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Limitations to institutional delivery among Ashaninka mothers of the Peruvian Amazon

Medwave
Introduction According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 2.8 million mothers and newborns die each year from preventable causes, highlighting inequalities in access to quality healthcare services.
Edith Paola Mejía Mamani, Katty Mendoza-Mamani, Guicela Palza-Portugal, Olga Choque Chura, Yubitza Del Lourdes Pérez Aguilar, Ana Mariela Gonzales Melchor   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does a referral from home to hospital affect satisfaction with childbirth? A cross-national comparison

BMC Health Services Research, 2007
Background The Belgian and Dutch societies present many similarities but differ with regard to the organisation of maternity care. The Dutch way of giving birth is well known for its high percentage of home births and its low medical intervention rate ...
Gouwy Anneleen, Christiaens Wendy, Bracke Piet   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Are women deciding against home births in low and middle income countries?

PLoS ONE, 2013
BackgroundAlthough there is evidence to tracking progress towards facility births within the UN Millennium Development Goals framework, we do not know whether women are deciding against home birth over their reproductive lives.
Fiifi Amoako Johnson, Sabu S Padmadas, Zoë Matthews   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Women's experiences of coping with pain during childbirth: A critical review of qualitative research [PDF]

, 2015
Objective To identify and analyse qualitative literature exploring women׳s experiences of coping with pain during childbirth. Design Critical review of qualitative research.
Kiara Lewis, Natalie Van der Gucht, Lewis, Kiara, Van der Gucht, Natalie   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Leaving children behind for cross‐border education: Unveiling the emotional agency of international post‐graduate student mothers

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite growing interest in the internationalisation of higher education, the experiences of international student parents, particularly international student mothers, remain largely marginalised in research and policy. This paper examines the emotional agency of international student mothers who leave their children behind in their home ...
Anh Ngoc Quynh Phan, Ha Ngan Ngo, Chloe Le   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Keeping their powder dry: Purity, pollution, and handgun ownership among Jewish women in Israel

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the gendered practices through which Jewish women in Israel experience and negotiate personal handgun ownership in everyday life. Drawing on interviews, participant observation in gun‐related spaces, and analysis of women‐only online forums, we explore the expanding participation of Jewish women in civilian gun ownership,
Maya Maor, Nehemia Stern, Guy Nagar, Uzi Ben Shalom   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assemblages of care: Moral economies, classed labor, and affective exhaustion among Karachi's working middle‐class women

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how working middle‐class women in Karachi navigate the intersecting burdens of care and self‐care within the affective, infrastructural, and ideological conditions of urban precarity. Drawing on twelve semi‐structured interviews conducted across homes, workplaces, and cafés in the city, seven of which anchor the primary ...
Muhammad Huzaifa
wiley   +1 more source

Health and Economic Impacts of an Early Labor Induction Policy for High‐BMI Mothers

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We expand the literature on marginal returns to birth interventions by studying a common intervention: early induction of labor for a growing share of pregnancies, high‐Body Mass Index (BMI) women. We exploit Danish guidelines which recommend routine induction at 7 days after the expected due date instead of 10–13 days after for mothers with a
Louis Freget, Maria Koch Gregersen
wiley   +1 more source

Globalization and the Benefits of Education: Evidence From the Double Burden of Malnutrition

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how rising women's education and exposure to economic and social globalization jointly shape the Double Burden of Malnutrition (DBM), defined as the coexistence of maternal overweight and child stunting within the same household.
Alessia Destefanis, Anne‐Célia Disdier, Fabrice Étilé   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source