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From:International Journal of Medicine and Public Health (Vol. 5, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedByline: Vikas. Kumar, Sunil. Misra, Suneel. Kaushal, Subhash. Gupta, Khan. Maroof Background: Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a maternal protection scheme that promotes institutional delivery by providing cash...
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From:Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedOnce upon a time I didn't want to publish an occasional piece on normal delivery: rural doctors might have been insulted. And yet in this issue is an excellent piece on the occasional vaginal delivery. (1) A few...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 26, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedA clinic set up in Malawi by a nurse concerned about high death rates among women in labour has delivered 4,000 babies without a fatality. The nurse, Charity Salina, set up the clinic in August 2008 after leaving her...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 24, Issue 49) Peer-ReviewedGPs should share information and responsibilities with midwives and obstetricians to improve maternity care, according to research. Think tank The King's Fund recommends that GPs give a woman's named midwife...
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From:Paediatric Nursing (Vol. 22, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThree hospitals in England are taking part in an NHS feasibility study that could enable maternity units to link directly with GP practices to provide information about physical examinations on neonates. The maternity...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 20, Issue 51) Peer-ReviewedHealth inspectors are demanding nationwide improvements in maternity care after an investigation into the death of ten women who gave birth at a London hospital. The Healthcare Commission has said all NHS trusts must...
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From:Social Work (Vol. 44, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThis study investigated individual and neighborhood factors associated with late entry into prenatal care. Data from 220,694 New York City birth certificates were linked with data from the 1990 census and other secondary...
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From:International Journal of Advanced Medical and Health Research (Vol. 3, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedByline: Rajarajan. Kayaroganam, Ganesh. Saya, Sitanshu. Kar Background: Utilization of maternal health services among Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) beneficiaries is an important aspect to improve maternal health....
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Cicely Marston 1 , * , Alicia Renedo 2 , C. R. McGowan 3 , Anayda Portela 4 Introduction There has been a broad consensus that communities should be actively involved in improving their own health...
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From:International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (Vol. 42, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedCONTEXT: Women have a high unmet need for contraception in the year following a birth. It is important to examine whether providing family planning counseling as part of antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum maternal...
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From:International Journal of Childbirth Education (Vol. 29, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedHealthcare disparities have been identified in many minority settings, yet little attention has been given to the pre-and postnatal care experiences of Alaska Native women and families. Both Native and non-Native...
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From:AJOT: American Journal of Occupational Therapy (Vol. 72, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedThis article establishes and examines occupational therapists' role in perinatal care and proposes a health promotion approach for new and expectant mothers. The author demonstrates the importance of maintaining...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 318, Issue 7195) Peer-ReviewedIntrapartum risk factors are important in developing world EDITOR--Badawi et al's case-control study of neonatal encephalopathy in Western Australia shows that clinical evidence of dysfunction of the central nervous...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedBackground The main policy thrust in many sub-Saharan Africa countries' aim at addressing maternal mortality is the elimination of the user fee for maternal healthcare services. While several studies have documented...
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From:BMC Research Notes (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedObjective This study uses health and non-health sector data sources to select and assess available indicators for service provision along the continuum of care for maternal health at subnational levels in South Africa....
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Mark Mergia 1, Mulugeta Shegaze 2, Gistane Ayele 2, Eshetu Andarge 2, Yordanos Gizachew Yeshitila 3,*, Biresaw Wassihun 4, Abayneh Tunje 2, Peter Memiah 5 Introduction Client satisfaction is one of the...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Abel Fekadu Dadi 1,2,*, Emma R. Miller 2, Richard J. Woodman 3, Telake Azale 4, Lillian Mwanri 2 Background Women with depression during pregnancy produce a higher level of cortisol hormone that can...
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From:Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition (Vol. 21, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThis study examined the factors that influence the use of maternal healthcare services in Ethiopia and particularly assessed the use of antenatal and delivery-care services. Data for the study were drawn from the 2000...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Existing studies in Tanzania, based mostly on rural samples, have primarily focused on individual behaviors responsible for the lower utilization of maternal health care. Relatively less attention had been...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Prevalence estimates from surveys with low response rates are prone to non-response bias if respondents and non-respondents differ on the outcome of interest. This study assessed the external validity of...