Community-based maternity care in 2008

Community-based maternity care in 2008.

community-based maternity care from the view of iranian midwives: a phenomenological study

abstract background: midwifery cares take place in diverse communities with different ethnics groups. therefore, midwifery cares could be planned wisely and principally based on women’s and their families’ changeable demands which focus on social and cultural issues. this qualitative study explored the midwives’ experiences of care in the community. materials and methods: this qualitative study...

Collaboration in maternity care: a randomised controlled trial comparing community-based continuity of care with standard hospital care.

OBJECTIVE To test whether a new community-based model of continuity of care provided by midwives and obstetricians improved maternal clinical outcomes, in particular a reduced caesarean section rate. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING A public teaching hospital in metropolitan Sydney, Australia. Sample 1089 women randomised to either the community-based model (n = 550) or standard ...

Prehospital maternity care in Norway.

BACKGROUND Out-of-hospital maternity care in Norway is randomly organised and not properly formalized. We wished to examine the extent, organisation and quality of this service. MATERIAL AND METHOD We obtained information from the Norwegian Medical Birth Registry on all unplanned out-of-hospital births in 2008. A questionnaire was sent to all maternity institutions, municipalities and emergen...

Maternity care in general practice.

General practitioners are essential providers of maternity care, particularly in rural and remote locations T hroughout the world, the role of general practitioners in maternity care is changing and being redefined. Over 10 years ago, a decline in GP-led obstetric care in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand was noted, and this trend appears to have continued. 1,2 There were 481 GP ...