BACKGROUND Currently one-fifth of women in the UK are obese. Obese, pregnant woman are at an increased risk of experiencing complications of labour and serious morbidity. However, they are also more likely to undergo medical interventions such as induction of labour and caesarean section which in themselves confer additional health risks for obese women such as wound infection and deep vein thr...

Background: Timely initiation of breastfeeding has been reported to reduce neonatal mortality by 19.1%. The World Health Organisation recommends early initiation of breastfeeding i.e. breastfeeding a newborn within the first hour of life. Knowledge on the rate and the determinants of early initiation of breastfeeding may help health program managers to design and implement effective breastfeedi...

The mean age at natural menopause and its determinants among Shirazi women (southern Iran) was calculated.  The data were obtained from a population- based cross-sectional study carried out in the year 2000.  Interviews were carried out and observations made on 948 women who had incurred natural menopause. They were randomly chosen using postal zones housing sample framework of Shiraz.Mean±SD a...

Maternal health refers to during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period. This is related dimensions of family planning, before conception, giving birth, after birth improve status reduce maternal morbidity mortality. In 2015, mortality rate in Indonesia was reported as 305 per 100.000 live births with highest cause being bleeding. study aims evaluate effect nursing education strategies...

BACKGROUND Timely initiation of breastfeeding has been reported to reduce neonatal mortality by 19.1%. The World Health Organisation recommends early initiation of breastfeeding i.e. breastfeeding a newborn within the first hour of life. Knowledge on the rate and the determinants of early initiation of breastfeeding may help health program managers to design and implement effective breastfeedin...

background there are several indicators to determine the health status in a society. one of these indicators is birth weight, and it is associated not only with nutrition quality, health and prenatal care, it also associated with the child's normal growth and development. material and methods this research was an analytical and cross–sectional research which was performed on women referred to i...