BACKGROUND In Myanmar, postpartum haemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal mortality and contributes to around 30% of all maternal deaths. The World Health Organization recommends training and supporting auxiliary midwives to administer oral misoprostol for prevention of postpartum haemorrhage in resource-limited settings. However, use of misoprostol by auxiliary midwives has not formally b...

BACKGROUND Caseload midwifery reduces childbirth interventions and increases women's satisfaction with care. It is therefore important to understand the impact of caseload midwifery on midwives working in and alongside the model. While some studies have reported higher satisfaction for caseload compared with standard care midwives, others have suggested a need to explore midwives' work-life bal...

BACKGROUND Approaches to addressing the shortage of midwives are a great need especially in Sub-Saharan Africa including Tanzania. The midwifery shortage in Tanzania consists of two major causes; the first is the shortage of pre-service nursing training and the second is the low rate of retention as it is difficult to sustain midwives' career motivations. Lack of opportunities for career develo...

Guatemala, midwives, postpartum, hemorrhage, childbirth, obstetrics, focus group Traditional midwives attend the majority of births in Guatemala (Maupin, 2008; Walsh 2006; Walsh 2003), yet evidence from Lang and Elkin’s landmark article (1997) shows traditional midwives in Guatemala lack basic skills to prevent and treat postpartum hemorrhage (PPH). Most traditional midwives are indigenous and ...

BACKGROUND Mothers develop expectations regarding midwives’ care during labour and when these are not met mothers become dissatisfied and eventually have negative experiences of their labour. It is only when mothers’ voices are heard by midwives in the labour ward that efficient and quality care will be provided. To ensure mothers have a positive experience of labour, midwives should include mo...

OBJECTIVE To identify and explore the emotion work of hospital-based midwives. DESIGN An ethnographic approach using focus groups, observations and interviews. SETTING South Wales, UK. PARTICIPANTS Phase one of the study: self-selected convenience sample of 27 student midwives in first and final years of 3-year (direct entry) and 18-month (post-nursing) programmes. Phase two: opportunisti...

OBJECTIVE to explore midwives' perception of intrapartum risk for healthy nulliparous women in spontaneous labour at term of a healthy singleton pregnancy, in the Belgian Flanders, and to compare these results with those of a previous study undertaken in England. DESIGN survey of the care midwives would advocate and their perception of intrapartum risk using a standardised scenario. This stud...

Graduate Students C. Coelho, Research Assistant (Graduated), EECS, B. Kim, Research Assistant, S. Kuo, Research Assistant (Graduated), EECS, J.H. Lee, Research Assistant (Graduated), EECS, L. Proctor, Research Assistant, ME, H. Reid, Research Assistant, Physics, L.H. Tan, SMA Student, D. V. Le, SMA joint postdoctoral student, D. Vasilyev, Research Assistant (Graduated), EECS, L. Zhang, Research...

OBJECTIVE this qualitative ethnographic study describes the content and process of psychosocial assessment and depression screening undertaken by midwives in the antenatal booking visit in two maternity units in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. STUDY DESIGN participants included 34 pregnant women and 18 midwives who agreed to be observed during the antenatal booking visit. A structured obser...