This editorial responds to a recent reminder from an Elder acknowledge and respect First Nations ways of knowing, doing, being as health professionals researchers. asked us critically reflect on our professional stance practices nurses, midwives researchers in the light fire that still burns at Aboriginal tent Embassy dialogues for Australia Day. In international Black Lives Matter movement 202...

Johnson & Johnson Indonesia, PT (J&J) and the Indonesian Midwives Association (Ikatan Bidan Indonesia or IBI) have partnered since 2006 to improve the quality of services provided by privatesector midwives in Indonesia through the Bidan Delima (BD) program. IBI is a nationwide association of midwives that includes both government and privatesector midwives. The BD program is designed to standar...

background: occupational stress and employee's health status can affect their productiveness and quality of services. therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the effective factors in this regard. this study was conducted in order to evaluate the relation between psychological health and occupational stress among the midwives employed at the governmental and private hospitals of neyshabur, iran. ...

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...

background & aim:the quality of communication between midwives and parturient women is a determinant of maternal satisfaction with midwifery care. therefore, this study was conducted to determine the communication skills of midwives at maternity wards of mashhad teaching hospitals in 2014.   methods:in this descriptive study, 49 midwives, working at mashhad teaching hospitals, were randomly sel...

This paper reports on midwives' support needs as they were described by midwives in a large study of the supervision of midwives in England. The data are derived from six sites: five, very different, National Health Service (NHS) sites, and one composed of midwives outside the NHS. In-depth, ethnographic interviews were conducted with 168 midwives and a grounded theory approach was used for the...

The 1902 Midwives Act introduced training and supervision for midwives in England and Wales, outlawing uncertified-and-untrained midwives (handywomen) and phasing out certified-but-untrained (bona fide) midwives. This paper compares the numbers and practices of these two different types of birth attendant with each other, with qualified and certified midwives and with doctors in early twentieth...

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...