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Childbirth Fear and Associated Factors in a Sample of Pregnant Iranian Women

open access: yesOman Medical Journal, 2018
Objectives: Fear of childbirth is common during pregnancy and may contribute to several adverse outcomes. We aimed to investigate childbirth fear and associated factors in a sample of pregnant Iranian women.
Forough Mortazavi, Jila Agah
doaj   +1 more source

Weaving strength and care: Situated reflections on women's work and the epistemology of care in biological anthropology

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay examines how gendered expectations, structural precarity, and institutional hierarchies shape research practices, knowledge production, and career trajectories in biological anthropology. Taking the figure of the “strong woman” as an entry point, it questions celebratory narratives of resilience that frame endurance as an individual
Lumila Paula Menéndez
wiley   +1 more source

Fear of Childbirth, Its Prevalence, and Its Predictors in Indian Primigravida Women: A Cross-sectional Observational Study

open access: yesCHRISMED Journal of Health and Research
Background: Fear of childbirth seems to be a global phenomenon. The Worldwide prevalence of fear of childbirth is 14%, and it varies between countries, ranging from 3.6% to 82.6%.
Rachel Immanuel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fear of childbirth [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Every 10th pregnant women suffers from severe fear of childbirth. It causes anxiety and physical symptoms during pregnancy, and may interfere with mother-infant bonding. Caesarean sections on maternal request are rising worldwide. The major indication is
Rouhe, Hanna
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Assemblages of care: Moral economies, classed labor, and affective exhaustion among Karachi's working middle‐class women

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how working middle‐class women in Karachi navigate the intersecting burdens of care and self‐care within the affective, infrastructural, and ideological conditions of urban precarity. Drawing on twelve semi‐structured interviews conducted across homes, workplaces, and cafés in the city, seven of which anchor the primary ...
Muhammad Huzaifa
wiley   +1 more source

Childbirth as a traumatic event for attendant fathers

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Psychotraumatology
Background: Negative reactions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following childbirth have been increasingly reported in mothers, particularly following objectively and subjectively difficult childbirth experiences.
Anna Golubitsky   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health and Economic Impacts of an Early Labor Induction Policy for High‐BMI Mothers

open access: yesHealth Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We expand the literature on marginal returns to birth interventions by studying a common intervention: early induction of labor for a growing share of pregnancies, high‐Body Mass Index (BMI) women. We exploit Danish guidelines which recommend routine induction at 7 days after the expected due date instead of 10–13 days after for mothers with a
Louis Freget, Maria Koch Gregersen
wiley   +1 more source

The Fertility Reduction Effects of the Colorado Family Planning Initiative by Age and Parity

open access: yesHealth Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We use restricted‐access birth records from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) to document the full age and parity fertility effects of the Colorado Family Planning Initiative (CFPI). The CFPI provided access to every FDA approved method of contraception for free to anyone living below approximately 200% of the federal poverty line ...
James Flynn   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perceived Professional Support During Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Postpartum Among Women Reporting Severe Fear of Childbirth Postpartum

open access: yes, 2021
OBJECTIVE: To describe how women with severe fear of childbirth postpartum recall the professional support they received before, during, and after childbirth. STUDY DESIGN: This is a qualitative study based on telephone interviews with 10 women reporting
Stenberg, Klara,   +4 more
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Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of the Weekend‐70 Cervical Cancer Screening Programme in Mali: A Multiple Case Study

open access: yesThe International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Cervical cancer (CC) represents a significant public health issue in low‐ and middle‐income countries. In Mali, the Weekend‐70 cervical cancer screening programme, initially implemented in Bamako (the capital), is gradually being rolled out in other regions.
Aminata Adama Ndour   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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