Place, time and experience: barriers to universalization of institutional child delivery in rural Mozambique [PDF]
, 2016 CONTEXT: Although institutional coverage of childbirth is increasing in the developing world, a substantial minority of births in rural Mozambique still occur outside of health facilities.
Hayford, Sarah +2 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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Decision-making for delivery location and quality of care among slum-dwellers: a qualitative study in Uttar Pradesh, India. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundIn 2013, the Government of India launched the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) in order to better address the health needs of urban populations, including the nearly 100 million living in slums.
Barge, Sandhya +3 more
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When general practitioners meet new evidence: an exploratory ethnographic study
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2017 Objective: To explore how general practitioners (GPs) think and act when presented with new evidence in relation to planned home birth and a proposal to change information practices. Design: Exploratory ethnographic study of GPs. The GPs were encountered
Ole Olsen
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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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Effectiveness of Community Based Safe Motherhood Promoters in Improving the Utilization of Obstetric care. The Case of Mtwara Rural District in Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2010 In Tanzania, maternal mortality ratio remains unacceptably high at 578/100,000 live births. Despite a high coverage of antenatal care (96%), only 44% of deliveries take place within the formal health services.
Declare Mushi +43 more
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Siberi eestlaste lapse sünniga seotud kombestik ja sünnituslood [PDF]
Mäetagused, 2023 To study the childbirth customs and stories of Siberian Estonians, I used conversations and interviews conducted in various Siberian Estonian communities during the fieldwork of the Estonian Folklore Archives between 1991 and 2013, as well as the ...
Anu Korb
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PLoS ONE, 2016 Background and objectivesHygiene during childbirth is essential to the health of mothers and newborns, irrespective of where birth takes place.
Giorgia Gon +6 more
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Delivering at Home or in a Health Facility? Health-Seeking Behaviour of Women and the Role of Traditional birth attendants in Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2013 Traditional birth attendants retain an important role in reproductive and maternal health in Tanzania. The Tanzanian Government promotes TBAs in order to provide maternal and neonatal health counselling and initiating timely referral, however, their role
A Byrne +28 more
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Determinants of place of delivery among women in indigenous communities of western India: A mixed-methods exploratory study [PDF]
Journal of Preventive and Complementary MedicineBackground: Disparities in maternal and child health indicators in India's tribal regions are concerning, characterized by a high prevalence of home deliveries, which are linked to adverse obstetric outcomes, including maternal complications and ...
Priti Solanky, Hitesh Shah
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