Ingegerd Hildingsson, Helene Parment, Ulrika Öhrn, Margareta Johansson
{"title":"Foreign-born women rated medical and emotional aspects of postnatal care higher than women born in Sweden: A quantitative comparative study","authors":"Ingegerd Hildingsson, Helene Parment, Ulrika Öhrn, Margareta Johansson","doi":"10.18332/ejm/172573","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18332/ejm/172573","url":null,"abstract":"1. Finlayson K, Crossland N, Bonet M, Downe S. What matters to women in the postnatal period: A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies. PLoS One. 2020;15(4):e0231415. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0231415 CrossRef Google Scholar","PeriodicalId":32920,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Midwifery","volume":"37 51","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134953461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jonathan Chaloner, Irtiza Qureshi, Mayuri Gogoi, Winifred C. Ekezie, Amani Al-Oraibi, Fatimah Wobi, Joy O. Agbonmwandolor, Laura B. Nellums‡, Manish Pareek‡
{"title":"A qualitative study exploring healthcare workers’ lived experiences of the impacts of COVID-19 policies and guidelines on maternal and reproductive healthcare services in the United Kingdom","authors":"Jonathan Chaloner, Irtiza Qureshi, Mayuri Gogoi, Winifred C. Ekezie, Amani Al-Oraibi, Fatimah Wobi, Joy O. Agbonmwandolor, Laura B. Nellums‡, Manish Pareek‡","doi":"10.18332/ejm/171802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18332/ejm/171802","url":null,"abstract":"1. CMO for England announces first death of patient with COVID-19. GOV.UK. March 5, 2020. Accessed February 24, 2022. https://www.gov.uk/government/... Google Scholar","PeriodicalId":32920,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Midwifery","volume":"114 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135341611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Attitudes towards sexual education among midwifery students","authors":"Emel Bahadır Yılmaz","doi":"10.18332/ejm/172511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18332/ejm/172511","url":null,"abstract":"1. Duran-Aksoy O. Assessing the Sexual Attitudes of Midwifery Students and Their Opinions on Sexuality in People with Disabilities. Sex Disabil. 2020;38(2):329-342. doi:10.1007/s11195-020-09623-6 CrossRef Google Scholar","PeriodicalId":32920,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Midwifery","volume":"27 31","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135390640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ioanna Koliandri, Eleni Hadjigeorgiou, Maria Karanikola, Ourania Kolokotroni, Christiana Nicolaou, Veronika Christodoulides, Maria Papadopoulou, Christiana Kouta, Nicos Middleton
{"title":"Informational support and information-seeking during transition to parenthood: Baby Buddy Forward's focus groups with pregnant women and new mothers in Cyprus.","authors":"Ioanna Koliandri, Eleni Hadjigeorgiou, Maria Karanikola, Ourania Kolokotroni, Christiana Nicolaou, Veronika Christodoulides, Maria Papadopoulou, Christiana Kouta, Nicos Middleton","doi":"10.18332/ejm/171360","DOIUrl":"10.18332/ejm/171360","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Relevant and accurate information during the transition to parenthood is vital for active participation in decision-making. The aim of the study was to gain an in-depth understanding of informational support and information-seeking practices among women in Cyprus during the transition to parenthood with a focus on the use of the internet and informed decision making.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Qualitative descriptive exploratory design of 12 focus groups with 64 participants representing different language-cultural groups served by the Baby Buddy Cyprus app. A topic guide covering expectations, experiences and practices guided the discussions. Data were analyzed using inductive content analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seven themes and several subthemes emerged. In an 'unsupportive system', 'void' of informational support, pregnant women strive to have a 'confident voice'. They find themselves 'self-navigating in parallel worlds' of formal and informal information, where the internet holds a prominent place. 'Supplementing and filtering', instinctively and selectively, results in a state of 'doubt and faith' towards the trustworthiness of the information but also healthcare providers. Effective communication with providers is needed to break the cycle, but seems dependent on the self-efficacy of the women themselves ('art of communication'). Women 'deconstruct and reimagine' their experiences, often assigning responsibility on themselves for not having been better prepared.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Women want control over decisions affecting their pregnancy. While the internet is a prevalent source of information, they value communication with healthcare providers and want direction. A shift is needed from current practices of unguided information-searching. Maternity healthcare professionals need to recognize this phenomenon, offer appropriate guidance, and support active participation in informed decision-making.</p>","PeriodicalId":32920,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Midwifery","volume":"7 ","pages":"29"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10619000/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71427458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Father groups in perinatal period. The Fainareti paradigm","authors":"Alexandros Papatrechas","doi":"10.18332/ejm/172552","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18332/ejm/172552","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32920,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Midwifery","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135266877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How to address the topic of sexuality with midwifery clients?","authors":"Ana Polona Mivšek, Sam Geuens, Joeri Vermeulen","doi":"10.18332/ejm/172564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18332/ejm/172564","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32920,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Midwifery","volume":"19 9","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135266903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effect of breastfeeding on women’s weight loss after childbirth and body mass composition―a preliminary study","authors":"Dorota Ćwiek, Małgorzata Zimny, Katarzyna Szymoniak, Krystyna Czechowska, Weronika Dawid, Olimpia Sipak-Szmigiel, Grażyna Iwanowicz-Palus","doi":"10.18332/ejm/172491","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18332/ejm/172491","url":null,"abstract":"1. Gunderson EP. Epidemiology of Gestational Weight Gain and Body Weight Changes After Pregnancy. Epidemiol Rev. 1999;21(2): 261–275. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a018001 CrossRef Google Scholar","PeriodicalId":32920,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Midwifery","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135267305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carola JM Groenen, Marianne J Nieuwenhuijze, Joyce M Kors, Leonie D Welling
{"title":"Education for leadership in midwifery; The start of the Dutch National Master of Science Midwifery","authors":"Carola JM Groenen, Marianne J Nieuwenhuijze, Joyce M Kors, Leonie D Welling","doi":"10.18332/ejm/171969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18332/ejm/171969","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32920,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Midwifery","volume":"97 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135267315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A survey on midwives/nurses’ knowledge and application of clinical guidelines in the midwifery care of women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGMC) in Nigeria","authors":"Rukaiyya Muhammad, Elsa Montgomery, Kim Watts","doi":"10.18332/ejm/171924","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18332/ejm/171924","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32920,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Midwifery","volume":"24 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135267350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Natural birth practices from evidence to fact in the light of 2023 ICM theme","authors":"Seher Arık","doi":"10.18332/ejm/172497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18332/ejm/172497","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32920,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Midwifery","volume":"45 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135267483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}