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Public virtue, private ambition—Women owners of private hospitals in early twentieth‐century New Zealand

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract New Zealand's early‐twentieth‐century health service was a two‐tier system of state hospitals supported by an expanding network of over 300 private hospitals, almost exclusively owned by nurses and midwives. This article will show that this environment was created by a legislative framework introduced between 1901 and 1906, requiring nurses ...
Ann‐Marie Quinn
wiley   +1 more source

Risk factors for birth trauma and postpartum posttraumatic stress in the United Kingdom: Results from the international survey of childbirth‐related trauma

open access: yesActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, EarlyView.
Higher birth trauma ratings are predicted by women not having other children, maternal complications, lower birth satisfaction, and no postpartum skin‐to‐skin contact. Higher childbirth‐related post‐traumatic stress symptoms are predicted by younger maternal age, no previous children, current mental health difficulties, previous trauma, emergency ...
Rebecca Webb   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long‐Term Societal Costs After Births Before 24 Weeks of Gestation in Sweden

open access: yesActa Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim Extremely preterm birth is associated with high morbidity and long‐term support needs. This study estimated long‐term medical and non‐medical costs throughout childhood among children born before 24 weeks of gestation in Sweden. Methods This nationwide register‐based study included 344 infants born before 24 weeks of gestation in Sweden ...
Chatarina Löfqvist   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

In for a penny: An empirical study of earthquake experience and non‐pharmaceutical intervention effectiveness in the Marche region

open access: yesAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates whether prior exposure to natural disasters influenced individual compliance with non‐pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), specifically lockdown measures, during the Corona Virus Infectious Disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic. Focusing on the Marche region of Italy, which experienced a severe earthquake in 2016, we exploit
Vincenzo Alfano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dementia, Advance Directives, and Second‐Order Volitions

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper contributes to the ongoing debate over the authority of advance directives in cases where patients with dementia express desires that conflict with their earlier wishes. Drawing on Harry Frankfurt's concept of second‐order volitions, I argue that the preferences of the pre‐dementia self (the “then‐self”) should, in most cases, take ...
Rand Hirmiz
wiley   +1 more source

Midwifery Students' Definitions of Normal Labor and Birth: A Study From Five Countries

open access: yesBirth, EarlyView.
The image brings together the seven aspects considered most important in defining ‘normal/physiological birth’ according to research carried out among 664 student midwives across five countries. ABSTRACT Introduction Internationally, many women and birthing people are receiving maternity care interventions as a routine with no medical indication for ...
International Network Exploring Midwifery Students' Confidence in Physiological Birth   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors influencing decision-making for facility-based childbirth in rural Nepal: a qualitative study. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Public Health
Acharya S   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Quality Care in Midwifery‐Led Birth Centers: Assessing the Disconnect Between Reimbursement and Perinatal Outcomes

open access: yesBirth, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Health care financing is thought to be a driver of health care quality. The purpose of this research was to analyze reimbursement for midwifery‐led US birth centers and to evaluate the association between reimbursement ratios and clinical outcomes.
Sarah Bradbury   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sociocultural and Structural Determinants of Black Maternal Mental Health: A Scoping Review

open access: yesBirth, EarlyView.
This image highlights the ways sociocultural and structural determinants intersect to influence Black maternal health and pathways to improving mental health of Black mothers and birthing parents. ABSTRACT Background Black women face a disproportionate risk of perinatal mental mood disorders with significant implications for maternal and infant health ...
Priscilla N. Boakye   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

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