OBJECTIVE to explore midwives' perceptions of their role as facilitators of informed choice in antenatal screening. DESIGN qualitative. SETTING community midwives, Yorkshire and Humber region, UK. PARTICIPANTS community midwives offering antenatal screening (n=15). METHOD semi-structured interviews analysed using Thematic Analysis. FINDINGS to facilitate informed choice, midwives high...

OBJECTIVES to examine the present-day knowledge formation and practice of indigenous Kaqchikel-speaking midwives, with special attention to their interactions with the Guatemalan medical community, training models, and allopathic knowledge in general. DESIGN/PARTICIPANTS a qualitative study consisting of participant-observation in lay midwife training programs; in-depth interviews with 44 pra...

IBI (Indonesian Midwives Association) Cilacap Regency is a forum for the association of midwife medical personnel in Regency. The performance midwives can be continuously improved through training that supports all health service activities community. One them use information systems to detect presence preeclampsia pregnant women (SIPAKPRIH) from first third trimester by selecting causative fac...

Background Weight management in pregnancy guidelines exist, although dissemination alone is an ineffective means of implementation. Midwives identify the need for support to overcome complex barriers to practice. An evaluation of an intervention to support midwives' guideline implementation would require a large-scale cluster randomised controlled trial. A pilot study is necessary to explore th...

BACKGROUND Availability of skilled care at birth remains a major problem in most developing countries. In an effort to increase access to skilled birth attendance, the Kenyan government implemented the community midwifery programme in 2005. The aim of this programme was to increase women's access to skilled care during pregnancy, childbirth and post-partum within their communities. METHODS Qu...

Objective. To explore midwives’ perceptions of developing their practice knowledge and skills, concerning maternal postnatal genital tract assessment (GTA); and to highlight how midwives pass on their practice knowledge and skills to student midwives. Design. A constructionist grounded theory methodology was employed to guide the design and processes. Ethical approval was gained from the region...

The South African government implemented a compulsory one year community service strategy to address the shortage of human resources in the health sector since 1998. Medical practitioners (1999), dentists (2000) and pharmacists (2001) and other seven professional groups followed in 2003 and in July 2004. The nursing profession followed after the Health Minister’s announcement, the processing of...

OBJECTIVE To demonstrate that training ensures correct administration of oral misoprostol by auxiliary midwives for prevention of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) among women giving birth at the community level in Senegal. METHODS A 6-day training program for auxiliary midwives and supervisors, including 1 day of PPH prevention training and a practicum of 10 deliveries at health centers and 3 deli...

OBJECTIVE to research the role of midwives in Australia from the perspectives of women and midwives. This study was part of a commissioned national research project to articulate the scope of practice of Australian midwives and to develop national competency standards to assist midwives to deliver safe and competent midwifery care. DESIGN a multi-method approach with qualitative data collecte...