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Home delivery among antenatal care booked women in their last pregnancy and associated factors: community-based cross sectional study in Debremarkos town, North West Ethiopia, January 2016

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017
Background In Ethiopia, nearly half of the mothers who were booked for antenatal care, who supposed to have institutional delivery, gave home delivery nationally.
Habtamu Kebebe Kasaye   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Convergence of Low‐Fertility Policies Beyond Policy Transfer: A Comparative Analysis of Korea and Hungary

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study compares policy responses to persistent low fertility in Korea and Hungary, two countries facing similar demographic pressures but embedded in distinct institutional settings. It asks whether the diffusion of pronatalist policies has produced convergence in the design, implementation, and effects of fertility policy in these cases ...
Kilkon Ko, M. Jin Lee, Tamás Pesuth
wiley   +1 more source

Home Birth vs. Hospital Birth

open access: yesVoices in Bioethics, 2016
The medicalization of childbirth has generated a dichotomy between “natural” and “medical” births.[1] Great strides in medicine over the past several decades have resulted in the ability to address complications that may arise during delivery, and as ...
Kaitlyn Arbour
doaj   +1 more source

Towards Responsible Mining in Africa: Problematising the Environmental and Public Health Concerns of Artisanal and Small‐Scale Gold Mining in Ghana

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There have been emerging media reports on the impact of cyanide and mercury use in artisanal and small‐scale gold mining (ASGM) operations on community health, especially among pregnant and non‐pregnant women, ASGM miners, and children in rural Africa.
Francis Arthur‐Holmes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate‐Induced Water Insecurity and the Physical Health of Women and Girls in Sub‐Saharan Africa

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change and climate variability are intensifying water insecurity across Sub‐Saharan Africa, but the health burden is mediated by infrastructure, affordability, social inequality, and the gendered organization of water work. This scoping review maps evidence on how climate‐related water insecurity affects the physical health of women ...
Jacob Kwakye, Abraham Kwao
wiley   +1 more source

Parto domiciliar planejado: resultados maternos e neonatais Parto domiciliario planificado: resultados maternos y neonatales Planned homebirth: maternal and neonatal outcomes

open access: yesRevista de Enfermagem Referência, 2010
A hospitalização de todas as parturientes, em nome da segurança e bem-estar da mãe e bebê, introduziu uma assistência mecânica, impessoal e intervencionista no parto, fazendo ressurgir o parto em domicílio.
Priscila Maria Colacioppo   +4 more
doaj  

Childbirth coping strategies and childbirth satisfaction

open access: yes, 1990
Spine title: Childbirth coping strategies & childbirth ...
Koehn, Mary L.
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The Impact of “Mother‐Friendly Care” Accreditations on Patient Choice: Evidence From Brazil

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the impact of Brazil's “Mother‐Friendly Care” accreditation program on hospital choice. Using administrative data on births in the Brazilian public health system from 2008–2019, we estimate a nested logit demand model that allows for differential substitution patterns based on existing Baby‐Friendly Hospital Initiative (IHAC ...
Cici McNamara, Felipe Rocha Campos
wiley   +1 more source

A Critical Analysis of the Medical Model As Used in the Study of Pregnancy and Childbirth [PDF]

open access: yes
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.
Edwin van Teijlingen
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“Your English Sounds Almost British”: Everyday Linguicism and Racialized Subjectivity of an International Student in Hong Kong

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how everyday linguicism and racism shape the academic and social experiences of international students in Hong Kong, focusing on the racialized subjectivity of a South Asian graduate student. Although research on international students has mainly focused on Western higher education, little attention has been paid to the ...
Pramod K. Sah
wiley   +1 more source

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