The Need of Maternity Homes

Management of group b streptococcus-positive pregnant women at maternity homes in JAPAN: a questionnaire survey of compliance among midwives

Background Per the 2014 Japanese Midwives Association (JMA) guidelines, midwives were allowed to manage the deliveries for group B streptococcus (GBS)-positive pregnant women in labour at maternity homes without the supervision of a medical doctor if they complied with the guidelines of the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG), wherein midwives working for maternity homes are expec...

Experiences with and expectations of maternity waiting homes in Luapula Province, Zambia: a mixed–methods, cross-sectional study with women, community groups and stakeholders

BACKGROUND Luapula Province has the highest maternal mortality and one of the lowest facility-based births in Zambia. The distance to facilities limits facility-based births for women in rural areas. In 2013, the government incorporated maternity homes into the health system at the community level to increase facility-based births and reduce maternal mortality. To examine the experiences with m...

Admissions and readmissions from district to the special baby-care unit of a maternity hospital.

use of such nurseries varies from hospital to hospital, more especially with regard to the admission of babies born on district and in nursing-homes. Necessarily, policy is influenced to a large extent by the adequacy of alternative facilities available but gives first consideration to the prior claims of babies born in the maternity hospital, of which the paediatric section constitutes an inte...

The tyranny of distance: maternity waiting homes and access to birthing facilities in rural Timor-Leste.

OBJECTIVE To examine the impact of maternity waiting homes on the use of facility-based birthing services for women in two remote districts of Timor-Leste. METHODS A before-and-after study design was used to compare the number of facility-based births in women who lived at different distances (0-5, 6-25, 26-50 and > 50 km) from the health centre before and after implementation of maternity wa...

Maternity Homes: The Case of a Dying Institution