Objective: To understand the typical actions of the mother during the pregnancy of her teenage daughter. Methods: Qualitative study, based on the theoretical-methodological framework of social phenomenology of Alfred Schütz. The data were collected in 2009, and the subjects were nine mothers of adolescent primigravidae. Results: The mother of the pregnant adolescent is typified as one that reac...

BACKGROUND Coverage assessment of prevention of Pregnant Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV service is useful to measure the health system effort or performance of health service delivery function and to influence decisions. The objective of this study was to assess effective coverage level for prevention of Pregnant Mother to Child Transmission services in Jimma University Hospital. ...

background & aim: the fear of childbirth is defined as the fear experienced before, during and after birth. this study was carried out to study the relationship between fear of childbirth and obstetric variables . methods & materials : : this cross sectional study was conducted in a state hospital in kars, turkey on 403 pregnant women who were recruited from the delivery ward. the convenience s...

Aim: The aim of our study, to evaluate the patients with complete or incomplete uterine rupture which occurred during pregnancy retrospectively and to analyze and present of the risk factors, maternal and perinatal outcomes, and complications. Method: Sixty one patients diagnosed as uterine rupture were investigated retrospectively in our clinic between 1999 and 2009. Result: The incidence of u...

The objective of this study was to investigate whether pregnancy, delivery, and neonatal outcome among obese pregnant women who took part in an intervention study for weight restriction differed from a group of obese pregnant women attending regular antenatal care. The intervention group consisted of 155 obese pregnant women and 193 obese pregnant women who formed a control group. We found that...

Introduction. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in a pregnant woman is rare. When occurring, AMI is a major cause of maternal and neonatal death. By presenting the following case we describe the dilemma concerning the timing of delivery. Case. A 36-year-old, multiparous women, at 35 6/7 weeks of gestation, suffered from an AMI due to an acute blockage of the left anterior descending artery (LAD...

Background. There is a paucity of research in Australia on the characteristics of women in treatment for illicit substance use in pregnancy and the health outcomes of their neonates. Aims. To determine the clinical features and outcomes of high-risk, marginalized women seeking treatment for illicit substance use in pregnancy and their neonates. Methods. 139 women with a history of substance abu...

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is an undeniable public health problem in the world and particularly Africa. pregnant woman infected with HIV constitutes a potential risk not only for mother but also newborn. In Côte d’Ivoire, data on mother-to-child transmission are still insufficient. It within this framework that […]

OBJECTIVES To understand the disease epidemiology of syphilis in pregnant women, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the screening and intervention programme, for the purpose of controlling mother-to-child syphilis transmission in Shenzhen, in the People's Republic of China (PRC). METHODS At the Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention (SZCDC), we used the toluidine red unheated se...

OBJECTIVES This study investigated the self-reported prevalence and impact of low back pain (LBP) during pregnancy in primiparous and multiparous women, and their treatment-seeking rationales and experiences, including their use of physiotherapy. METHODS A sample of 105 post-partum women was recruited. All participants answered a questionnaire; women who experienced LBP during pregnancy (n=71...