Showing papers in "Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health in 2001"

TL;DR: This table presents statistics on adults and children living with HIV/AIDS adults andChildren newly infected with HIV and percent of HIV-positive adults who are women for all regions of the world as of the end of 2000.

TL;DR: Benefits associated with delayed clamping in preterm infants included higher hematocrit and hemoglobin levels, blood pressure, and blood volume, with better cardiopulmonary adaptation and fewer days of oxygen and ventilation and fewer transfusions needed.

TL;DR: The findings highlight the importance of women's perceptions of quality of care in influencing their health seeking practices and suggest that considerably more attention needs to be given to this aspect of maternity services.

TL;DR: Raspberry leaf, consumed in tablet form, was found to cause no adverse effects for mother or baby, but contrary to popular belief, did not shorten the first stage of labor.

TL;DR: This study sheds new light on the identifying and reporting of maternal mortality, and specifically on homicide as a form of violence toward pregnant women, which should be of particular interest for all women's health providers and public health professionals, researchers, and advocates.

TL;DR: The history of VBACs is reviewed and a framework to continue the safe practice of trials of labor in women with a prior uterine scar is presented.

TL;DR: Results suggest that the tool holds promise for use in outcomes studies of U.S. perinatal care, and further testing of the instrument among diverse multicultural population groups, with various providers, and in diverse birth settings is warranted.

TL;DR: This study demonstrated a preference for health facility deliveries among rural Mozambican women with good access to trained TBAs, and failed to demonstrate a reduction in perinatal or infant mortality associated with TBA training.

TL;DR: Two aspects of routine midwifery practice are examined: management of the perineum at the end of the second stage of labor and management and repair of perineal injury.

TL;DR: It is concluded that Zambian maternity staff should be exposed to new research findings about the benefits of social support during childbirth and that this practice should be encouraged in Zambia.

TL;DR: Village midwives from the intensive program scored significantly higher in the practical demonstration of manual removal of placenta, bimanual compression, and neonatal resuscitation than the interns, but the scores on infection prevention and use of the partograph were not different between the two groups.

TL;DR: The potential adverse sequelae of inappropriate glucose screening in the healthy breastfeeding newborn is explored and the consequences of early maternal-infant separation, the influence of early formula supplementation on breastfeeding discontinuance rates, and the effect of separation and supplementation on the onset of lactogenesis are described.

TL;DR: The purpose of this study was to describe the postpartum concerns of primiparas and to guide nursing/midwifery interventions for mothers as to the content and timing.

TL;DR: If a decrease in postpartum bleeding or avoidance of manual removal of the placenta is desired, an active approach to third stage is the one that should be adopted until and unless contradictory findings are published.

TL;DR: Study results reinforce policy recommendations that support expanded access to nurse-midwifery services and indicate a need for further research in the areas of CNM workload and productivity in managed care settings and the association between CNMRace and ethnicity and the race and ethnicity of their clients.

TL;DR: Home Based Life Saving Skills (HBLSS) is a community and competency-based program that aims to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality by increasing access to basic life saving measures within the home and community and by decreasing delays in reaching referral facilities where life-threatening problems can be managed.

TL;DR: A partnership between midwifery and feminist philosophy will allow women's voices to be heard, while guiding research in women's health care in new directions, and illuminating new approaches to current health problems.

TL;DR: Available evidence shows no adverse effect on maternal or neonatal outcomes for low-risk pregnant women who follow a reduced visit schedule, making it a highly important consideration for pregnant women and their health care providers.

TL;DR: Clinicians and educators are encouraged to reconsider the use of IA in the care of healthy childbearing women, which is safe and effective in low-risk pregnancies and may play a role in helping birth remain normal.

TL;DR: This review of both the research and clinical evidence regarding appropriate breastfeeding management is designed to aid the midwife and other health care professionals in providing care and teaching, which will optimize maternal and infant health.

TL;DR: Although most respondents felt somewhat prepared during their education program to provide NFP, only 22% would offer NFP as a family-planning option for child spacing and CNMs ranked N FP as the ninth most used and the eighth most effective family- PLANning method in their practice.

TL;DR: The suffering of the suicidal is private and inexpressible, leaving family members, friends and colleagues to deal with an almost unfathomable kind of loss, as well as guilt.

TL;DR: The goals of clinical teaching, strategies to foster EBC, and tools to assess the readiness of the teacher, the student, and the clinical setting for EBC are presented.

TL;DR: Balancing the needs of individual women against what is learned from research with groups or populations is a challenge for midwives.

TL;DR: Findings are enlightening in evaluating women's needs, expectations, and satisfaction with health care services and should be included in future development of maternity care, including idwifery services, in Québec and other locations.

TL;DR: Lack of knowledge regarding the current evidence and other barriers may contribute to intermittent auscultation not being used routinely, despite the fact that its use for women of low obstetrical risk is supported by current research and professional organizations.

TL;DR: For women in developed countries who are generally clinically healthy and have access to adequate nutrition, the benefits of iron supplementation are unclear, and there may be risks, so a better "conservative" approach may be that such women do not require routine iron supplementation during pregnancy.

TL;DR: Although the overall proportion of midwives of color did not change appreciably during the 5-year period, the absolute numbers of culturally diverse midwives increased and student midwives were found to be younger and more culturally diverse than they were in the early 1990s.