BACKGROUND AND METHODS To guide achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, we used the Lives Saved Tool to provide a novel simulation of potential maternal, fetal, and newborn lives and costs saved by scaling up midwifery and obstetrics services, including family planning, in 58 low- and middle-income countries. Typical midwifery and obstetrics interventions were scaled to either 60% of t...

BACKGROUND Several authors have suggested that computer skills should be taught within the undergraduate curriculum. In this paper, the focus is mainly on the results of an examination of midwifery students' search strategy in response to a specific question undertaken before and after training session in the first, second and third years of the undergraduate programme. METHODS The interventi...

In 2015, the International Confederation of Midwives launched the Midwifery Services Framework: a new evidence-based tool to guide countries through the process of improving their sexual, reproductive, maternal and newborn health services through strengthening and developing the midwifery workforce. The Midwifery Services Framework is aligned with key global architecture for sexual, reproductiv...

There is a decrease in the number of new midwives, resulting from the shutdown of midwifery education program in hospitals due to a decrease in birthrate in the Republic of Korea. To solve this problem, the current medical laws on midwifery education system in Korea should be revised; nurse-midwifery specialist programs must be established in educational institutes with nursing programs. To sup...

* MSc, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran ** PhD, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran *** MSc, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran Correspondence to: Farkhondeh Sharif, PhD, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shi...

The Affixed Nominalization of Final Assigment Proposal Student Giri Satria Husada Midwifery in Wonogiri Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memaparkan nominalisasi dengan afiksasi dan fungsinya dalam teks proposal tugas akhir mahasiswa kebidanan. Metode penelitian adalah metode kualitatif data berupa kata melalui kalimat pada Teknik pengumpulan yang digunakan yaitu teknik baca catat. Adapun analisis...

Based on the survey data of 364 peasant households in Yibin, Sichuan, this paper analyzes the farmer’s willingness to small forest tenure mortgage loans. The result indicates a high willingness up to 74.2%, i.e. the farmers are willing to invest forest tenure mortgage loans into forestry and agricultural production. The influential factors on farmer’s willingness to small forest tenure mortgage...