This paper analyses nursing and midwifery legislation in high HIV-burden countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region, with respect to global standards, and suggests areas that could be further examined to strengthen the nursing and midwifery professions and HIV service delivery. To provide universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment, sufficient number...

BACKGROUND Psychological distress among higher education students is of global concern. Students on programmes with practicum components such as nursing and teacher education are exposed to additional stressors which may further increase their risk for psychological distress. The ways in which these students cope with distress has potential consequences for their health and academic performance...

The use of computers in the delivery of health care has significantly improved the way health service is delivered to clients and patients in the world. Despite the importance of computing to the delivery of health service, developing countries have not greatly benefited from it. Nursing informatics has been in existence and part of academic curriculum for the past 2 decades in some advanced co...

background: today, moving toward high quality and efficient education is essential in educational systems. to achieve it, management, research and educational programs should evolve consistent with the produced knowledge, professional developments and standards. regarding the important role of midwifery education in improvement of social health, the current study was carried out to identify the...

Co-Chair, WHO Study Group on Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice and Chief Scientist for Nursing & Midwifery, Department of Human Resources for Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, Co-Chair, WHO Study Group on Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice; Principal and Professor Emeritus, College of Health Disciplines, University of British Columb...

BACKGROUND Usage rates for information and communication technologies (ICTs) in healthcare have been increasing in recent years, but often lag behind general usage rates for populations as a whole. Research into such differential rates of ICT use across different segments of the population has identified a number of possible causal factors that limit usage. AIM The research investigated midwi...

The relationship between nursing and maternal health presents a legitimate policy discussion. In this qualitative descriptive study, the views of nurse experts on the current status of nursing and midwifery education, and workforce development issues as they relate to maternal health in Nigeria was explored. Focus was on experts as they constitute important players in policy decisions related t...

BACKGROUND Simulation as a pedagogical approach has been used in health professional education to address the need to safely develop effective clinical skills prior to undertaking clinical practice. However, evidence for the use of simulation in midwifery is largely anecdotal, and research evaluating the effectiveness of different levels of simulation fidelity are lacking.Woman centred care is ...

The editors claim too much. This is a thin collection of essays that range widely from the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries and from pharmacy to midwifery to medical students to foreign doctors in London. Some of the pieces are narrowly focused on small events or a single text, while others seek to explain particular developments over a century or more. Only a few of the authors seek to re...