Search for dissertations about: "midwives views"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words midwives views.

  2. 1. Women's postpartum concerns and midwives' reflection on postpartum care : Studies in Dar es Saalam, Tanzania

    Author : Helen Igobeko Lugina; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Obstetrics and gynaecology; Postpartum; mothers concerns; card sort; interviews; midwives views; midwives role; focus group discussions; grounded theory; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; Obstetrics and women s diseases; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; Obstetrics and Gynaecology; obstetrik och gynekologi;

    Abstract : Studies were conducted in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to explore the postpartum concerns of mothers and midwives' views on their role in postpartum care. In the first study, 50 primiparas and 50 multiparas sorted cards in their homes two weeks after childbirth. READ MORE

  4. 2. Challenges and constraints encountered by women and midwives during childbirth in low-income countries : experiences from Angola and Mozambique

    Author : Karen Odberg Pettersson; Högskolan i Halmstad; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Women; Midwives; Maternal and perinatal care; Care-seeking behaviour; Moulding and dimensions of change; Women; midwives; quality of; maternal and perinatal care; care-seeking behaviour; moulding and dimensions of change;

    Abstract : This thesis aimed to study the actual and perceived quality of midwifery practices during childbirth at peripheral and central health care levels in two low-income countries, Angola (I-III) and Mozambique (IV-V). Theoretical models interpreting women's and midwives' views have been developed. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Emergency Contraceptive Pill – a Second Chance : Knowledge, Attitudes and Experiences Among Users and Providers

    Author : Gunilla Aneblom; Tanja Tydén; Karin Eurenius; Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medicine; focus-group; emergency contraception; attitudes; induced abortion; OTC; content analysis; pharmacy; nurse-midwives; Medicin; Dermatology and venerology; clinical genetics; internal medicine; Dermatologi och venerologi; klinisk genetik; invärtesmedicin; Medicin; Medicine;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to study knowledge, attitudes and experience of emergency contraceptive pills among women and providers. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. Focus-group interviews were conducted with teenage-girls (I) and with women who had purchased ECP without prescription (IV). READ MORE

  6. 4. Health professionals’ experiences and views related to obstetric ultrasound in Rwanda and Vietnam

    Author : Sophia Holmlund; Ingrid Mogren; Joseph Ntaganira; Pham Thi Lan; Kristina Edvardsson; Susanne Georgsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : Prenatal ultrasonography; pregnancy; midwife; obstetrician; health personnel; health professional; prenatal care; epidemiology; cross-sectional study; focus group discussion; qualitative content analysis; Rwanda; Vietnam; obstetrik och gynekologi; Obstetrics and Gynaecology;

    Abstract : BackgroundObstetric ultrasound has become an indispensable part of maternity care in high-income countries, where it is universally used for screening, diagnostic and surveillance purposes. In low-income countries, insufficient numbers of trained health professionals’ is commonly a barrier to obstetric ultrasound use. READ MORE

  7. 5. 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