Journal of Midwifery &Women's Health, EarlyView.Introduction Prenatal education is key to promoting breastfeeding. To address equity and access challenges, health care facilities are increasingly offering online prenatal education in addition to in‐person sessions. This study aimed to estimate the influence of online and group prenatal education services, used separately or together, on ...
Marie‐Violaine Ponte +6 more
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Quality and Access to Postnatal Care Among Women in Somalia: Evidence from the 2020 Somalia Demographic and Health Survey. [PDF]
Int J Womens HealthHussein IM +4 more
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Barriers to Medicaid Participation for Community Midwives in California
Journal of Midwifery &Women's Health, EarlyView.Introduction The United States faces persistent perinatal health care inequities, and there is growing recognition that midwifery care, including community‐based care offered outside of hospital settings, could address these challenges. Medicaid finances half of the births in the United States, but state policies notably limit access to community ...
Jessica M. Harrison +10 more
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Companionship utilization and its associated factors during childbirth among mothers who delivered at public hospitals in Shashemene town, Southern Ethiopia: A mixed-method study. [PDF]
PLoS OneAnbesa DG +4 more
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Visualizing the Role of Midwives in Planetary Health: A Proposed Graphic Model
Journal of Midwifery &Women's Health, EarlyView.Abstract Climate change and ecological degradation pose growing threats to public health, with profound consequences for birthing individuals and fetal and newborn outcomes. Planetary health provides a framework for understanding the interdependence between environmental systems and human well‐being, underscoring the responsibility of health care ...
Monica Streater
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Perspectives on midwife-led care as a solution to reduce obstetric violence in health facilities in Ghana. [PDF]
Front Glob Womens HealthSenkyire G +5 more
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Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective This study explores how geographical distance between adult children of immigrants and their parents changes in response to partnership formation and partnership dissolution. Background Geographical distance between generations is a key factor in intergenerational support.
Alon Pertzikovitz +3 more
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Addressing inequities in maternal health through postpartum nurse home visiting: a mixed methods evaluation. [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy ChildbirthHaynes SC +7 more
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Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective This study quantifies sibling experiences across childhood by birth cohort and maternal education. Background As family structures evolve, sibling complexity—the presence of half and stepsiblings—is becoming more common. Yet, little is known about how sibling constellations unfold across childhood, vary between cohorts, or differ by ...
Liina Junna +3 more
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When air-raid sirens howl the rate of visits of pregnant women to the obstetrical emergency room decreases: results of a 4-months wartime follow up in a tertiary medical center. [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy ChildbirthShaham L +8 more
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