ABSTRACT Background Health care financing is thought to be a driver of health care quality. The purpose of this research was to analyze reimbursement for midwifery‐led US birth centers and to evaluate the association between reimbursement ratios and clinical outcomes.
Sarah Bradbury +6 more
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Building bridges for empowerment and informed decision-making: A qualitative study of midwives' reflections on how to optimise contraceptive counselling for immigrant women in Sweden. [PDF]
Kolak M +4 more
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Midwifery Care Studies: A Reflexive Methodology for a Practice‐Based Science
Introducing Midwifery Care Studies: a novel reflexive approach examining midwifery as practice‐based science. ABSTRACT Background Midwifery research is increasingly understood as shaped by the specific social, political, and historical contexts, with scientific practices actively co‐producing realities.
Annekatrin Skeide
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The Relationship Between Midwives' Psychological Capital and Core Competency: A Latent Profile Analysis. [PDF]
Ni S +9 more
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ABSTRACT Background Maternal pushing during the second stage of labor plays a critical role to labor progression, with professional guidelines recommend supporting a natural, “spontaneous” approach to pushing. Midwives are key to facilitating this practice; however, there is limited of evidence regarding their perceptions of spontaneous pushing.
Jiasi Yao +4 more
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The experiences of midwives with violence from patients, their relatives and friends: A study in perinatal center in Lithuania. [PDF]
Mikėnaitė M +6 more
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Labor and delivery staff's personal experiences with birth are associated with their attitudes about clinical practice. We conducted a cross‐sectional survey of female labor and delivery staff employed at birthing hospitals in Arkansas. A total of 378 staff (physicians, nurses and midwives) from 29 facilities (of 33 birthing hospitals) participated in ...
Tanvangi Tiwari +6 more
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Development of a clinical triage readiness and practice assessment tool for midwives in the maternity units of South Africa. [PDF]
Ngwenya MW +5 more
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New analysis from 15 years of Indonesian Demographic Health Survey Data has identified a shift from home birth to hospital birth. However, 65% of women who gave birth in hospital had no risk factors, while 13% of women who gave birth at home did report pregnancy‐related risk factors.
Kai Hodgkin +2 more
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Acceptability of the WHO labor care guide among midwives in Tanzania: an exploratory qualitative study. [PDF]
Lukumai NJ, Nyarubeli IP.
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