BACKGROUND Women's access to vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) in the United States has declined steadily since the mid-1990s, with a current rate of 8.2%. In the State of Florida, less than 1% of women with a previous cesarean deliver vaginally. This downturn is thought to be largely related to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) VBAC guidelines, which mandate that...

BACKGROUND The Nigerian Midwives Service Scheme (MSS) is an ambitious human resources project created in 2009 to address supply side barriers to accessing care. Key features include the recruitment and deployment of newly qualified, unemployed and retired midwives to rural primary healthcare centres (PHCs) to ensure improved access to skilled care. This study aimed to understand, from multiple ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the performance of students selected for midwifery education by three methods: community mobilization in rural Afghanistan, a regional examination by the Institute of Health Sciences (IHS), and the National University Entrance Examination (NUEE). METHODS A retrospective survey was conducted in January 2009 on academic records of 178 midwives trained at the IHS in Herat, i...

Continuity of care is often critical in delivering high quality health care. However, it is difficult to achieve in community health care where shift patterns and a need to minimise travelling time can reduce the scope for allocating staff to patients. Community midwifery is one example of such a challenge in the National Health Service where postnatal care typically involves a series of home v...

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: Midwives play an important role in reducing maternal and neonatal mor­bidity mortality. The performance of mid­wives is indicator to improve the quality child health services. purpose this study was analyze factors that affect midwives. Subjects Method: This cross-sectional conducted at a community cen­ter Mojokerto, East Java, from February April 2020. A sample 200 midwives selec­t...

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 Describing the Emberá-Chamí Indians' traditional medical system (Caldas Department, Colombia). METHODS This was an ethnographic study which involved 4 traditional doctors, 2 midwives, 3 healers, a faith-healer (medicine man) and 10 community members who were selected by theoretical sampling. Interviews, field diaries and participant observation were used in line with credibility, au...

To explore Jordanian midwives’ experiences at their homes and in the community during COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The global crisis of disturbs daily lives all people including healthcare professionals. Previous studies examined stressors facing professionals while working with patients. However, exploring consequences on personal midwives are lacking. A descriptive qualitative design. Data were ...