Midwives Provide Healthier Conditions for Infant Births

Challenging births. 1: A training scenario for midwives.

© www.sarawickham.com This article first published 2001 Midwifery Today 58:46-47. Republished with permission for personal use only. Page numbers do not correspond to the original. Please do not reproduce/reprint without prior permission, thank you. This article is based on the 'Challenging Births' workshop which I led at Midwifery Today conferences. In this class, I give a clinical scenario to...

Weight of all births and infant mortality.

Birth weight is the most important determinant of perinatal and infant mortality. The lowest mortality rates in the first week of life are recorded among newborn infants weighing 3500 g or more and the proportion of such infants may be regarded as a measure of optimality of the birth population. There is an inverse relationship between the proportion of heavy newborn infants in a country and it...

Organisational strategies and midwives' readiness to provide care for out of hospital births: an analysis from the birthplace organisational case studies.

OBJECTIVE the objective of the Birthplace in England Case Studies was to explore the organisational and professional issues that may impact on the quality and safety of labour and birth care in different birth settings: Home, Freestanding Midwifery Unit, Alongside Midwifery Unit or Obstetric Unit. This analysis examines the factors affecting the readiness of community midwives to provide women ...

ترجمه قسمتی از کتاب a text book for midwives

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Registration of births, stillbirths and infant deaths in Jamaica.

BACKGROUND Vital statistics underestimate the prevalence of perinatal and infant deaths. This is particularly significant when these parameters affect eligibility for international assistance for newly emerging nations. OBJECTIVE To determine the level of registration of livebirths, stillbirths and infant deaths in Jamaica. METHODOLOGY Births, stillbirths and neonatal deaths identified duri...

Pregnancy and ethnic factors influencing births and infant mortality