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Women’s experiences of maternity care in England: preliminary development of a standard measure

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
Background As maternity services evolve and the population of women served also changes, there is a continuing need to effectively document the views of women with recent experience of care.
Maggie Redshaw, Colin R. Martin, Emily Savage-McGlynn, Sian Harrison   +3 more
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What influences birth place preferences, choices and decision-making amongst healthy women with straightforward pregnancies in the UK? A qualitative evidence synthesis using a ‘best fit’ framework approach

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017
Background English maternity care policy has supported offering women choice of birth setting for over twenty years, but only 13% of women in England currently give birth in settings other than obstetric units (OUs).
Kirstie Coxon, Alison Chisholm, Reem Malouf, Rachel Rowe, Jennifer Hollowell   +4 more
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Effectiveness of call system implementation for postpartum hemorrhage in a tertiary emergency medical center: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
Background Postpartum hemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal death and severe maternal morbidity worldwide. Previous studies have reported the importance of multidisciplinary treatment approaches for postpartum hemorrhage; however, only a few ...
Sayo Umeda, Takeru Abe, Soichiro Obata, Shigeru Aoki, Ichiro Takeuchi   +4 more
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Psychosocial factors that mediate the association between mode of birth and maternal postnatal adjustment: findings from a population-based survey

BMC Women's Health, 2019
Background Mode of birth has been found to be associated with maternal postnatal adjustment with women who have Caesarean Sections (CS) thought to be at higher risk of emotional distress.
Fiona Alderdice, Jane Henderson, Charles Opondo, Marci Lobel, Maria Quigley, Maggie Redshaw   +5 more
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Impact of sampling and data collection methods on maternity survey response: a randomised controlled trial of paper and push-to-web surveys and a concurrent social media survey

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2023
Background Novel survey methods are needed to tackle declining response rates. The 2020 National Maternity Survey included a randomised controlled trial (RCT) and social media survey to compare different combinations of sampling and data collection ...
Siân Harrison, Fiona Alderdice, Maria A. Quigley   +2 more
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An urban perinatal health programme of strategies to improve perinatal health [PDF]

, 2011
Promotion of a healthy pregnancy is a top priority of the health care policy in many European countries. Perinatal mortality is an important indicator of the success of this policy.
A. J. J. Voorham, DJ Barker, DJ Barker, E. A. P. Steegers, E. Birnie, E. J. Van der Weg, EJ Troe, G Goedhart, G. J. Bonsel, H. I. J. Wildschut, H. W. Torij, HK Atrash, I. A. Peters, J. P. De Graaf, JAM Laudy, JM Schutte, JP Graaf de, S. Denktaş   +17 more
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Cardiac Troponin T and Illness Severity in the Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infant

International Journal of Pediatrics, 2012
Introduction. Respiratory distress are very common in Very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants and Myocardial injury may play a role in the disease outcome.
Danielle N. Lopes, José M. Moraes Ramos, Maria Elizabeth Lopes Moreira, Jofre A. Cabral, Manoel de Carvalho, José Maria de Andrade Lopes   +5 more
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Risk factors, predictive markers and prevention strategies for intrauterine fetal death. An integrative review [PDF]

, 2020
According to World Health Organization (WHO), fetal death is defined as the death of the fetus prior to its complete expulsion, independent of the duration of pregnancy, thus only ascribing the term stillbirth to fetal deaths in the case of pregnancies ...
Andronache, Liliana Florina, Bohiltea, Roxana, Cavinder, Christina M., Cirstoiu, Monica Mihaela, Ducu, Ionită, Paunica, Ioana, Turcan, Natalia   +6 more
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“Being the best person that they can be and the best mum”: a qualitative study of community volunteer doula support for disadvantaged mothers before and after birth in England

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
Background Disadvantaged pregnant women and new mothers are at increased risk of psychosocial stress, anxiety and depression. As well as affecting birth outcomes and child development, poor maternal emotional wellbeing can inhibit the development of ...
Jenny McLeish, Maggie Redshaw
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Progeny, December 2011, Vol. 27, no. 4 [PDF]

, 2011
This newsletter from The Department of Public Health about perinatal health care and ...

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