Providing accessible medical abortion services in a Victorian rural community: A description and audit of service delivery and contraception follow up
ConclusionProvision of accessible, affordable MToP through an integrated primary health service is one strategy to address access inequity in regional areas. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - July 11, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Becoming a mother – Mothers’ experience of Kangaroo Mother Care
ConclusionMothers want to stay close to their preterm infant. The NICU environment and staff can facilitate KMC by providing a private space for parents and infants, and enable mothers to breastfeed and express breast milk by giving them support based on science and proven experience. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - July 11, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Facilitating and supporting HIV+ parenthood: Lessons for developing the advocate role of voluntary HIV support services workers
ConclusionThe role of HIV support workers is important in facilitating access to resources and complex systems. HIV support workers should be recognised and as they are often a trusted professional to address stigma, discrimination and barriers to services. The study contributes to research seeking to understand the emerging needs and support requirements for people living with HIV seeking fertility and adoption. Further work in this area is warranted. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - July 11, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Parental perspective on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Serbia: Knowledge, attitudes and practice
ConclusionCoverage with one dose of HPV vaccine is low. Health-care authorities are urged to consider inclusion of HPV vaccination in immunization schedule. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - July 11, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Talking about sexual and reproductive health through interpreters: The experiences of health care professionals consulting refugee and migrant women
ConclusionCommunication barriers in the provision of SRH services to refugee and migrant women may not be avoided despite the use of interpreters. Great attention needs to be paid to the availability of women interpreters and training of interpreters to work in SRH. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - July 11, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Women’s preference for caesarean section and the actual mode of delivery – Comparing five sites in Norway
ConclusionThere were significant differences between the hospitals according to the CS preference. This preference was associated with the previous obstetric history and psychological factors. Therefore, creating good birth experiences and offering women counselling may reduce the CS preference rate. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - July 11, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Assessment of clinical decision-making among healthcare professionals performing caesarean deliveries in Burkina Faso
ConclusionThe simple dissemination of written clinical guidelines is not sufficient to maintain high-quality decision-making among healthcare professionals in Burkina Faso. Midwives may have some better scores than GPs if duly retrained and supervised. Increasing in-service training and supervision of both junior staff and lower-qualified healthcare professionals might help to improve obstetric practices in referral hospitals of Burkina Faso. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - July 11, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Pediatricians’ experiences of working with breastfeeding: An interview study
ConclusionsPediatricians have an interest in breastfeeding. However, they perceive inadequate communication with midwives and a need for better collaboration with them regarding breastfeeding. The study also identified a need for a national breastfeeding strategy and for improved conditions that create a breastfeeding-friendly environment. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - July 11, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Is infertility as visible as it needs to be given its importance to women’s health? Results from a review of women’s health journals
Publication date: June 2018Source: Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, Volume 16Author(s): Jean Marie Place, Isabella Litwack, Saša VannAbstractInfertility is a disease of the reproductive system. It has profound social, economic, psychological, and physical consequences, particularly for women. Given the persistence of preventable or untreated infertility, we assessed the level of attention women’s health journals have given to infertility-related concerns. We found a minimal number of articles on infertility in the past 15 years of four women’s health scientific journals. We encourage more submissions and subsequent...
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - July 11, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Living with painful endometriosis – a struggle for coherence. A qualitative study
ConclusionsLiving with severe painful endometriosis signified a struggle for coherence. The women needed to deal with feelings of difference, dependence and a ruined life and thus struggled for understanding, coping and meaning. Health-care providers should promote the struggle for coherence by explaining the feeling of difference, minimizing dependence and supporting the process of disease-related grief. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - July 11, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Challenges in providing quality care for women with female genital cutting in Sweden – a literature review
In conclusion, skills among health care professionals in Sweden caring for circumcised patients could be strengthened. This should be taken into consideration when planning midwifery and gynaecology curricula, and in providing in-service training for health care professionals likely to meet circumcised women in their practice (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - July 11, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Quality of couple relationship among first-time mothers and partners, during pregnancy and the first six months of parenthood
Publication date: Available online 6 July 2018Source: Sexual & Reproductive HealthcareAuthor(s): Caroline Bäckström, Ingemar Kåreholt, Stina Thorstensson, Marie Golsäter, Lena B Mårtensson (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - July 11, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
New parents’ experience of information and sense of security related to postnatal care: A systematic review
ConclusionFamily -centred care such as continuity, participation, individually adaptation, consistent, information and preparation for parenting appear to be important components for parents' sense of security in postnatal care. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - July 11, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
High levels of unmet need for family planning in Nepal
ConclusionThe lack of major inequity implies that the high level of unmet need for contraception is a general problem in society and must be addressed broadly. A special focus on education and provision for adolescents is needed in Nepal. (Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - July 11, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Social media as social support in pregnancy and the postpartum
Publication date: October 2018Source: Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, Volume 17Author(s): Brenda Baker, Irene YangAbstractBased on the rapidly growing use of social media and its influence on society an online survey to explore social media use and perceptions of social support was developed. A survey link or QR, quick read code was provided to new mothers in the postpartum setting of an academic medical center, posted on the hospital hosted website for new mothers and shared with Centering Pregnancy groups at the research hospital. The survey link was available for 4 weeks and 117 mothers from 64 different zip codes a...
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - July 11, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
