Search for dissertations about: "partograph"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the word partograph.

  2. 1. 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

  4. 2. Quality of obstetric care in India's Janani Suraksha Yojana cash transfer program to promote facility births : studies from Madhya Pradesh province

    Author : Sarika Chaturvedi; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Quality of care;

    Abstract : Background: Improving maternal health remains a challenge in most of the developing countries. In-facility births is an accepted strategy to reduce maternal mortality. India, which accounts for 17% of global maternal deaths, had a high proportion of home births- 65.5% in 2005. READ MORE

  5. 3. Severe maternal morbidity in Angola : studies on postpartum haemorrhage, jaundice and clinic-based audit

    Author : Roland T Strand; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Active management of third stage of labour; Angola; audit; jaundice; malaria; hepatitis E; postpartum haemorrhage; uterine rupture; waiting time;

    Abstract : Background: Angola has recently ended a long period of warfare, which has resulted in an almost complete collapse of public health. In Luanda, the capital, some 70,000 deliveries take place in public facilities. Maternal morbidity and mortality is among the highest in the world. Postpartum haemorrhage is the dominant cause of death. READ MORE

  6. 4. Quality of intrapartum care in Rwanda: management and women's experiences

    Author : Judith U Mukamurigo; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Childbirth experience; Intrapartum; Quality care management; Women;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this PhD project was to assess the quality of intrapartum care at healthcare facilities offering maternity services in Rwanda by investigating healthcare pro- viders’ management of labour and birth and women’s childbirth experiences. Study I, was a cross-sectional household study investigating how women’s perceptions of care received during labour and birth were related to their overall childbirth experience. READ MORE

  7. 5. Safe labor : reappraisal of labor duration and management for safe maternal and infant outcome

    Author : Louise Lundborg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: The partograph, today used worldwide for assessing normal labor progress and identifying prolonged labor is based on Friedman’s research findings from the 1950s, based on 500 deliveries. Friedman established a series of definitions of time parameters, labor curves and phases to detect normal and abnormal labor progress and incorporated it into the Partograph. READ MORE