BACKGROUND Luapula Province has the highest maternal mortality and one of the lowest facility-based births in Zambia. The distance to facilities limits facility-based births for women in rural areas. In 2013, the government incorporated maternity homes into the health system at the community level to increase facility-based births and reduce maternal mortality. To examine the experiences with m...

BACKGROUND In 1974, Sweden became the first country to permit fathers to take paid parental leave. Other countries are currently following suit issuing similar laws. While this reform supports the principles of the United Nations convention of the right for children to be with both parents and enshrines the ethos of gender equality, there has been little systematic examination of its potential ...

There are significant health disparities in maternity care in the United States. One way to decrease these disparities may be to improve prenatal care among underserved minority women. This article reviews cultural and ethnic issues that may impact maternity care within 5 different groups of women commonly seen by maternity care providers in Wisconsin: African American, Latina, Hmong, Amish, an...

The Family Nurse Partnership programme, which supports first-time mothers aged 19 or under with home visits, has been rolled out to more than 130 local authority areas over the past seven years – and is expected to hit the government’s target of reaching 16,000 young mothers this month. Each family nurse visits up to 25 mothers, mostly referred from maternity services, once a week. The nurses w...

BACKGROUND Childbirth with a skilled attendant is crucial for preventing maternal mortality and is an important opportunity for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The Maternity in Migori and AIDS Stigma Study (MAMAS Study) is a prospective mixed-methods investigation conducted in a high HIV prevalence area in rural Kenya, in which we examined the role of women's perceptions of H...

Purpose: To examine the mediating effects of parental efficacy on relationship between participating in online parenting communities and health-promoting behaviors for children among first-time mothers with infants toddlers.Methods: The participants were 174 who used communities. Data collected through self-report questionnaires. Descriptive statistics, independent t-test, 1-way analysis varian...

This paper investigates the marginalization of certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) in the US. This marginalization occurs despite ample evidence demonstrating that a midwifery model delivers high-quality cost-effective care. Currently midwives attend only 7% of births, compared to 50-75% of births in other developed countries. Given the escalating costs of health care and relatively poor maternal a...

This paper investigates the marginalization of certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) in the US. This marginalization occurs despite ample evidence demonstrating that a midwifery model delivers highquality cost-effective care. Currently midwives attend only 7% of births, compared to 50–75% of births in other developed countries. Given the escalating costs of health care and relatively poor maternal an...

today, discussions on health have considered the spiritual – mental health on a par with physical health. a close relationship can be seen between two points, mental health and ethical, training issues, so that individuals who do not have spiritual virtues and religious training are not healthy individuals. due to the considerable importance of moral and mental health about children, this study...

OBJECTIVE Inappropriate or insufficient knowledge of health care professionals about puerperal mastitis can lead mothers to premature weaning, as well as the lack of education on proper breastfeeding. However, the importance of education regarding puerperal mastitis seems to be underestimated. MATERIAL AND METHODS From July to August 2014, 317 female health care professionals were surveyed in...