Examining women's choice between home and institutional births: Insights from the Salud Mesoamérica Initiative (SMI). [PDF]
PLoS ONEThis study examines women's childbirth choices between home and institutional settings in the context of the Salud Mesoamérica Initiative, a results-based financing program focused on disadvantaged populations.
Lucía Bartolomeu +9 more
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Exploring Women’s Reasons for Choosing Home Birth with the Help of Their Untrained Family Members: A Qualitative Research [PDF]
International Journal of Community Based Nursing and Midwifery, 2023 Background: Home births with the help of untrained family members continue to be women’spreference in Indonesia. However, the practice has received very little attention.
Nila Kusumawati +4 more
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Trajectories of obstetric nurses in the care of planned home childbirth: oral history
Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem, 2021 Objective: To describe the trajectory of the insertion of obstetric nurses in the care of planned home childbirth in Rio Grande do Sul. Method: An exploratory and qualitative study, with application of thematic oral history.
Luciana Makarevicz Santos +3 more
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Études Caribéennes, 2021 Pregnancy and childbirth are important steps in a woman’s life. In Senegal, considerable progress has been made in childbirth conditions. The environment determines the type of childbirth to adopt, and the weight of tradition is a major factor.
Fatou Samb
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Home Birth in Portugal—A Comprehensive Analysis Based on Official Statistical Data
Social Sciences, 2023 To date, there are no comprehensive analyses of the official data on home births in Portugal that consider other determinants beyond place of birth, such as the conditions in which births occur or the mothers’ social profiles.
Sónia Pintassilgo +3 more
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Practices and Women’s Perceptions of Childbirth in Western Nepal: A Qualitative Study
Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2020 Background: Despite continuous efforts to increase the utilization of institutional delivery care services nearly two-fifths women deliver their babies at home without the assistance of skilled birth attendants (SBA) in Nepal.
Tulsi Ram Bhandari +2 more
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Childbirth at home and associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Archives of Public Health, 2021 Background Maternal mortality remains a major challenge to health systems worldwide. Although most pregnancies and births are uneventful, approximately 15% of all pregnant women develop potentially life-threatening complications.
Asteray Assmie Ayenew +2 more
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Geographies for a good birth: a geo(corpo)graphic approach to home birth in Chile
Salud Colectiva, 2022 Home birth has added a layer of complexity to the epistemology of birth, raising questions about its institutional aspects. From this standpoint, this article stems from an interest in the narratives that Chilean women ascribe to the scenario of home
Pía Rodríguez-Garrrido
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The effect of yoga on fear of childbirth and childbirth self-efficacy in primigravid women: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān, 2022 Introduction: In the recent years, yoga has been considered by researchers as a safe and effective method in promoting the physical and mental health of pregnant women.
Saman Samavati +3 more
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More Than Four Walls: The Meaning of Home in Home Birth Experiences
Social Inclusion, 2015 The “home versus hospital” as places of birth debate has had a long and at times vicious history. From academic literature to media coverage, the two have often been pitted against each other not only as opposing physical spaces, but also as opposing ...
Emily Burns
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