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Journal articles on the topic "Infant-maternity care"

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Holian, John, M. Joan Mallick, and Carolyn M. Zaremba. "Maternity and Infant Care, Race and Birth Outcomes." Journal of Health & Social Policy 18, no. 4 (August 28, 2004): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j045v18n04_01.

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Lavariega, Juan C., Gustavo A. Córdova, Lorena G. Gómez, and Alfonso Avila. "Monitoring and Assisting Maternity-Infant Care in Rural Areas (MAMICare)." International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics 9, no. 4 (October 2014): 32–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijhisi.2014100103.

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Presented is the project called MAMICare, which is motivated by the alarming number of maternity and infant deaths in rural areas due mainly to a poor monitoring of pregnancy progress and lack of appropriate alerting mechanism in case of abnormal gestation evolution. This work proposes an information technology solution based on mobile devices, and health sensors such as ECG (electrocardiogram), stethoscope, pulse-oximeter, and blood-glucose meter to collect automatically relevant health data for a better monitoring of pregnant women. This article addresses the status of the maternity infant death problem especially in rural areas of Mexico. It reviews some applications of IT in health systems (known also as Electronic Health or simply e-Health) and discusses how these are related to the presented proposal and how they differ. The article presents the proposed solution and discuss the current status of the work.
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Kouri, P. "The implementation of security in distributed infant and maternity care." International Journal of Medical Informatics 60, no. 2 (November 1, 2000): 211–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1386-5056(00)00122-2.

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Reece, E. A., G. Lequizamon, J. Silva, V. Whiteman, and D. Smith. "Intensive interventional maternity care reduces infant morbidity and hospital costs." Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 11, no. 3 (January 2002): 204–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/jmf.11.3.204.210.

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Sandall, Jane. "Birthplace in England Research—Implications of New Evidence." Journal of Perinatal Education 22, no. 2 (2013): 77–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1058-1243.22.2.77.

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This article discusses the implications of new evidence from recently published research on maternity services across England. The Birthplace in England Research Programme was commissioned in 2007 to address key gaps in the evidence and inform those who plan, deliver, and use maternity services. These included the pattern of current services and availability of different models of care; the ways in which maternal and infant outcomes differ between settings; their comparative cost-effectiveness; and the organizational features of maternity care systems that might affect the quality and safety of care.
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Bhattarai, Saraswoti Kumari Gautam, and Kanchan Gautam. "Quality of Maternity Care and Client Satisfaction." Journal of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences 2, no. 1 (June 11, 2019): 73–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jkahs.v2i1.24419.

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Health service provided to pregnant women during antenatal, childbirth and postnatal period is essential for maternal and child health. Proper care during pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal period are important for the health of mother and baby. High maternal, infant and child morbidity and mortality demand improved healthcare which does not concern to coverage of health services alone. The health issues of pregnant women, mothers, infants and children need to be addressed with the attention to the quality of care (QoC). The Nepal Health Sector Strategy (NHSS) also identifies equity and quality of care gaps as areas of concern for achieving the maternal health sustainable development goal (SDG) target. So this review aims to sensitize and draw attention to the quality of maternity care and client satisfaction to improve maternal and child health. For this article, different studies related to the quality of maternity care and satisfaction from care service received on maternity care are reviewed.
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Ford, Jane B., Jason P. Bentley, Jonathan M. Morris, and Christine L. Roberts. "Factors associated with changes into public or private maternity care for a second pregnancy." Australian Health Review 37, no. 4 (2013): 495. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah12017.

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Objective The aim of this study was to determine whether outcomes in a first pregnancy were associated with changes into and out of public maternity care. Methods The study population included 155492 women with first and second sequential singleton births, 2000–09 in New South Wales. Analyses were stratified by whether obstetric care for the first birth involved private or public maternity care. Interventions, infant and maternal outcomes were assessed as predictors of a change in care. Adjusted odds ratios for changing care were obtained from logistic regression using backwards elimination. Results Similar proportions of women changed from private to public care between first and second births (9.6% compared with 9.4% public to private, P-value = 0.10). Although interventions (operative delivery, epidural) and outcomes (low Apgar, preterm birth, perinatal death, postpartum haemorrhage, perineal tear and severe maternal morbidity) were all associated with changes from public to private care, only poor infant condition (adjusted odds ratio 1.39, 95% confidence interval 1.15–1.68) was associated with a change from private to public care. Conclusions The majority of women had consistent care type for both births. This may indicate that women are generally satisfied with care, they rationalise that their first birth care was optimal or they value continuity of carer across pregnancies. What is known about the topic? There is some evidence to suggest that interventions and outcomes of one pregnancy are associated with changes in type of delivery, timing of delivery and outcomes of subsequent births. What does this paper add? Obstetric interventions and adverse maternal and infant outcomes were associated with changing maternity care sector and influenced whether or not women remained with the same care provider. What are the implications for practitioners? Continuity of carer may be important to women in choosing their subsequent pregnancy maternity care sector. Most women do not change provider, but first-birth experiences appear to influence those who do change.
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Kahin, Sahra A., Meghan McGurk, Heidi Hansen-Smith, Margaret West, Ruowei Li, and Carolyn Lopez Melcher. "Key Program Findings and Insights From the Baby-Friendly Hawaii Project." Journal of Human Lactation 33, no. 2 (January 30, 2017): 409–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0890334416683675.

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Background: Breastfeeding is the optimal method for infant feeding. In the United States, 81.1% of mothers initiate breastfeeding; however, only 44.4% and 22.3% of mothers are exclusively breastfeeding at 3 and 6 months, respectively. Research aim: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides guidance and funding to state health departments to support strategies to improve breastfeeding policies and practices in the hospital, community, and worksite settings. In 2010, the Hawaii State Department of Health received support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to launch the Baby-Friendly Hawaii Project (BFHP) to increase the number of Hawaii hospitals that provide maternity care consistent with the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding and increase the rate of women who remain exclusively breastfeeding throughout their hospital stay. Methods: For this article, we examined the BFHP’s final evaluation report and Hawaii breastfeeding and maternity care data to identify the role of the BFHP in facilitating improvements in maternity care practices and breastfeeding rates. Results: Since 2010, 52 hospital site visits, 58 trainings, and ongoing technical assistance were administered, and more than 750 staff and health professionals from BFHP hospitals were trained. Hawaii’s overall quality composite Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care score increased from 65 (out of 100) in 2009 to 76 in 2011 and 80 in 2013, and Newborn Screening Data showed an increase in statewide exclusive breastfeeding from 59.7% in 2009 to 77.0% in 2014. Conclusion: Implementation and findings from the BFHP can inform future planning at the state and federal levels on maternity care practices that can improve breastfeeding.
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Grossniklaus, Daurice A., Cria G. Perrine, Carol MacGowan, Kelley S. Scanlon, Katherine R. Shealy, Paulette Murphy, Marianne E. McPherson, Charles J. Homer, and Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn. "Participation in a Quality Improvement Collaborative and Change in Maternity Care Practices." Journal of Perinatal Education 26, no. 3 (2017): 136–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1058-1243.26.3.136.

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ABSTRACTCare immediately following birth affects breastfeeding outcomes. This analysis compared improvement in maternity care practices from 2011 to 2013 among hospitals participating in a quality improvement collaborative, Best Fed Beginnings (BFB), to hospitals that applied but were not selected (non–Best Fed Beginnings [non-BFB]), and other hospitals, using Centers of Disease Control and Prevention’s Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) survey data to calculate total and subscores for 7 care domains. Analysis of covariance compared change in scores from 2011 to 2013 among BFB, non-BFB, and other hospitals. BFB hospitals had twice the increase in mPINC score compared to non-BFB and a 3-fold increase compared to other hospitals. Learning collaborative participation may have accelerated progress in hospitals implementing breastfeeding-supportive maternity care.
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Miller, C. Arden. "Maternal and Infant Care: Comparisons between Western Europe and the United States." International Journal of Health Services 23, no. 4 (October 1993): 655–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/rr4g-ntb1-l229-fvhg.

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A series of studies between 1986 and 1990 gathered data on maternal and infant care in ten Western European countries with lower infant mortality rates than the United States and compared the findings both within the European countries and in aggregate with the United States. Results from these studies reveal great variation among the study countries in how perinatal care is financed, staffed by professional and nonprofessional health workers, and provided by public clinics or private offices, and in the number of and locale of the recommended number of prenatal visits. Invariably consistent among the study countries is the nearly complete enrollment of childbearing women in early and continuous prenatal care, and the strong linkage of that care to a generous spectrum of social supports and financial benefits. None of the benefits generally pertains in the United States. The relevance of these observations for the United States suggests that current policies intended to lower economic barriers to a highly medicalized version of maternity care may yield disappointing results unless the perinatal sequence is linked to a more generous set of maternity-related social supports and financial benefits than is now contemplated.
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Duhn, Lenora Jane. "The impact of a maternity cooperative care program on maternal and infant complications, maternal competence, social support, and stress." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23999.

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The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of a Maternity Cooperative Care Program (MCCP) on the prevalence of maternal and infant complications, maternal competence, social support, stress, and first-time-mothers' descriptions of their postpartum experience. Forty-one healthy, primiparous mothers who participated in a MCCP and forty-three healthy, primiparous mothers who received traditional maternity care were asked to complete the Perceived Competence Questionnaire, the Personal Resource Questionnaire, "The Help I Get" Questionnaire (spousal support), and three numerical rating scales relating to stress in general, as well as self- and infant-care stress 24-48 hours postpartum while in hospital and over the telephone at two weeks postpartum. Ten randomly selected mothers from each group also answered twelve open-ended questions during a home visit at 2-3 weeks postpartum. There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups for any of the outcome variables assessed. For both groups, competence with self- and infant-care increased over the two weeks postpartum, while support and stress remained stable. Interviews with the mothers revealed that the number of stressors increased once at home, while support continued to be of value in relieving stress and helping maternal adjustment and confidence. Results of a qualitative comparison between the groups suggests that the MCCP mothers felt more prepared to be discharged home, and identified their partner more often as an active participant during hospitalization.
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Wisselgren, Maria J. "Att föda barn -- från privat till offentlig angelägenhet : Förlossningsvårdens institutionalisering i Sundsvall 1900-1930." Doctoral thesis, Umeå University, Historical Studies, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-594.

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By the late nineteenth century childbirth was firmly established in the domestic sphere. However, in the early years of the twentieth century different forms of maternity clinics were established where normal, as well as complicated, deliveries could take place. The aim of this dissertation is to analyse the institutionalisation of maternity care in a local urban context, the role of women in confinement in this process, and its impact on infant mortality. The geographical setting of the thesis is Sundsvall, a town in northern Sweden. The study concentrates on the period spanning from 1900 to 1930, when local communities, rather than federal agencies, were charged with creating and implementing community standards for maternity care.

In order to lower the mortality rate of illegitimate infants, and to improve delivery conditions for unmarried women, a maternity home was opened in Sundsvall in 1913. Moreover, a maternity ward was established at the local hospital in 1920. In this study it is clear, that when institutional maternity care became available, the transition was rapid and unhesitating. When analysing the local practices it is possible to highlight the central role women played as part of this process. Initially indigent women and women bearing children out of wedlock accepted the institutional alternative, but shortly thereafter married women of means turned to the newly created wards. As a result of this early acceptance, these institutions were soon filled to capacity.

During the period in question a significant reduction in infant mortality rates can be noticed in the Swedish towns. A reasonable assumption is that the institutionalisation of maternity care improved infants chances of survival. In the study it is suggested that the institutionalised maternity care made an impact on neonatal mortality, as well as on post-neonatal mortality. The study shows that local practices of care played a key role in infant survival.

This dissertation reveals the value of examining local practices in order to understand the rapid changes of maternity care. Childbirth changed from being a private matter, taking place in one’s home, to be a public concern, taking place in the institutional setting. At the 1937 Parliament (Riksdag) the responsibility for institutionalised maternity care became a public and a State concern, and maternity care became a part of the Swedish welfare system.

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Mdivasi, Vuyokazi. "The ethical conduct of employees in maternity wards at selected public hospitals in the Western Cape, South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1645.

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Mini-thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Technology: Public Management in the Faculty of Business at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2014
Maternity service in South Africa faces particular problems in the provision of care to birthing mothers. Violence and abuse have been reported and maternity death rates are high, being related to inadequate provision of care (Myburgh, 2007:29). Ethical conduct plays a significant role in service delivery in Midwife Obstetrics Units (MOU) in general. This is of particular importance since every patient, especially pregnant women, should to be handled with the utmost care, respect and dignity. The research problem emanates from nurses’ behaviour towards patients in MOU labour wards, where women continue to be victims of abuse. Ironically, it is regrettable that they are abused by those who are supposed to be their advocates. The objectives of the study were to assess if nurses in MOU labour wards conduct themselves ethically when dealing with patients, to determine the perceptions of patients towards nurses during child birth stages, as well as to examine factors in maternity wards that may influence a nurse’s performance when dealing with patients. The study adopted the quantitative research method to answer the research question and data interpretation was based on statistical analysis. This method was deemed to be the most effective for collection of a large quantity of data and numerical (quantifiable) data is considered objective. A Likert-type questionnaire comprising closed-ended questions was the measurement instrument. This was considered to least inconvenience nurses and postnatal patients to whom these questionnaires were administered. Answer choices were graded from 1 to 4, being strongly agree, agree, disagree and strongly disagree. The population comprised nurses and postnatal patients in MOUs in the Western Cape, South Africa. Consecutive sampling was conducted in two selected MOUs, being Michael Mapongwana (MM) and Gugulethu (GG), with 311 questionnaires being distributed to both nurses and postnatal Patients in these two facilities. The findings indicated that the ethical conduct of nurses in both MM and GG maternity wards was relatively good. However, some survey findings revealed some unsatisfactory gaps that exist in what both hospitals currently offer to patients in the areas of individual patient care, communication and baby security certainty. Furthermore, the findings indicated that a significant number of patients who chose to make use of MM and GG hospitals, are satisfied with the standard of service received during their stay. However, there were some discrepancies in terms of senior management service where excellence in the monitoring role emerged as being lacking. There is a need for improvement in the current levels of ethical conduct of nurses in both the MM and GG labour wards. These needs for improvement relate to working conditions, especially linked to the human resource (HR) function, leadership and management functions, and improved monitoring and control mechanisms.
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Malkin, Jesse D. "The postpartum mandate estimated costs and benefits /." Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 1998. http://books.google.com/books?id=Uw_bAAAAMAAJ.

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Feitosa, Manuella Barbosa. "O acesso e a utilização dos serviços de saúde materno-infantis no município de Juiz de Fora- MG." Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), 2011. https://repositorio.ufjf.br/jspui/handle/ufjf/4175.

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As desigualdades sociais em saúde podem se manifestar de diversas formas no processo saúde-doença. Isto inclui até mesmo o acesso e a utilização de serviços de saúde. Apesar de inúmeros estudos na literatura nacional apontarem para a existência de iniqüidades analisando a utilização dos serviços de saúde existem limitações na interpretação desse enfoque. Desta forma, visando a avaliação da equidade de forma mais abrangente, proponho a diferenciação da utilização e do acesso. A utilização dos serviços foi analisada sob o enfoque do uso, enquanto o conceito de Acesso adotado foi estruturado em três dimensões: Disponibilidade, Acessibilidade Financeira e Aceitabilidade. Portanto os objetivos do estudo foram: descrever e avaliar a utilização e o acesso aos serviços de saúde materno-infantil nos grupos do ciclo gravídico-puerperal (pré-natal, parto e puericultura), investigar as possíveis associações com as condições de vida e verificar a distribuição geográfica na área de estudo. Realizou-se estudo epidemiológico de corte transversal, na forma de inquérito domiciliar com amostra representativa da população do município de Juiz de Fora (MG), obtendo uma visão mais clara de tais iniqüidades. Os resultados mostraram elevados percentuais de utilização dos serviços de saúde, sendo: 99,5% no pré-natal, 100% parto hospitalar e 90,3% na puericultura, com predomínio da rede assistencial SUS (65,3% no pré-natal, 76,6% no parto e 58,4% na puericultura). O acesso aos serviços, segundo análise fatorial (método dos componentes principais) foi mais influenciado pelas dimensões: Disponibilidade e Acessibilidade Financeira. A representação gráfica da distribuição espacial dos escores, obtidos na análise fatorial, mostraram áreas com persistência na desvantagem na classificação do Acesso e que as áreas em vantagem possuíam cobertura da Atenção Primária em Saúde. Na análise por regressão linear múltipla para o grupo do pré-natal os fatores associados (p<0,05) reforçam que os fatores socioeconômicos e demográficos são determinantes do acesso. Na dimensão Disponibilidade, as variáveis associadas positivamente foram: maior escolaridade materna (ter no mínimo 2° grau completo), pertencer a grupo social mais alto (A ou B), idade do chefe da família e viver com companheiro. As variáveis: número de gestações, distância aos serviços de saúde (quanto mais próximo às instalações de saúde, ou seja, menores distâncias) e o sexo do chefe da família (ser homem) associaram-se negativamente ao desfecho acesso nessa dimensão. Enquanto na dimensão Aceitabilidade os seguintes fatores associaram-se positivamente: chefe da família ter trabalho atual, distância ao serviço de saúde (quanto maior a distância, maior o escore acesso), escolaridade materna (ter no mínimo 2° grau completo) e sexo do chefe de família (ser homem). Na dimensão Aceitabilidade a variável número de moradores esteve associada negativamente ao desfecho acesso, ou seja, quanto menor o número de residentes, maior o escore. Portanto, apesar dos avanços apontados pela utilização dos serviços, na perspectiva do acesso aos serviços, ainda persistem iniqüidades. Espera-se que tais resultados contribuam para a formulação de políticas públicas mais efetivas na implementação da equidade no acesso.
Health inequalities come to being in many different ways in the health-disease process, be it in the form of access or the utilization of health services. Although many studies undertaken in Brazil have highlighted the existence of inequities in the utilization of health services, there are limitations in the interpretation of such approach. This study analyses the utilization of health services with focus on the actual use, while the theoretical concept of Access adopted here is the one which breaks it down into three dimensions: Availability, Affordability and Acceptability. The objectives of the study are, therefore: to describe and evaluate the utilization of and access to infant-maternal health services during three well-defined moments of the pregnancy-puerperal cycle (antenatal, birth and infant care); to investigate the significance of the potential association of such aspects with living conditions and lifestyle and to assess the influence of geographical location on the utilization of and access to health services. A sharper view of observed inequities in health services provision and utilization was enabled by means of a cross-section household sample-survey epidemiological study undertaken in the city of Juiz de Fora, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Results show high percentages of health services utilization: 99.5% for antenatal, 100% for hospital births and 90.3% for infant care, the great majority of which provided by the unified public sector – SUS (65.3% for antenatal, 76.6% for births and 58.4% for infant care). Factor analysis (PCA) shows that for the latent variable access, the dimensions Availability and Affordability are predominant. The geographical distributions of the scores obtained from the first factor of PCA for the three moments show persistently disadvantaged areas in terms of access. Multiple linear regression, undertaken for the antenatal moment, shows that the variables kept in the models stress the importance of socioeconomic and demographic factors in the explanation of the observed variance in access. For the Availability dimension of access the significant covariates (p<0.05) associated positively with the scores are: mother´s educational level, mother living with partner, age of partner and belonging to higher social classes. The covariates negatively asso ciated with the scores were: parity, distance to health services and male as head of household. For the Acceptability dimension the following covariates are significant and positively associated with the scores: head of household in full employment, distance to health services, mother´s education and male as head of household; the only covariate negatively associated with the scores is: number of residents in the dwelling. Notwithstanding the advances shown by the levels of utilization, the analyses based on access to health services indicate that inequalities remain. We expect the results presented can contribute to the formulation of more effective public policies targeted at the implementation of equity in terms of Access.
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"Incremental health system reform policy in Ecuador: Assessing the impact Ecuador's Law for Provision of Free Maternity and Child Health Care (LMGAI) has on health services utilization, infant health outcomes and expenditures." THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, 2008. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3309815.

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Mabunda, Sonia Sokufa. "Factors contributing to sub-standard intrapartrum care in maternity wards of selected hospitals in the Mopani District, Limpopo Province." Diss., 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/976.

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Mthethwa, Raisibe Olga. "The factors determining the under-utilisation of maternity obstetric units within the Sedibeng district." Diss., 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2183.

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This descriptive quantitative survey attempted to identify reasons why pregnant women who have been screened as low-risk pregnancies failed to utilise MOUs for the delivery of their babies. The objective of the study was to investigate the factors determining the under-utilisation of Sharpville MOU in Emfuleni sub-district. The research population comprised all postnatal mothers residing in Sharpeville who delivered their babies at hospital and who were screened as low-risk pregnancies; the accessible convenience sample consisted of all postnatal mothers who attended Sharpeville Clinic for their six weeks follow-up postnatal care from 5 December 2005 till 6 January 2006 and who were willing to complete questionnaires. Data was collected by means of a structured questionnaire and analysed using the SPSS computer program. Major factors drawn from the study that influence their decision on place of delivery were nurses' attitudes, lack of doctors, transport, privacy and resources.
Health Studies
M.A. (Health Studies)
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Thithi, Potetsa Elizabeth. "Perceptions of midwives and pregnant women of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme at the ante-natal care unit and maternity ward at the Johan Heyns community health centre in tne Sedibeng District, Gauteng." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18667.

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The study reports on the perceptions of the midwives and pregnant women of the PMTCT of HIV programme at the antenatal care and maternity ward at the Johan Heyns Community Health Centre. A qualitative approach was adopted to conduct the study. Purposive sampling was used to select participants and was informed by social behavioural theories. Data was collected using interviews and analysed using thematic categorisation. The findings show that at the first PMTCT encounter participants had little to no knowledge of the PMTCT programme, generally displayed a lack of interest, experienced emotional distress, and fear at the thought of having to disclosing their HIV-positive status to their partners/family and had certain trepidations about participating in the PMTCT programme. The participants’ perception on their roles was that their roles were interlinked, midwife needs the recipients (pregnant woman) and pregnant woman needs the provider (midwife) therefore one cannot do PMTCT without the other. The study recommends that the capacity building of pregnant women be optimised, that PMTCT awareness campaigns for women of childbearing age should be a priority and PMTCT skills to be prerequisite for midwives deployed to ANC clinics and maternity ward units.
Health Studies
M. A. (Social Behaviour Studies in HIV/AIDS)
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Mothapo, Kobela Elizabeth. "Enhancing Effective Implementation of Recommendations for the Saving Mothers Report in Maternity Units of Limpopo Province, South Africa." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1410.

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Department of Advanced Nursing Science
Background: The National Committee for the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths recommend the implementation of “Saving Mothers’ recommendations” as a measure to reduce maternal deaths. However, this objective has not been achieved because the Maternal Mortality Rate in South Africa was standing at 134.33/100 000 live births and Limpopo Province at 165.16/100 000 live births. The national target for reduction of maternal mortality was 20% for all provinces for 2016. Limpopo Province’s reduction was below 12.5% for 2016. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to develop a strategy to enhance the implementation of the Saving Mothers’ recommendations in the maternity units of Limpopo Province. Methods: The convergent parallel design was used in this study. The study was conducted in phases, namely: Phase 1(a) was a qualitative research approach and a non-experimental, descriptive and exploratory design. The population consisted of district managers who were managing the Maternal Health Services and registered midwives who were working in the maternity units of Limpopo Province. Non-probability purposive sampling was used for both the district managers and the registered midwives. Data were collected using a central question for the managers managing Maternal Health services which was “What support are you giving to facilitate the implementation of the recommendations by the Saving Mothers Report?” and the question for the registered midwives was “What challenges are you experiencing when implementing the Saving Mothers’ recommendations.” Tesch’s open-coding technique was used to analyse qualitative data. Trustworthiness was ensured through credibility, confirmability, dependability, transferability and authenticity. Phase 1(b) was a quantitative and a non-experimental descriptive design. The population comprised of 200 patients who were included in the study. Questionnaires were developed and used to collect ABSTRACT vi data. Data was analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, version 24.0) with the assistance of the statistician. Discussion of data were done in an explanatory sequential way where data from Phase 1a was discussed and supported by data from Phase 1b. Findings: The themes that emerged were: Challenges related to implementation of the recommendations of the Saving Mothers Report in maternity units, Description of existing training programmes and in-service education for health care professionals, Knowledge on implementing recommendations for the Saving Mothers Report when providing care in maternity units and Suggestions related to improvement of adherence to recommendations for the Saving Mothers Report in maternity units. Some of the themes were supported by the quantitative results whilst some not supported. Validity and reliability were ensured by giving the questionnaires to experts on the subject, colleagues and promoters to analyse and determine if items adequately represent content in the correct proportion. Ethical considerations were ensured by obtaining ethical approval from the University of Venda Ethics Committee and permission to access the facilities from the Limpopo Province Department of Health. The participants signed informed written consent. Phase 2 entailed strategy development and validation of the developed strategy. Recommendations: The recommendations included that the Department of Health should employ more staff and put operational managers in permanent positions. Sufficient equipment and supplies essential for maternal health care and maternal health infrastructure should be procured and a good plan for the managing thereof implemented. It is also recommended that health care workers should work hand in hand with the community structures and the ‘mosate’.
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Books on the topic "Infant-maternity care"

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Group, Ireland Maternity and Infant Care Scheme Review. Report of the Maternity and Infant Care Scheme Review Group. Dublin: Department of Health, 1994.

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Jayaweera, Swarna. Maternal & child care roles of women workers. Colombo: Centre for Women's Research, 1996.

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M, Bobak Irene, and Jensen Margaret Duncan 1921-, eds. Maternity and gynecologic care: The nurse and the family. 3rd ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1985.

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E, Doenges Marilynn. Maternal/newborn care plans: Guidelines for client care. Philadelphia: Davis, 1988.

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Bobak, Irene M. Maternity & gynecologic care: The nurse and the family. Edited by Jensen Margaret Duncan 1921- and Lowdermilk Deitra Leonard. 5th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1993.

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Blackburn, Susan Tucker. Early parent-infant relationships. Edited by Kang Rebecca Ruth, Raff Beverly S, and Fiore Ellen. 2nd ed. White Plains, NY: March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, 1991.

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1921-, Jensen Margaret Duncan, Zalar Marianne K, and Jensen Margaret Duncan 1921-, eds. Maternity and gynecologic care: The nurse and the family. 4th ed. St. Louis, MO: C.V. Mosby, 1989.

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Bobak, Irene M. Maternity and gynecologic care: The nurse and the family. Edited by Jensen Margaret Duncan 1921- and Lowdermilk Deitra Leonard. 5th ed. St. Louis, MO: Mosby, 1992.

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Bothfeld, Silke. Vom Erziehungsurlaub zur Elternzeit: Politisches Lernen im Reformprozess. Frankfurt/Main: Campus, 2005.

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Bakewell-Sachs, Susan. Preterm infants: Transition to home and follow-up. Edited by Blackburn Susan Tucker, Freda Margaret Comerford, and March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation. Education & Health Promotion Dept. White Plains, NY: Education & Health Promotion, March of Dimes, 2009.

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YOUNG, RUTH. "GENERAL CARE DURING PREGNANCY." In Maternity and Infant Welfare, 8–17. Elsevier, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-1-4831-6659-9.50005-8.

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YOUNG, RUTH. "GENERAL CARE OF THE BABY." In Maternity and Infant Welfare, 67–76. Elsevier, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-1-4831-6659-9.50015-0.

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YOUNG, RUTH. "THE CARE OF THE LYING-IN WOMAN." In Maternity and Infant Welfare, 43–50. Elsevier, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-1-4831-6659-9.50011-3.

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YOUNG, RUTH. "THE CARE OF THE NEWLY BORN INFANT." In Maternity and Infant Welfare, 51–54. Elsevier, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-1-4831-6659-9.50012-5.

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Lavariega, Juan C., Gustavo A. Córdova, Lorena G. Gómez, and Alfonso Avila. "Monitoring and Assisting Maternity-Infant Care in Rural Areas (MAMICare)." In E-Health and Telemedicine, 347–59. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8756-1.ch017.

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Presented is the project called MAMICare, which is motivated by the alarming number of maternity and infant deaths in rural areas due mainly to a poor monitoring of pregnancy progress and lack of appropriate alerting mechanism in case of abnormal gestation evolution. This work proposes an information technology solution based on mobile devices, and health sensors such as ECG (electrocardiogram), stethoscope, pulse-oximeter, and blood-glucose meter to collect automatically relevant health data for a better monitoring of pregnant women. This article addresses the status of the maternity infant death problem especially in rural areas of Mexico. It reviews some applications of IT in health systems (known also as Electronic Health or simply e-Health) and discusses how these are related to the presented proposal and how they differ. The article presents the proposed solution and discuss the current status of the work.
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Luke, Jenny M. "Problems of Racism and Challenges to Professionalism." In Delivered by Midwives, 91–94. University Press of Mississippi, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.14325/mississippi/9781496818911.003.0011.

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Despite their recognized importance to maternity care African American nurse-midwives experienced both racial and professional discrimination. This chapter underscores the unyielding obstacles of racism. Issues of segregation, unequal pay for black nurses, and lack of funding led to the closure of the Tuskegee School of Nurse-Midwifery, and the American Association of Nurse-midwives determined that whiteness was central to its concept of the professional midwife. Physician-centered maternity care was advocated as a solution to what was termed racial dualism in health care and ultimately the implementation of the wartime Emergency Maternal and Infant Care accelerated the shift toward hospital birth.
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Heilman, George E., Monica Cain, and Russell S. Morton. "Using a Neural Network to Predict Participation in a Maternity Care Coordination Program." In Developments in Healthcare Information Systems and Technologies, 84–93. IGI Global, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-002-9.ch006.

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Researchers increasingly use Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) to predict outcomes across a broad range of applications. They frequently find the predictive power of ANNs to be as good as or better than conventional discrete choice models. This paper demonstrates the use of an ANN to model a consumer’s choice to participate in North Carolina’s Maternity Care Coordination (MCC) program, a state sponsored voluntary public health service initiative. Maternal and infant Medicaid claims data and birth certificate data were collected for 59,999 births in North Carolina during the years 2000-2002. Part of this sample was used to train and test an ANN that predicts voluntary enrollment in MCC. When tested against a hold-out production sample, the ANN model correctly predicted 99.69% of those choosing to participant and 100% of those choosing not to participant in the MCC program.
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"High-Risk Pregnancies." In Advances in Medical Diagnosis, Treatment, and Care, 86–102. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4357-3.ch004.

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Infant and child survival and their growth and development cannot be improved without good maternity care. Proper planning of births is a basic ingredient of any child survival package. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and in particular HIV infections, unless adequately controlled, can impede further progress in child survival. There are great risks of neglecting sexual and reproductive health; a painful or detrimental transition from adolescence to adulthood can lead to ill effects in the long run. Early pregnancy/motherhood can be physically hazardous for girls and can jeopardize their educational attainment as well as economic potential. In particular, adolescent girls are vulnerable to HIV exposure and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), sexual coercion, violence, as well as exploitation. These have an enormous impact on the physical and mental health of an individual and have long-term implications for them, their offspring, their families, and their communities.
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Roth, Louise Marie. "Reproductive Regimes." In The Business of Birth, 214–32. NYU Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479812257.003.0009.

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This chapter argues that defensive medicine is not a significant problem in American obstetrics, despite strong myths about it. Maternity care providers intervene into labor and birth more than is optimal for maternal and infant health, but they do not do so primarily for legal reasons. An analysis of weekend births reveals that births are less likely to occur on the weekend in tort reform states. This suggests the opposite of defensive medicine: providers intervene more in the timing of births when they face less liability risk. Weekend births are also less likely in states with fetus-centered laws, so providers intervene more when women have fewer choices during pregnancy. This chapter then explores two cases as examples of a woman-centered and a fetus-centered regime: Oregon and Mississippi. From a policy perspective, laws that support women’s ability to make decisions for themselves and their fetuses encourage more evidence-based maternity care practices. Reproductive justice would also benefit from universal healthcare that covers all aspects of reproductive health.
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Figueiredo, Bárbara. "Mother- and father-to-infant emotional involvement." In Perinatal Psychiatry. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199676859.003.0017.

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A mother’s specific emotional and hormonal state after childbirth ensures her emotional involvement and adequate parental behaviour. Soon after delivery, or even in late pregnancy, the mother’s emotional state—in particular, an increased sensitivity—becomes fully adapted to the identification and satisfaction of the infant’s physical and psychological needs. Winnicott (1956, 1960) was perhaps one of the first authors to point out the presence of a particular emotional state in recently delivered mothers—‘primary maternal preoccupation’, referring to the mother’s correct identification and immediate satisfaction of the infant’s physical and psychological needs. Winnicott (1990) later defined and described four main tasks to be fulfilled in the maternal role, including the emotional involvement with the child, which he termed ‘holding’. Holding tasks are: (1) to provide protection and care to the child, (2) to take into account the child’s limitations and dependency status, (3) to provide the necessary care for the child’s growth and development, and (4) to love the child. In the meantime, Yalom et al. (1968) and Pitt (1973) both described the ‘postpartum/maternity blues—a transient state of emotional dysphoria, emerging within a few hours to 2 weeks after childbirth, in about 50 to 70% of puerperal women, and characterized by intermittent mild fatigue, tearfulness, worry, difficulty in thinking, and sleep disturbances. Progesterone and oestrogen levels, which gradually increase during pregnancy, fall suddenly after delivery, returning to prepregnancy levels in just 3 days. This rapid decline, the most severe threat to a women’s hormonal and emotional balance, has been proposed as the main cause of postpartum/maternity blues (e.g. Pitt 1973; Yalomand et al. 1968). The mother’s behavioural sensitivity to such a drop in reproductive hormones was later associated with higher reactivity to the infant’s stimuli and greater proximity with the neonate (e.g. Barrett and Fleming 2011; Carter 2005; Fleming et al. 1997; Miller and Rukstalis 1999), and was proposed as serving the function of eliciting mother-to-infant involvement, to ensure that the infant receives the required care to survive (e.g. Carter 2005; Figueiredo 2003; Pedersen 1997). The evolutionary point of view had its clearest proponent in John Bowlby (1969/1982, 1980) who proposed the presence of a behavioural system (that is, an organized set of behaviours) in parents—the ‘caregiving system’, to guarantee the proximity and protection of the child.
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Conference papers on the topic "Infant-maternity care"

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Wettasinghe, R. I., P. B. Perera, G. R. I. Aponsu, A. V. S. K. Jayathilake, M. P. A. W. Gamage, and K. P. D. H. De Silva. "Knowledge sharing and prediction system for maternity and infant care in Sri Lanka." In 2013 8th International Conference on Computer Science & Education (ICCSE). IEEE, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iccse.2013.6553927.

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