Health professionals' experiences of whistleblowing in maternal and newborn healthcare settings: A scoping review and thematic analysis
Whistleblowing, which involves raising concerns about wrongdoing, carries risks yet can be crucial to ensuring the safety of health service users in maternal and newborn healthcare settings. Understanding of the experiences of health care professionals that enact whistleblowing in this context is currently limited. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - February 28, 2024 Category: Midwifery Authors: Tanya Capper, Bridget Ferguson, Olav Muurlink Tags: Review article Source Type: research
Clinical outcomes and financial estimates for women attending the largest private midwifery service in Australia compared to national data: a retrospective cohort study
Multiple barriers to national scale-out of private midwifery practice in Australia exist. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - February 23, 2024 Category: Midwifery Authors: Yu Gao, Liz Wilkes, Annabel Tafe, Andrea Quanchi, Lauren Ruthenberg, Michelle Warriner, Sue Kildea Source Type: research
Optimising recovery after perineal trauma: Implementation of an evidence-based patient-centred care and clinical practice guideline
Perineal trauma and pain can affect the quality of life of women who experience vaginal birth. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - February 20, 2024 Category: Midwifery Authors: Marjan Khajehei, Julie Swain, Jennifer King, Collette Compton, Wandi Wei, Therese McGee, Seng Chai Chua, Beata Gidaszewski Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
The improvement and retention of skills in shoulder dystocia management with the use of high-fidelity simulation: The SAFE (SimulAtion high-FidElity) study
Shoulder dystocia is a relatively uncommon but serious childbirth-related emergency. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - February 19, 2024 Category: Midwifery Authors: Dimitrios Papoutsis, Paraskevi Klazoglou, George Valasoulis, Chara Tzavara Tags: Original research Source Type: research
Midwives ’ views about the effects of climate change on maternal and child health: A qualitative study
Midwives have important responsibilities to protect the health of mothers and children from the negative effects of climate change. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - February 13, 2024 Category: Midwifery Authors: Elif Da ğlı, Feyza Aktaş Reyhan, Ayça Şolt Kırca Tags: Original research Source Type: research
Chilean midwives' experiences while providing induced abortion care after the enactment of a law decriminalising abortion
The recent change in Chilean legislation towards abortion enabled midwives to include the care of women having an induced abortion within their scope of practice. However, midwives ’ identity could be strained by induced abortion care provision as it is contrary to midwives’ traditional role. Considering this, the aim of the study was to elucidate how Chilean midwives understand and provide abortion care. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - February 8, 2024 Category: Midwifery Authors: Bielka Carvajal, Helen White, Jane Brooks, Ann M. Thomson, Alison Cooke Tags: Original research Source Type: research
Dj äkamirr: Exploring principles used in piloting the training of First Nations doulas in a remote multilingual Northern Australian community setting
There is growing evidence in First Nations doula care as a strategy to address perinatal inequities and improve maternal care experiences. However, there is no evidence around the approach and principals required to successfully deliver First Nations doula (childbirth) training. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - February 2, 2024 Category: Midwifery Authors: Sarah Ireland, Dorothy Yu ŋgirrŋa Bukulatjpi, Evelyn Djotja Bukulatjpi, Rosemary Gundjarraŋbuy, Renee Adair, Yvette Roe, Suzanne Moore, Sue Kildea, Elaine Ḻäwurrpa Maypilama Source Type: research
“Safe, connected, supported in a complex system.” Exploring the views of women who had a First Nations baby at one of three maternity services offering culturally tailored continuity of midwife care in Victoria, Australia. A qualitative analysis of free-text survey responses
In Australia, continuity of midwife care is recommended for First Nations women to address the burden of inequitable perinatal outcomes experienced by First Nations women and newborns. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - January 31, 2024 Category: Midwifery Authors: P. McCalman, D. Forster, M. Newton, F. McLardie-Hore, H. McLachlan Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
First alongside midwifery led unit in a high complexity public hospital in Spain: Maternal and neonatal outcomes
Midwifery led units are rare in Spain. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - January 30, 2024 Category: Midwifery Authors: Luc ía Alcaraz-Vidal, Inés Velasco, Montse Pascual, Roser Gol i Gomez, Ramón Escuriet, Carmina Comas Source Type: research
Diabetes in pregnancy: Women ’s views of care in a multi-ethnic, low socioeconomic population with midwifery continuity-of-care
Diabetes in pregnancy is diagnosed in 6% of pregnancies annually in Aotearoa-New Zealand, disproportionately affecting multi-ethnic, low socio-economic women. Little is known about the care experience of this population within the model of midwifery continuity-of-care, including views of telehealth care. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - January 30, 2024 Category: Midwifery Authors: Billie F. Bradford, Robin S. Cronin, Karaponi A. Okesene-Gafa, Te Hao S. Apaapa-Timu, Asha Shashikumar, Charlotte J. Oyston Source Type: research
Development of the essential learning outcomes for the midwifery student continuity of care learning model: A Delphi study
In Australia, midwifery students are required to undertake at least ten Continuity of Care Experiences (CoCE) during their education. The learning outcomes of this experience have never been explicit or standardised resulting in inconsistent assessment. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - January 25, 2024 Category: Midwifery Authors: Olivia Tierney, Vidanka Vasilevski, Leigh Kinsman, Linda Sweet Source Type: research
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Source: Women and Birth - January 24, 2024 Category: Midwifery Source Type: research
Barriers and enablers to antenatal care attendance for women referred to social work services in a Victorian regional hospital: A qualitative descriptive study
Women referred to social work services during pregnancy are more likely to experience social disadvantage than those who are not, resulting in reduced antenatal care attendance. Lack of antenatal care engagement leads to poor identification and management of concerns that can have immediate and long-term health consequences for women and their babies. Identifying the barriers and enablers to antenatal care attendance for women referred to social work services is important for designing models of care that promote effective engagement. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - January 20, 2024 Category: Midwifery Authors: Vidanka Vasilevski, Kristen Graham, Fiona McKay, Matthew Dunn, Marion Wright, Engelina Radelaar, Peter J. Vuillermin, Linda Sweet Tags: Original research Source Type: research
Support interventions to reduce psychological distress in families experiencing stillbirth in high income countries: A systematic review
Previous research indicates disparities in the care of bereaved parents and siblings following a stillbirth in the family. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the effects of interventions aimed at reducing psychological distress among parents or siblings in high-income countries after experiencing a stillbirth. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - January 19, 2024 Category: Midwifery Authors: Ingegerd Hildingsson, Carina Berter ö, Monica Hultcrantz, Maja Kärrman Fredriksson, Nathalie Peira, Rebecca A. Silverstein, Margareta Persson, Josefin Sveen Tags: Review article Source Type: research
“If I blink twice everything is OK” – A qualitative study of Swedish midwives’ strategies for supporting birthing women while working in full personal protective equipment
Midwives all over the world have had to adapt to the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The issue of how they managed to support birthing women, despite the use of PPE, has been insufficiently studied. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - January 13, 2024 Category: Midwifery Authors: Malin G öransson, Jonna Lundberg-Rasmussen, Verena Sengpiel, Karolina Linden Tags: Original research Source Type: research
