Search for dissertations about: "Midwives"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 108 swedish dissertations containing the word Midwives.

  2. 21. Pregnant women and midwives are not in tune with each other about dietary counseling : studies in Swedish antenatal care

    Author : Anna Lena Wennberg; Katarina Hamberg; Åsa Hörnsten; Herbert Sandström; Margareta Larsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Pregnancy; food habits; dietary counseling; counseling strategies; woman-centred care; antenatal care; qualitative methods; longitudinal studies; food frequency questionnaire.; Family Medicine; allmänmedicin;

    Abstract : Background During pregnancy, a healthy diet is beneficial for the expecting mother and her fetus. Midwives in antenatal care have an ideal position for promoting a healthy diet and thereby help women to not only lower the risks of pregnancy complications and adverse birth outcomes, but improve maternal health. READ MORE

  4. 22. The Swedish Maternal Health Care Register : Internal Validity, User Perspectives and Register Outcomes; and Experiences by Midwives in Antenatal Care

    Author : Kerstin Petersson; Ingrid Mogren; Margareta Persson; Marie Lindkvist; Helle Kieler; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Quality registers; medical records; validity; degree of coverage; antenatal care; pregnancy; prenatal diagnosis; uptake; work condition; guidelines; epidemiology; qualitative research; obstetrik och gynekologi; Obstetrics and Gynaecology;

    Abstract : BackgroundEstablished in 1999, the Swedish Maternal Health Care Register (MHCR), collects data on pregnant women and their offspring. Since 2013, the MHCR has been a part of the Swedish Pregnancy Register (SPR). Data are entered manually into the MHCR by midwives in antenatal care (ANC). READ MORE

  5. 23. Sexual life after childbirth and aspects of midwives’ counselling at the postnatal check-up

    Author : Ann Olsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Nonsutured; perineal lacerations; childbirth; sexual desire; postnatal visit; sexual life; midwifery care; counselling; focus group discussion; content analyse;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore and describe how sexual life after childbirth is communicated, addressed and reflected upon among new mothers, fathers and midwives and the impact of leaving first and minor second degree tears after childbirth unsutured. Specific aims were to compare two groups of women with minor lacerations (first and second degree) after a vaginal delivery, with respect to the healing process and experience when the lacerations were sutured or left to heal spontaneously (I); to elucidate women s experience of their sexual life after childbirth (II); to describe fathers' reflections about sexual life 3-6 months after the birth of their child (III); to describe midwives reflections on counselling women at their postnatal checkups, with a special focus on sexuality (IV). READ MORE

  6. 24. Fear is in the air : Midwives´ perspectives of fear of childbirth and childbirth self-efficacy and fear of childbirth in nulliparous pregnant women

    Author : Birgitta Salomonsson; Klaas Wijma; Siw Alehagen; Ingela Rådestad; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Anxiety; Childbirth; Content analysis; Fear; Focus-group interview; Midwives; Self-efficacy; Phenomenography; W-DEQ; CBSEI;

    Abstract : Introduction: In Western countries, about one pregnant woman in five experiences a considerable fear of childbirth (FOC). Consequently FOC is an important topic for midwives, being pregnant women’s main care givers. READ MORE

  7. 25. Preparing midwives as a human resource for maternal health : pre-service education and scope of practice in Gujarat, India

    Author : Bharati Sharma; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Midwifery scope of practice;

    Abstract : One key strategy to achieve reduction in maternal and neonatal mortality is to scale up the availability of skilled birth attendants (SBAs). The staff nurses (i.e., registered nurse and midwives) are skilled birth attendants recognized by the government of India. READ MORE