INTRODUCTION Primary maternity care services are globally provided according to various organisational models. Two models are common in Finland: a maternity health clinic and an integrated maternity and child health clinic. The aim of this study was to clarify whether there is a relation between the organisational model of the maternity health clinics and the utilisation of maternity care servi...

The computer-based textbook is a new educational tool that promises to play a prominent role in the coming years. Classical instructional technologies, such as video, stills, audio files and computer programs with a textbook orientation, have been merged into one multimedia computer system and have created additional opportunities for learning in medical, dental and nursing education. The autho...

BACKGROUND This paper describes the process of developing specifically designed web-based maternity information for women with type 1 diabetes. METHODS A participatory design was used and the information was evaluated in seven stages by researchers, professional experts and users. All steps of the development process were noted in an online logbook. RESULTS The information developed gradual...

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...

BACKGROUND Many women stop smoking before or during pregnancy, or while breast-feeding (nursing). OBJECTIVES To assess the relation between breast-feeding and smoking habits. METHODS A survey was conducted among 920 women attending family health clinics (group 1) and a maternity department (group 2) on their breast-feeding and smoking habits. RESULTS A total of 156 women (16.95%) smoked d...

Maternal mortality remains one of the major problems in developing countries. In India incidence women dying while giving birth is among highest world. The partograph has been considered as valuable tool improvement maternity services.Partogram serves an “early warning system” and assist early decision on transfer, augmentation termination labour. It also increases quality regularity all observ...

TWELVE YEARS AGO I noticed something remarkable on a maternity hospital administrator’s desk. It was a paper with handwritten names, which she highlighted in yellow as each parent submitted a form. This caught my attention because in front of her was a PC connected to a feature-rich, widely used enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Fast forward to 2017. I again find myself in a hospital r...

AIM To assess the ability of nurse practitioners to manage the care of all babies requiring resuscitation at birth in a unit without on site medical assistance. METHOD A prospective review, and selective external audit, of the case records of all 14 572 babies born in a maternity unit in the north of England during the first eight years after nurse practitioners replaced resident paediatric s...