IJERPH, Vol. 20, Pages 6955: Co-Created Solutions for Perinatal Professionals and Childbearing Needs for People with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders
Pezaro
Individuals living with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (HSD) have reported feeling discredited and unsupported by healthcare professionals. However, the level of knowledge about hEDS/HSD among maternity staff remains unknown. Informed by patient and public involvement, this research aimed to investigate maternity staff’s knowledge and confidence in supporting people with hEDS/HSD, examine people with hEDS/HSD’s experiences of perinatal care, and co-create tools to help maternity staff support people childbearing with hEDS/HSD. Two onlin...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - October 21, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Gemma Pearce Lauren Bell Paul Magee Sally Pezaro Tags: Article Source Type: research
Impact of waterbirth on post-partum hemorrhage, genital trauma, retained placenta and shoulder dystocia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Waterbirth is widely available in maternity settings for women with uncomplicated pregnancies between 37 weeks and 41 weeks of gestation. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) issued a joint statement in 2006 in support of immersion in water during labor for healthy women. The RCOG and RCM acknowledge that women choosing underwater birth should be given every opportunity to labor and birth in water after proper information about maternal and fetal risk (1). (Source: European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology)
Source: European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology - June 22, 2022 Category: OBGYN Authors: Taliento Cristina, Tormen Mara, Sabattini Arianna, Scutiero Gennaro, Cappadona Rosaria, Greco Pantaleo Source Type: research
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on midwifery-led service provision in the United Kingdom in 2020-21: Findings of three national surveys
CONCLUSIONS: The pandemic led to increased centralisation of maternity care and the disruption of midwifery-led services, especially in the first wave. Further research should focus on the reasons behind closures, the regional variation and the impact on maternity care experience and outcomes.PMID:35709677 | DOI:10.1016/j.midw.2022.103390 (Source: Midwifery)
Source: Midwifery - June 16, 2022 Category: Midwifery Authors: Lia Brigante Alessandra Morelli Mervi Jokinen Rachel Plachcinski Rachel Rowe Source Type: research
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on midwifery-led service provision in the United Kingdom in 2020-21: Findings of three national surveys
CONCLUSIONS: The pandemic led to increased centralisation of maternity care and the disruption of midwifery-led services, especially in the first wave. Further research should focus on the reasons behind closures, the regional variation and the impact on maternity care experience and outcomes.PMID:35709677 | DOI:10.1016/j.midw.2022.103390 (Source: Midwifery)
Source: Midwifery - June 16, 2022 Category: Midwifery Authors: Lia Brigante Alessandra Morelli Mervi Jokinen Rachel Plachcinski Rachel Rowe Source Type: research
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on midwifery-led service provision in the United Kingdom in 2020-21: Findings of three national surveys
CONCLUSIONS: The pandemic led to increased centralisation of maternity care and the disruption of midwifery-led services, especially in the first wave. Further research should focus on the reasons behind closures, the regional variation and the impact on maternity care experience and outcomes.PMID:35709677 | DOI:10.1016/j.midw.2022.103390 (Source: Midwifery)
Source: Midwifery - June 16, 2022 Category: Midwifery Authors: Lia Brigante Alessandra Morelli Mervi Jokinen Rachel Plachcinski Rachel Rowe Source Type: research
The OASI care bundle quality improvement project: lessons learned and future direction
AbstractRising rates of obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI) led to a collaborative effort by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) to develop and evaluate the OASI Care Bundle (OASI-CB). The OASI-CB comprises four practices (antenatal discussion about OASI, manual perineal protection, mediolateral episiotomy at 60 ° from the midline, and systematic examination of the perineum, vagina and ano-rectum after vaginal birth) and was initially implemented as part of a quality improvement (QI) project—“OASI1”—in 16 maternity units across Great Britain. Eva...
Source: International Urogynecology Journal - May 14, 2021 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during pregnancy in patients with rheumatic diseases
AbstractThe novel coronavirus outbreak induces many concerns about the management of pregnancy, as well as rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. The very rapid spread of the infection throughout all inhabited continents leads to a fast-growing number of infected with SARS-CoV-2 and requires answers and special recommendations to the most vulnerable group of people: pregnant woman and patients on immunomodulatory or immunosuppressive treatment. A systematic literature search was performed in Embase, MEDLINE, and Scopus database for studies describing COVID-19 infection in pregnant women diagnosed with rheumatic and muscul...
Source: Rheumatology International - September 26, 2020 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Knowledge and use of sterile water injections amongst midwives in the United Kingdom: A cross-sectional study.
CONCLUSIONS: SWI use is uncommon in the UK although midwives are interested in incorporating the procedure into practice.
IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: National guidance on SWI and the lack of information and training is restricting the use of the procedure in practice, despite SWI being widely used in other countries and being effective in the treatment of pain in labour.
PMID: 30312912 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Midwifery)
Source: Midwifery - October 3, 2018 Category: Midwifery Authors: Lee N, Jomeen J, Mårtensson LB, Emery V, Kildea S Tags: Midwifery Source Type: research
Why UK midwives are back-pedalling on natural childbirth
For decades, women have been encouraged to give birth naturally – that means avoiding all medicines and interventions. Now the Royal College of Midwives is changing its position (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - August 11, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: midwives natural childborth Source Type: research
Story in numbers.
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Warning from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) that Brexit could hit the midwifery workforce.
PMID: 27654524 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Nursing Standard)
Source: Nursing Standard - September 20, 2016 Category: Nursing Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research
Come on RCN - What's your position on the EU referendum?
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The Royal College of Midwives is ahead of other health unions on the great EU debate, issuing a clear statement of where they stand that will help members think about how they vote on June 23. The European question is complex and the media will not focus on economic and worker welfare. Where is the RCN in all this? It says it has a 'neutral' stance!
PMID: 27154116 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Nursing Standard)
Source: Nursing Standard - May 3, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Travis M Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research
Teaching students about maternal obesity without creating obesity stigma
The management of obesity in pregnancy is high on the public health agenda and is identified as one of the greatest current issues facing midwifery (Royal College of Midwives, 2013). Having a maternity care workforce skilled in providing optimal, person-centred care to women with obesity is of national and international concern. What is less certain however is how well this public health priority is currently being taught to student midwives. Keyworth et al. (2013), present unsettling evidence in this journal showing that student nurses, for example, not only hold negative but discriminatory attitudes towards patients diag...
Source: Nurse Education Today - April 27, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Ellinor K. Olander, Mandie Scamell Tags: Contemporary Issues Source Type: research
Contemporary issues: Teaching students about maternal obesity without creating obesity stigma
The management of obesity in pregnancy is high on the public health agenda and is identified as one of the greatest current issues facing midwifery (Royal College of Midwives, 2013). Having a maternity care workforce skilled in providing optimal, person-centred care to women with obesity is of national and international concern. What is less certain however is how well this public health priority is currently being taught to student midwives. Keyworth and colleagues (2013), present unsettling evidence in this journal showing that student nurses, for example, not only hold negative but discriminatory attitudes towards patie...
Source: Nurse Education Today - April 27, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Ellinor K. Olander, Mandie Scamell Tags: Contemporary Issues Source Type: research
College warns of midwifery 'retirement time bomb'.
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The number of midwives aged 50 or over in England has doubled since 2001, a report by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) found.
PMID: 26530555 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Nursing Standard)
Source: Nursing Standard - November 4, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research
RCM chief challenges government to come back to negotiating table.
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Midwives will continue to push for the pay rise denied them by health secretary Jeremy Hunt, the chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives promised last week.
PMID: 25408006 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Nursing Standard)
Source: Nursing Standard - November 19, 2014 Category: Nursing Authors: Osborne K Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research
