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Supporting Improved Maternity Care by Midwives: Design Opportunities and Lessons Learned
[chapter]
2013
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Based on our findings we provide some recommendations and design implications to support improved care provided by the midwives. ...
The objective was to understand the current situation, challenges and design opportunities that could help to provided improved healthcare. ...
We thank the midwives and KNOV for their cooperation.
References ...
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-40498-6_55
fatcat:gck2awy7dvc65nval74ojlzdai
The Central Midwives Board and Irish Midwives
1904
BMJ (Clinical Research Edition)
THE CENTRAL MIDWIVES BOARD AND IRISH MIDWIVES. ...
Maternity Charity.; and the consulting surgeoncy
ofthe. ligton .nd North. ...
doi:10.1136/bmj.2.2286.1119-d
fatcat:xuit7qev7je7bptqmn2bcwzudy
Midwives transition to practice: Expectations and experiences
2019
Nurse Education in Practice
Supporting transition: Lessons from embedded continuity The value of caseload midwifery as an instrument of learning for midwifery students has not yet been well defined. ...
routine practices and taskbased care into opportunities for empowerment, informed choice and woman centred care. ...
doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2019.102641
pmid:31630046
fatcat:qk27e4snzneh3onwqggkf5qafu
Striving for excellence: Nurturing midwives' skills in Freetown, Sierra Leone
2013
Midwifery
Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Skilled birth attendant Maternal and newborn mortality rate (MNMR) a b s t r a c t Midwives provide critical, life-saving care to women and babies. ...
In-service education and supportive supervision facilitated the midwives' professional growth, leading to capable future leaders who are providing exemplary care to delivering mothers and their newborns ...
AWC's maternity team holds discussions about any case that is unique or has bad outcomes, to learn lessons and improve care where possible. ...
doi:10.1016/j.midw.2013.01.013
pmid:23541272
fatcat:nylli55upvdbjnykr7yup54h24
Distance learning for maternal and child health nurses and midwives in Mongolia: a qualitative evaluation
2018
International Nursing Review
We analysed the effectiveness of a distance education program for maternal and child health nurses and midwives in Mongolia, assessing its strengths and limitations and ways in which it could be improved ...
and practice to improve the quality of care provided to mothers and children in low-resource settings. ...
It was well received by participants, many of whom have used their learning to improve maternal and child health services and the teaching of these disciplines. ...
doi:10.1111/inr.12453
pmid:29570214
fatcat:si6437rzovbsjd65r3kjt7zcdy
"A powerful midwifery vision": Dutch student midwives' educational needs as advocates of physiological childbirth
2019
Women and Birth
In order to internalize the midwifery philosophy of care and to learn how to advocate for physiological childbirth, student midwives in the Netherlands need learning experiences that expose them to physiological ...
Preceptors need to be supported in allowing student midwives opportunities to realize the midwifery philosophy of care, also when this differs from preceptor practice. ...
Needs of parents and professionals to improve shared decision-making in interprofessional maternity care practice: A qualitative study. Birth. 2018; 45(3): 245-254. 41. ...
doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2018.12.010
pmid:30611729
fatcat:ogmkheqy65aotpz3rqo72sfvly
Difficulties with breastfeeding: Midwives in disarray?
1987
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
of treatments that had been shown to be either ineffective or harmful, suggested that breastfeeding was a learned skill that improved with practice; and that since the opportunity to acquire the skill ...
It needed to be acknowledged that some midwives actually dislike breastfeeding and need some opportunity to discuss their feelings. ...
doi:10.1177/014107688708000122
pmid:3560128
pmcid:PMC1290639
fatcat:oxdlug2qs5h5fiivcggan5hpxu
Teaching midwives homeopathy—A Belgian pilot project
2018
European Journal of Integrative Medicine
Conclusions Training midwives in homeopathy requires considerably more time than the 50 contact hours stipulated by law and would best be offered as interactive sessions providing powerful concrete case ...
Results Although the learning objectives were met, participants provided useful feedback regarding content and method for the future organisation of the course. ...
Acknowledgements: To Thomas More College, department Continuing Professional Development 'More Care' for Midwifery, Lier (Belgium) who provided vital support in organising this project. ...
doi:10.1016/j.eujim.2018.05.013
fatcat:twwzc45ltbhu7oz4udwnmofhcq
'Midwives are the backbone of our health system': Lessons from Afghanistan to guide expansion of midwifery in challenging settings
2013
Midwifery
Strengths included evidence-based content, standardised materials, clinical training, and supportive learning environment. ...
Background: over the last decade Afghanistan has made large investments in scaling up the number of midwives to address access to skilled care and the high burden of maternal and newborn mortality. ...
Funding was provided from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Health Services Support Project (HSSP), led by Jhpiego through Associate Cooperative Agreement #306- ...
doi:10.1016/j.midw.2013.06.015
pmid:23916402
fatcat:u75v2owqwvb67idpisrwcgkwau
Following-up midwives after adverse incidents: How front-line management practices help second victims
2020
Midwifery
The study shows that proactive managers who planned for how to handle critical incidents provided midwives with needed individual support and learning. ...
Maternity ward managers utilised four types of practices to support midwives after critical incidents: management, transformational leadership, distributed leadership and laissez-faire leadership. ...
Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank the 33 midwives for their time and stories from first-hand experience. ...
doi:10.1016/j.midw.2020.102669
pmid:32120330
fatcat:3kfvh7ryqncchin4rpeoh2t26a
Maternal Nutrition Education Provided by Midwives: A Qualitative Study in an Antenatal Clinic, Uganda
2018
Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
The objective of this paper is to describe the maternal nutrition education offered by midwives to women attending an antenatal clinic. ...
The study also examined the resources, support, and the needs of the midwives in offering the nutrition education. ...
Acknowledgments e authors appreciate the hospital administration for the support during the study and the midwives who are working in the antenatal clinic for participation in the study. ...
doi:10.1155/2018/3987396
pmid:30498600
pmcid:PMC6222237
fatcat:kflcgi2mfjfcxf324oeyppzpgi
Adaptation of the Training Resource Package to Strengthen Preservice Family Planning Training for Nurses and Midwives in Tanzania and Uganda
2018
Global Health: Science and Practice Journal
Highquality preservice family planning education for nurses and midwives can improve the quality of sexual and reproductive health care, thereby improving health outcomes. ...
unit that will support nurses and midwives to provide quality, rightsbased family planning services. ...
Lastly, we acknowledge valuable contributions from John Wakida, Registrar, Uganda Nurses Midwives Council; Laurel Lundstrom of Pathfinder/E2A; and Gwendolyn Morgan of Management Sciences for Health/E2A ...
doi:10.9745/ghsp-d-18-00030
pmid:30166327
pmcid:PMC6172108
fatcat:z35oup6cqzcdve2wwy3anffawm
Context specific realities and experiences of nurses and midwives in basic emergency obstetric and newborn care services in two district hospitals in Rwanda: a qualitative study
2022
BMC Nursing
Even though the study was focused on PPH management and NR, the resulting recommendations to improve quality of care could benefit the broader field of maternal and child health, particularly in low and ...
Background In low and middle-income countries, nurses and midwives are the frontline healthcare workers in obstetric care. ...
Acknowledgments We would like to thank the Consortium for Advanced Research and Training (CARTA), The Ministry of Health, Rwanda, and The Maternity Foundation. ...
doi:10.1186/s12912-021-00793-y
pmid:34983511
pmcid:PMC8725506
fatcat:6traibounjdu7lxpkalzdiawdu
Public health education for midwives and midwifery students: a mixed methods study
2012
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Health care providers for women during the reproductive and early
postnatal period have the opportunity to encourage women to make choices that will impact positively on
maternal and fetal health. ...
Opportunities
at the start of life, and more recently since the Marmott for all maternity care professionals exist to maximise
review of health inequalities [4]. ...
doi:10.1186/1471-2393-12-142
pmid:23216855
pmcid:PMC3557144
fatcat:ax766en3qbhafpdtabxlkx5irq
Excess gestational weight gain: an exploration of midwives' views and practice
2012
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Finally, the midwives saw themselves as central in providing lifestyle behaviour education to pregnant women and identified opportunities for support to promote healthy GWG. ...
Methods: Midwives working in antenatal care were recruited from one rural and one urban Australian maternity hospital employing purposive sampling strategies to assess a range of practice areas. ...
Acknowledgements The authors are grateful to the midwives who willing contributed to this study. Campbell is supported by a Victorian Health Promotion Foundation Fellowship. ...
doi:10.1186/1471-2393-12-102
pmid:23013446
pmcid:PMC3531303
fatcat:snj5pwussnflxj5hvelk6eect4
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