Search for dissertations about: "antenatal care"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 133 swedish dissertations containing the words antenatal care.

  2. 1. 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. 2. Consequences of programme changes in antenatal care

    Author : Anna Berglund; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Obstetrics and gynaecology; antenatal care; utilisation of care; risk prediction; risk assessment; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; Obstetrics and women s diseases; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; Obstetrics and Gynaecology; obstetrik och gynekologi;

    Abstract : Routine antenatal care includes a number of routine contacts, in Sweden mostly with a midwife but with one visit to a physician. A reduction of the scheduled visits by 4-5 was assessed with retrospective data from the year before and the year after the programme change in 1991.The effective reduction was 1. READ MORE

  5. 3. Assessing Antenatal Care in Rural Zimbabwe

    Author : Franz Majoko; Gunilla Lindmark; Lennarth Nyström; Ebenezer Oluwole Akande; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Obstetrics and gynaecology; antenatal; pregnancy complications; referral; risk factors; pregnancy outcome; rural; Zimbabwe; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; Obstetrics and women s diseases; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar;

    Abstract : Antenatal care has been associated with improved maternal and perinatal outcomes but there is no agreement on the most effective model in terms of content as well as the number and timing of visits. A cluster randomised controlled trial was conducted in a rural area of Zimbabwe to assess a 5-visit goal-oriented antenatal care model against standard care. READ MORE

  6. 4. Improving neonatal survival in East Africa Analysis of maternal service utilization, effectiveness of care and risk factors for neonatal mortality in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania

    Author : Malachi Ochieng Arunda; Socialmedicin och global hälsa; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neonatal survival; Neonatal Mortality; Antenatal care; Childbirth; Postnatal care; Low birthweight; Cesarean delivery; Continuum of care seeking; care-seeking behaviour; Effectiveness of care; Sociodemographic factors; socioeconomic factors; Attributable neonatal mortality-risk fraction;

    Abstract : Despite profound progress made in reducing neonatal mortality, it remains one of the major global health challenges. In 2019, the World Health Organization estimated that 2.4 million neonatal deaths occurred, accounting for over 45 percent of under-5 deaths worldwide. READ MORE

  7. 5. Antenatal midwifery consultations : a qualitative study

    Author : Pia Olsson; Astrid Norberg; Lilian Jansson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Antenatal care; pregnancy; childbirth; parenthood; midwives; expectant parents; video recordings phenomenological hermeneutics; qualitative content analysis; quantitative content analysis; caring transition to parenthood;

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