismo feminino.
Zucco, Luciana Patrícia   +1 more
core  

Advocacy and the function of folk psychology

open access: yesMind &Language, EarlyView.
Why do we care about getting mental state attributions right? A common answer is that folk psychology is a proto‐scientific theory that allows us to predict and explain the behavior of physical systems. I argue that this position is inconsistent with one of the central practices in which attribution of desire occurs: to advocate for our interests and ...
Henry Schiller
wiley   +1 more source

Vivência e expectativas de doulas em região brasileira de fronteira [PDF]

open access: yesSaúde em Debate
RESUMO O estudo buscou compreender a vivência e as expectativas das doulas que atuam ou atuaram em dois municípios de região de fronteira: Foz do Iguaçu e Cascavel, Paraná, Brasil.
Larissa Djanilda Parra da Luz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rethinking Reproductive Governance: What Can Public Administration on the Island of Ireland Learn From Abortion Accompaniment?

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The recent decriminalization of abortion marked a crucial step toward improved reproductive care on the island of Ireland. However, this has not translated into fully accessible abortion provision—barriers, including inaccessible services, persist, leaving gaps that public administration has not formally addressed. In response, informal actors,
Anna Theresa Schmid
wiley   +1 more source

“I Live in a Doula Desert”: A Community-Engaged Study of Doula Care in Rural Georgia

open access: yesWomen's Health Reports
Background: Maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States—and disparities therein—are significant and growing public health crises. Doulas (nonclinical perinatal support professionals) could be part of the solution, but there are significant ...
Sydney Comstock   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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