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South African midwife specialists’ experiences in the utilisation of their knowledge and skills

Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
Background: Midwifery specialisation was introduced in 1993 as a response to escalating maternal and neonatal mortalities and shortage of physicians in rural parts of South Africa.
Kagiso P. Tukisi, Zelda Janse van Rensburg, Wanda Jacobs   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Midwifery Basics: Assessing students [PDF]

, 2015
Midwifery Basics: Mentorship 4 Mentorship: is the fourteenth series of ‘Midwifery basics’ targeted at practising midwives. It aims to provide information to raise awareness of the impact of the work of midwives on student learning and ultimately on ...
Marshall, Joyce, Parkin, Julie
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Continuity of care by a primary midwife (caseload midwifery) increases women’s satisfaction with antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care: results from the COSMOS randomised controlled trial

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2016
BackgroundContinuity of care by a primary midwife during the antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum periods has been recommended in Australia and many hospitals have introduced a caseload midwifery model of care.
D. Forster, H. McLachlan, Mary-Ann Davey, M. Biro, T. Farrell, L. Gold, M. Flood, T. Shafiei, U. Waldenström   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pay the midwife! The cost of delivery in nineteenth-century rural West Flanders: the case of midwife Joanna Mestdagh

Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis, 2018
This article focuses on the determinants of the economic cost of at-home childbirth in Flanders in the nineteenth century. Literature on the remuneration of medical professionals in the nineteenth century is sparse. Yet the few existing studies show that
Christa Matthys
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of variables affecting postpartum quality of life: their relative influence and interrelationships

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background The postpartum period is a time of special vulnerability and unacceptably high morbidity for the mother, which warrants in-depth study. The objective of this study is to analyze the variables affecting quality of life (QoL) during the first ...
Carmen Paz-Pascual, Isabel Artieta-Pinedo, Paola Bully, ema-Q Group, Maite Espinosa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

THE CORRELATION BEETWEEN MOTHER'S NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND PARITY WITH THE INCIDENT OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT (LBW) AT A PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER SURABAYA

Indonesian Midwifery and Health Sciences Journal
Background: One of the highest causative factors of neonatal death in Indonesia is low birth weight (LBW), around 7,150 (35.3%) cases. Even though the trend of LBW incidents in East Java is decreasing, in the city of Surabaya itself the death rate due to
Fransiska Niken Hapsari, Astika Gita Ningrum, Muhammad Ardian Cahya Laksana, Widati Fatmaningrum   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Household costs of healthcare during pregnancy, delivery, and the postpartum period : a case study from Matlab, Bangladesh [PDF]

, 2006
A household survey was undertaken in Matlab, a rural area of Bangladesh, to estimate the costs incurred during pregnancy, delivery, and the postpartum period for women delivering at home and in a health facility.
Blum, Lauren S., Borghi, Josephine, Hoque, Mohammad Enamul, Nazme, Sabina, Ronsmans, Carine   +4 more
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A comparison of frequency of medical interventions and birth outcomes between the midwife led unit and the obstetric unit in low-risk primiparous women

Obzornik zdravstvene nege, 2014
Introduction: The purpose of this national research was to compare birth, maternal and newborn outcomes in the midwife led unit and the obstetric unit to ascertain whether a midwife led unit reduced medicalisation of childbirth.
Anita Prelec, Ivan Verdenik, Angela Poat
doaj   +1 more source

Midwifery manager’s experiences of knowledge and skills utilization by midwife specialists in the public health sector of South Africa

BMC Nursing
Introduction Midwife specialists are trained professionals who render low and high-risk maternity and neonatal healthcare services across the globe. A workforce shortage of trained obstetricians and neonatologists in the rural parts of South Africa led ...
Kagiso P. Tukisi, Zelda Janse van Rensburg, Wanda Jacobs   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Midwives' competence : is it affected by working in a rural location? [PDF]

, 2007
Introduction: Rising health care costs and the need to consolidate expertise in tertiary services have led to the centralisation of services. In the UK, the result has been that many rural maternity units have become midwife-led.
Bryers, Helen, Caldow, Jan L., Farmer, Jane, Harris, Fiona, Hundley, Vanora, Ireland, Jillian C.M., Kiger, Alice, Tucker, Janet S., van Teijlingen, Edwin R.   +8 more
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