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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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Perinatal care with a view to preventing cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2020
Birth prevalence of cerebral palsy (CP) is declining in high‐income countries, to as low as 1.4 per 1000 live births in the most recent international reports. This represents a 35% reduction in birth prevalence over a 15‐year period.
N. Badawi, S. Mcintyre, R. Hunt
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Experiences of Perinatal Mental Health Care among Minority Ethnic Women during the COVID-19 Pandemic in London: A Qualitative Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
(1) Background: Approximately one in five women will experience mental health difficulties in the perinatal period. Women from ethnic minority backgrounds face a variety of barriers that can prevent or delay access to appropriate perinatal mental health ...
Sabrina Pilav, A. Easter, Sergio A. Silverio, Kaat De Backer, S. Sundaresh, S. Roberts, L. Howard   +6 more
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A qualitative study of minority ethnic women’s experiences of access to and engagement with perinatal mental health care

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background Approximately one in five women will experience mental health difficulties in the perinatal period. However, for a large group of women, symptoms of adverse perinatal mental health remain undetected and untreated.
Sabrina Pilav, Kaat De Backer, A. Easter, Sergio A. Silverio, S. Sundaresh, S. Roberts, L. Howard   +6 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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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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Design and psychometric properties of a questionnaire to assess gender sensitivity of perinatal care services: a sequential exploratory study

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Providing gender sensitive reproductive health service is recently emphasized by health organizations. This study aims to develop and assess psychometric properties of a questionnaire to assess gender sensitivity of perinatal care services (GS-
M. Simbar, F. Rahmanian, S. Nazarpour, A. Ramezankhani, N. Eskandari, F. Zayeri   +5 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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The Ethics of Perinatal Care for Black Women: Dismantling the Structural Racism in “Mother Blame” Narratives

Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing, 2019
Perinatal and neonatal nurses have a critical role to play in effectively addressing the disproportionate prevalence of adverse pregnancy outcomes experienced by black childbearing families.
K. Scott, Laura E. Britton, M. McLemore
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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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