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Home childbirth: progress or retrocession?
Revista Gaúcha de EnfermagemGiving birth at home represents a rising modality of delivery care in the Brazilian society, although in unrepresentative proportion when compared to the number of hospital childbirths.
Clara Fróes de Oliveira SANFELICE +1 more
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Fear in childbirth: are the media responsible? [PDF]
, 2014 This is the second year that the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal and Perinatal Health convened a debate as part of the Festival of Learning at Bournemouth University (BU).
Hundley, Vanora +4 more
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A Critical Analysis of the Medical Model as used in the Study of Pregnancy and Childbirth [PDF]
, 2005 One key concept in medical sociology/anthropology for the analysis of approaches to health and illness is the medical model. However, this medical model is not only applied at the analytical level, i.e.
van Teijlingen, Edwin
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Natural childbirth in twentieth century England : a history of alternative approaches to birth from the 1940s to the 1990s. [PDF]
, 2010 PhDIt is well-established that a medical model of childbirth shaped maternity policy during the second half of the twentieth century. However, alongside this narrative of medicalised childbirth, an idea emerged that was to challenge medical hegemony in
Raphael, Amanda-Jane
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian +3 more
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BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthBackground There are few support interventions for women with fear of childbirth tailored towards type of fears and parity. To inform the future development of an acceptable and relevant intervention for women with severe fear of childbirth, primary ...
Carita Nordin-Remberger +4 more
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Women's experiences of their perineum following childbirth: expectations, reality and returning to normality. [PDF]
Women's experiences of their perineum following childbirth: expectations, reality and returning to normality The aim of the study was to explore the feelings, perceptions and experiences of women in relation to their perineum following childbirth in the ...
Way, S.
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Home birth preference, childbirth, and newborn care practices in rural Peruvian Amazon.
PLoS ONE, 2021 Home birth is very common in the Peruvian Amazon. In rural areas of the Loreto region, home to indigenous populations such as the Kukama-Kukamiria, birth takes place at home constantly. This study aims to understand the preference for home births as well
Irene Del Mastro N +6 more
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PLOS Global Public Health, 2023 In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), maternal and newborn mortality is high due to the high prevalence of home births. Understanding the reasons behind this behavior is essential for improving maternal and newborn outcomes.
Ayesha Khalid +4 more
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Global Epidemiology, 2020 High maternal mortality remains a challenge for the attainment of the third Sustainable Development Goal in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, maternal mortality ratio remains high at 362 deaths per 100,000 live births.
Catherine Atahigwa +4 more
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