Utilisation of postnatal care among rural women in Nepal [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2007 Background Postnatal care is uncommon in Nepal, and where it is available the quality is often poor. Adequate utilisation of postnatal care can help reduce mortality and morbidity among mothers and their babies.
van Teijlingen Edwin R +5 more
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Factors associated with lack of postnatal care among Palestinian women: A cross-sectional study of three clinics in the West Bank [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2008 Background Only about one-third of women in Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) obtain postpartum care. Therefore, the goal of this study was to assess factors associated with lack of postnatal care, women's reasons for not obtaining postnatal care, and their
Maxwell Annette E +3 more
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The use of antenatal and postnatal care: perspectives and experiences of women and health care providers in rural southern Tanzania [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2009 Background Although antenatal care coverage in Tanzania is high, worrying gaps exist in terms of its quality and ability to prevent, diagnose or treat complications.
Mushi Adiel K +7 more
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Emotional processing in childbirth: a longitudinal study of women's management of emotions during pregnancy and the association with postnatal depression. [PDF]
Background: Childbirth is popularly considered to be a time of happiness and fulfilment, yet many authors have reported that women express more negative feelings, including anxiety, apprehension, self-doubt and guilt requiring significant emotional and ...
Wilkins, Carol
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Survey of Postnatal Care [PDF]
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1983 A postal survey of the postnatal care received by 250 mothers during the three months after delivery in the North Herts Maternity Unit achieved a response rate of 74.6%. More than 80% of mothers responding felt that they had received adequate help from the hospital staff, community midwife and health visitor but only 50% felt that they had received ...
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Therapeutic Advances in Reproductive Health, 2020 Objective: Evidence suggests postnatal care contributes to reductions in maternal mortality. In Ethiopia, the proportion of women who do not utilize postnatal care after birth is high and the frequency of postnatal checks falls short of the four visits ...
Habtamu Tolera +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2023 Neonatal health is a significant global public health concern, and the first two days of life are crucial for newborn survival. Most studies on newborn postnatal care have focused on crude coverage measures, which limit the evaluation of care quality ...
Aster Ferede Gebremedhin +2 more
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A two-centred pragmatic randomised controlled trial of two interventions of postnatal support [PDF]
, 2002 Objectives: To establish whether providing additional postnatal support during the early postnatal months influences women's physical and psychological health and to identify health service benefits.
Taylor, G.S. +11 more
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Training health visitors in cognitive behavioural and person-centred approaches for depression in postnatal women as part of a cluster randomised trial and economic evaluation in primary care: the PoNDER trial [PDF]
, 2010 Aim: This paper aims to describe the training preparation for health visitors who took part in the intervention arm of a cluster randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of training for health visitors – the POstNatal Depression Economic ...
Joe Curran +11 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2017 Background Maternal health remains a persisting public health challenge in Indonesia. Postnatal complications, in particular, are considered as maternal health problems priority that should be addressed.
Ari Probandari +3 more
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