a:4:{s:10:"Background";s:230:"Perinatal loss is very tragic event for the parents and staff who are contact with the bereaved parents. This qualitative study aimed to explore experiences of women losing pregnancy or baby after infertility treatment is done.";s:19:"MaterialsAndMethods";s:347:"In this qualitative descriptive study was conducted using content analysis approach. 22 women with histo...

background: using spatial analysis tools to determine the spatial patterns of china province-level perinatal mortality and using spatial econometric model to examine the impacts of health care resources and different socio-economic factors on perinatal mortality. methods: the global moran’s i index is used to examine whether the spatial autocorrelation exists in selected regions and moran’s i s...

Public health efforts to reduce maternal complications and poor pregnancy outcomes encompass a wide array of approaches, including close attention to the system of perinatal health care, particularly its organization and financing. Historically, strategies to regionalize or coordinate the system of perinatal care services were developed to improve perinatal outcomes while maximizing the efficie...

OBJECTIVE Ecology model is useful to provide a framework for organizing medical care. We aimed to see if the ecology model is applicable to perinatal care in Japan. METHODS On a population-based approach, we had 53,461 deliveries in Miyazaki from 2001 to 2005. In comparison, we used all of the 106,613 deliveries in Tokyo in 2009. Women were divided into 4 grades by risk-allocation criteria an...

Assessment of fetal growth is a central requirement for good perinatal care. The concept of the individually customised growth potential has enhanced our understanding of the importance of intrauterine growth restriction and its effects on pregnancy outcome. Prospectively, it provides a promising tool for improving antenatal detection, and highlights the need for appropriate protocols and pathw...

Urbanization is rapidly spreading throughout the developing world. An urban slum poses special health problems due to poverty, overcrowding, unhygienic surroundings and lack of an organized health Infrastructure. The primary causes of neonatal mortality are sepsis, perinatal asphyxia and prematurity. Home deliveries, late recognition of neonatal illness, delay in seeking medical help and inappr...