The authors briefly analyze the situation of maternal health care in Brazil and, based on their findings, they comment that there have been transformations in the health care model for women and families and propose some measures, including recovery of the work of the obstetric nurse or midwife (obstetriz, in Portuguese). They comment that women care tendencies in the delivery process presuppos...

BACKGROUND Midwives are primary providers of care for childbearing women around the world. However, there is a lack of synthesised information to establish whether there are differences in morbidity and mortality, effectiveness and psychosocial outcomes between midwife-led continuity models and other models of care. OBJECTIVES To compare midwife-led continuity models of care with other models...

The American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) is a multidisciplinary membership organization dedicated to the birth center model of care. This article reviews the history, membership, and current policy initiatives of the AABC. The history of AABC includes the promotion of research, education, and national and state policies that are supportive of birth center care. Current AABC priorities a...

background & aim: organizational citizenship behavior (ocb) is a voluntary, organizationally desirable action that is not part of the employee’s formal job requirements. job satisfaction and stress can affect mental health of midwives, and investigating the relationship between these variables can improve the quality of healthcare services. this study, therefore, was conducted to identify the r...

background and purpose: to create a positive attitude towards communication skills training, experimental methods are preferred over theoretical approaches since they encourage the practical use of these skills among different health staff. this study aimed to compare the effects of role play and video feedback on the attitude and knowledge of midwives towards communication training skills. met...

background & aim:the quality of communication between midwives and parturient women is a determinant of maternal satisfaction with midwifery care. therefore, this study was conducted to determine the communication skills of midwives at maternity wards of mashhad teaching hospitals in 2014.   methods:in this descriptive study, 49 midwives, working at mashhad teaching hospitals, were randomly sel...

background & aim: knowledge and attitude of the nurses and midwives towards hiv/aids patients could affect the quality of care provision. thus, this study aimed to determine the relationship between knowledge, attitude, and tendency of nurses and midwives towards caring for hiv/aids patients. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 303 nurses and midwives at healthcare centers, aff...

Postpartum depression is a serious condition, especially for mothers who are giving birth the first time or with sibling conditions have not been prepared. The impact that occurs on mother and baby should be prevented good management. purpose of this community service to provide education coping management about prevention postpartum depression, in collaboration Punggul-Mojokerto Village Polind...

We investigated the management and treatment of pregnant opioid users by Drug Treatment Services by region across England and Wales. A postal survey was conducted among 223 Community Drug Treatment Services (CDTS) across England and Wales. Sixtysix percent CDTS responded (n=154/233) to the survey. Over half CDTS (55.3%) provided a maintenance methadone dose lower than that recommended for non-p...