Perinatal mental healthcare: Developing skills in midwifery students
Midwives have a pivotal role in screening for risk factors for mental illness and psychosocial vulnerabilities in women during the perinatal period. They also have a key responsibility to provide women with the appropriate resources to support their mental wellbeing. Midwives can lack confidence and/or feelings of competence regarding these skills.Care of women in the context of their perinatal mental health is a core midwifery skill that deserves practical learning during pre-registration education, just as the more ‘hands on’ skills such as abdominal palpation, labour and birth support or newborn examination. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - November 29, 2022 Category: Midwifery Authors: Deborah Fox, Kathryn Solanki, Georgia Brown, Christine Catling, Vanessa Scarf, Annabel Sheehy, Loretta Musgrave, Jayne Margetts, Tyra McEwen, Patrick Abela, Kathleen Baird Tags: Original research Source Type: research
Embracing the continuity of care experience: A new Australian graduate entry master of midwifery course with a student caseload of 15 women per year
Women receiving continuity of midwifery care have increased satisfaction and improved outcomes. Preparation of midwifery students to work in continuity models from the point of graduation may provide an ongoing midwifery workforce that meets rising demand from women for access to such care. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - November 28, 2022 Category: Midwifery Authors: Lesley Kuliukas, Jane Warland, Peta Cornell, Brooke Thomson, Helen Godwin, Zoe Bradfield Source Type: research
Either ‘a blessing in disguise’, or ‘I couldn’t get help,’: Australian and Aotearoa NZ women’s experiences of early infant feeding during COVID-19
To manage the COVID-19 pandemic, public health restrictions and a rapid pivot to telehealth occurred. Peripartum services were significantly affected by a strained infrastructure. Decreased face to face access to health services and support affected maternal experiences and confidence internationally, yet little was reported with the Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand context. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - November 26, 2022 Category: Midwifery Authors: Marjorie Atchan, Kristen Graham, Nicki Hartney, Ruth Martis, Lauren Kearney, Kym Davey, Rea Daellenbach, Helen Hall, Linda Sweet Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Project20: Maternity care mechanisms that improve (or exacerbate) health inequalities. A realist evaluation
Women with low socioeconomic status and social risk factors are at a disproportionate risk of poor birth outcomes and experiences of maternity care. Specialist models of maternity care that offer continuity are known to improve outcomes but underlying mechanisms are not well understood. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - November 26, 2022 Category: Midwifery Authors: Hannah Rayment-Jones, James Harris, Angela Harden, Cristina Fernandez Turienzo, Jane Sandall Source Type: research
What women identify as positive aspects and areas for improvement of maternity care and services in Ireland: An online survey
An important aspect of achieving the provision of woman-centred maternity services is to seek women ’s experiences of maternity care. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - November 26, 2022 Category: Midwifery Authors: Kathleen Hannon, Anne Britt Vika Nilsen, Margaret Murphy, Tine Schauer Eri, Patricia Leahy-Warren, Paul Corcoran, Soo Downe, Deirdre Daly Tags: Original research Source Type: research
First Nations doulas: Training needs and industry support in the Top End, Northern Territory, Australia
First Nations doulas offer an innovative approach for strengthening capacity and increasing the Australian First Nations maternity workforce to improve access to services that produce optimal outcomes. Currently, there is no published evidence on the training needs and health sector industry support for developing a First Nations doula workforce. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - November 24, 2022 Category: Midwifery Authors: Sarah Ireland, Sue Kildea, Yvette Roe, Suzanne Moore, Ms Renee Adair Source Type: research
Students as researchers: An example of high-level participation of undergraduate midwifery students as co-investigators in research
There is a shift in focus of the curricula of undergraduate midwifery research-education - from research content to the research process, and the student from being an observer to a participant. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - November 19, 2022 Category: Midwifery Authors: Yvonne J. Kuipers, Stans Verschuren Source Type: research
Why can intimacy be so difficult after perinatal loss?
Sexuality after perinatal loss is a topic that is rarely talked about: just like death, sex is still taboo in many countries, particularly in the case of adverse perinatal events. A couple ’s intimacy during bereavement is a greatly neglected subject and is generally not addressed during training courses or conferences for healthcare professionals. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - November 14, 2022 Category: Midwifery Authors: Claudia Ravaldi Source Type: research
Outcomes for women admitted for labour care to alongside midwifery units in the UK following a postpartum haemorrhage in a previous pregnancy: A national population-based cohort and nested case-control study using the UK Midwifery Study System (UKMidSS)
Women who have experienced a postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) ‘requiring treatment or transfusion’ are typically advised to plan birth in obstetric-led settings in subsequent pregnancies. Many UK alongside midwifery units (AMU) admit women for labour care following a previous PPH. We aimed to describe outcomes in women admitted for labour care to AMUs foll owing a previous PPH, compare outcomes with other multiparous women admitted to the same AMUs, and explore risk factors for recurrence. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - November 11, 2022 Category: Midwifery Authors: Alessandra Morelli, Jane Rogers, Julia Sanders, Jennifer J. Kurinczuk, Rachel Rowe Source Type: research
Effect of an Australian community-based caseload midwifery group practice service on maternal and neonatal outcomes for women from a refugee background
Women from a refugee background who resettle in high-income countries experience poorer perinatal outcomes in comparison to women from host countries. There is a paucity of research on how best to improve these outcomes. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - November 4, 2022 Category: Midwifery Authors: Mpho Dube, Yu Gao, Michelle Steel, Angela Bromley, Sarah Ireland, Sue Kildea Source Type: research
Continuity or team-teaching approach for midwifery education? An exploratory qualitative study of student and academic preferences
The content of midwifery courses is very similar across universities. The teaching approach is not, with universities adopting a variety of pedagogical methods. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - November 3, 2022 Category: Midwifery Authors: Lesley Kuliukas, Janie Brown, Anna Bosco, Zoe Bradfield Source Type: research
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Source: Women and Birth - November 1, 2022 Category: Midwifery Source Type: research
Immigrant women looking for information about the perinatal period on digital media: A qualitative study
Smartphones ’ development has allowed continuous access to information about the perinatal period on digital media. Knowing about immigrant women’s experience on digital media may help health and social care professionals to fine-tune their care. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - October 17, 2022 Category: Midwifery Authors: Patricia Perrenoud, Christelle Kaech, Caroline Chautems Source Type: research
Postnatal care services availability and utilization during the COVID-19 era in sub-Saharan Africa: A rapid review
Considerable progress has been made globally in improving maternal and newborn babies ’ health. The COVID-19 pandemic has posed considerable challenges for countries to maintain the provision of high-quality, essential maternal and newborn healthcare services. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - October 10, 2022 Category: Midwifery Authors: Tafadzwa Dzinamarira, Enos Moyo, Gashema Pierre, Etienne Mpabuka, Morris Kahere, Nigel Tungwarara, Itai Chitungo, Grant Murewanhema, Godfrey Musuka Source Type: research
Postnatal care services availability and utilization during the COVID-19 era in sub-Saharan Africa. A rapid review.
Considerable progress has been made globally in improving maternal and newborn babies ’ health. The COVID-19 pandemic has posed considerable challenges for countries to maintain the provision of high-quality, essential maternal and newborn healthcare services. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - October 10, 2022 Category: Midwifery Authors: Tafadzwa Dzinamarira, Enos Moyo, Gashema Pierre, Etienne Mpabuka, Morris Kahere, Nigel Tungwarara, Itai Chitungo, Grant Murewanhema, Godfrey Musuka Source Type: research
