Community midwife is a character in the community who assists the mother during childbirth and primary maternity care (1). In public health, midwife is playing a positive role, promotes health care system for mother and child, and brings the good change in the maternal health conditions and newborn baby (2). Community midwife have a multipurpose role in maternal health, public health. In all th...

in postpartum departments the skills and experience of doctors and midwives will overlap together but it is not sufficiently recognized . little importance to the ability of midwives will reduce the scope of their responsibilities and decision-making power will be taken from them , also this will result in demoralization and decreasing job satisfaction. in this situation work load of new physic...

OBJECTIVE To investigate possible differences in operative delivery rate among low-risk women, randomised to an alongside midwifery-led unit or to standard obstetric units within the same hospital. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Østfold Hospital Trust, Tromsø, Norway. POPULATION A total of 1111 women assessed to be at low risk at onse...

In the early decades of the twentieth century a "midwife debate" took place in the Netherlands, in a series of discussions on what the future role of the midwife would be and what tasks she should be allowed to perform. The word "debate" is carefully chosen, for while the exchange became vigorous at times, it never reached the proportions of a "problem" or a "controversy". The Dutch were not co...

abstract background: continuation of delivery care by a midwife, and establishing a relationship between the midwife and the delivering woman, is so important for women, and preserving such relationship increases woman’s calmness and self-confi dence. the current research aims at studying the effect of midwifery continuing care during delivery on delivery outcomes. materials and methods: this s...

The purpose of this metasynthesis is to describe and interpret qualitative research relating to midwife-led care to see if it sheds light on why low-risk women experience fewer birth interventions within this model of care. Eleven articles were included in the review. Three themes emerged: (a) relationally mediated benefits for women that resulted in increased agency and empathic care; (b) the ...

background and aim: occupational stress is one of the key factors in reducing staff productivity in organizations with physical and psychological impacts on employees. nursing and midwifery are among the most stressful professions. therefore, this study aimed to determine the relationship between occupational stress and work ability of midwives in mashhad, iran in 2011. materials and methods: t...