Challenges to midwives' scope of practice in providing women's birthing care in an Australian hospital setting: A grounded theory study
ConclusionsThe theoretical framework generates conceptual knowledge of how midwives aspire to promote healthy, safe and responsive birthing care for women in their scope of practice in a hospital setting. Findings provide greater insights into the competing perspectives of birthing care challenging midwives’ capacity to provide woman-centred care, influencing the degree to which midwives are able to exercise their scope of practice in promoting normal birth. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - October 7, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Access and utilisation of reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health services among women who inject drugs in coastal Kenya: findings from a qualitative study
ConclusionsSeveral barriers disrupted women’s access to services across the RMNCH continuum. Consequently, there is a need to develop equitable, comprehensive, and family-centered RMNCH interventions tailored to women who inject drugs, through a combination of supply- and demand-side interventions. For optimal impact, RMNCH services should be integrated into harm reduction programs. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - October 6, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Haemorrhoids – A neglected problem faced by women after birth
ConclusionA substantial percentage of women had symptoms from haemorrhoids after birth. Many of these women felt that their problems were neglected. Women who experienced a slow birth of the baby’s head and spontaneous pushing suffered less from haemorrhoids 3 weeks after birth. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - October 5, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Promoting normal birthing: Aspiring to develop a midwife-led scope of practice
ConclusionsThe theoretical framework generates conceptual knowledge of how midwives aspire to promote healthy, safe and responsive birthing care for women in their scope of practice in a hospital setting. Findings provide greater insights into the competing perspectives of birthing care challenging midwives’ capacity to provide woman-centred care, influencing the degree to which midwives are able to exercise their scope of practice in promoting normal birth. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - September 15, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Editorial
Publication date: October 2018Source: Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, Volume 17Author(s): (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - September 5, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Working with home birth – Swedish midwives’ experiences
ConclusionThis study contributes to the discussion about midwives’ experiences of working with home birth in contexts where home birth is not covered by public health care. The study shows that the work environment influences how midwives perform their craft, how they follow and support normal birth, and how the birth setting influence valuing their work. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - September 1, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Assessing the association between fatigue and functional status during postpartum
ConclusionThe lack of a statistically significant association between fatigue and functional status warrants further research since limited studies have been conducted. Findings of this study may assist healthcare providers in planning and implementing holistic assessment and care for women in postpartum.. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - August 27, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Increasing Knowledge of Home Based Maternal and Newborn Care Using Self-Help Groups: Evidence from Rural Uttar Pradesh, India
ConclusionFindings from the study showed SHGs can increase HBMNC knowledge among women. However, studies with longer duration are required to examine the scalability and sustainability of the intervention. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - August 18, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Haemorrhoids - a neglected problem faced by women after birth
ConclusionA substantial percentage of women had symptoms from haemorrhoids after birth. Many of these women felt that their problems were neglected. Women who experienced a slow birth of the babýs head and spontaneous pushing suffered less from haemorrhoids 3 weeks after birth. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - August 18, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Women’s experiences of contraceptive counselling in the context of an abortion – An interview study
ConclusionThe women seem to have a limited receptivity to contraceptive counselling when they have an unwanted pregnancy and are sceptical about contraceptives. Women, who experience respect in the counselling, report being helped in contraceptive decision-making. To receive respectful counselling and to have good access to intrauterine devices emerged as central needs among women at the time of an abortion. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - August 12, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Relation between mothers’ types of labor, birth interventions, birth experiences and postpartum depression: A multicentre follow-up study
ConclusionIn conclusion, it is thought that preparing the mothers for birth with birth preparation training in the antenatal period and imposing the necessary regulations in the delivery room for the mothers to have a positive birth experience are important in reducing postpartum depression risk. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - August 12, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Perfectionistic traits and importance given to parenthood are associated with infertility-related quality of life in a sample of infertile women with and without endometriosis
ConclusionsInfertility might elicit self-discrepancy between real-self (i.e. being infertile) and ideal-self (being fertile), which in turn has a negative impact on quality of life. Conclusions about the role of psychologist in ART’s team are discussed. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - July 31, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Early secondary repair of labial tears, 1st and 2nd degree perineal lacerations and mediolateral episiotomies in a midwifery-led clinic. A retrospective evaluation of cases based on photo documentation
ConclusionsBased on photo documentation, early secondary repair of birth lacerations not involving the sphincter complex provides an anatomically acceptable result in the majority of cases without risk of serious complications. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - July 24, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Womeńs experiences of contraceptive counselling in the context of an abortion - An interview study
ConclusionThe women have a limited receptivity to contraceptive counselling when they have an unwanted pregnancy and are sceptical about contraceptives. The women, who experience respect in the counselling, report greater ease in contraceptive decision-making. Health professionals working in abortion care need to develop skills in respectful counselling and knowledge in contraception and should facilitate access to intrauterine devices post abortion. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - July 24, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Socio-demographic factors affecting the choice of place of childbirth among migrant and native women–A case control study from Chandigarh, India
Conclusionand clinical implication Most home deliveries had occurred among migrant women. Health-related choices of the migrants apparently reflect the influence of other social determinants of health like education, income and culture. Mainstreaming of the health efforts addressing the complex web of social determinants intertwined with the process of migration is the need of the hour. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - July 19, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
