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The autumn issue of MIDIRS Midwifery Digest offers a variety of compelling maternity care articles, covering the antenatal and postpartum period.
MIDIRS Midwifery Digest is an essential resource for midwives, maternity support workers and students. We take a look at what’s in the September issue.
Hot Topic
Is to see me to know me? Are midwives prepared for continuity models? By Marie Lewis, Cate Langley
Research & Education
Development of the bridging programme for the role of the professional midwifery advocate to support quality improvement. By Amanda Wain, Sue Britt, Bernie Divall
Does Enquiry Based Learning (EBL) impact on clinical practice? A qualitative exploration of midwifery graduates’ perceptions. By Kathleen Nallen, Dale Spence, Sam Porter
Turning your assignment into a publication. By Tania McIntosh
The sounds and sights of natural childbirth: films and records in antenatal preparation classes, 1950s-1980s. By Paula A Michaels – Reviewed by Tania McIntosh
Birth place preferences and women’s expectations and experiences regarding duration and pain of labor. By Tamar M van Haaren-ten Haken, Marike J Hendrix, Marianne J Nieuwenhuijze et al
Midwifery
Sex workers: a call for midwives’ awareness, discussion, research and practice development. By Elizabeth Crisp
Mental catalogue of attitude. By Shurouq Hawamdeh
Is the midwife’s belief in normal birth becoming extinct? Clare Davison
The cost of being ‘with women’: the impact of traumatic perinatal events on burnout rates among midwives. By Zakiah Amir, Alex J Reid
Detection of breech presentation: abdominal palpation and hand-held scanning by midwives. By Joanna Keable, Kenda Crozier
Midwives’ experience of their education, knowledge and practice around immersion in water for labour or birth. By Lucy Lewis, Yvonne L Hauck, Janice Butt et al
Pregnancy
Coverage of recommended vaccines during pregnancy in Flander, Belgium. Fairly good but can we do better? By Kirsten Maertens, Tessa Braeckman, Stéphanie Blaizot et al
Parental experiences after prenatal diagnosis of fetal abnormality. By Jan Hodgson, Belinda J McClaren
The effect of Aloe Vera gel and sweet almond oil on striae gravidarum in nulliparous women. By Maryam Hajhashemi, Mahmoud Rafieian, Hojjat Allah Rouhi Boroujeni et al – Reviewed by Denise Tiran
Labour & Birth
What every parent should know about optimal cord clamping. By Cass McNamara
Should fathers or partners be able to ‘catch’ their own baby By Angela Willis
Factors influencing women’s perceptions of shared decision making during labour and delivery: results from a large-scale cohort study of first childbirth. By Laura B Attanasio, Katy B Kozhhimannil, Kristen H Kjerulff
Mode of delivery after a previous caesarean birth, and associated maternal and neonatal morbidity. By Carmen B Young, Shiliang Liu, Guilia M Muraca et al
Intrapartum fetal death and doctors: a qualitative exploration. By Karen McNamara, Sarah Meaney, Keelin O’Donoghue
Management of the perineum during delivery with the Kiwi omicup: effects of mediolateral episiotomy on anal sphincter tears in nulliparous women. By B Bodner –Adler, O Kimberger, A Käfer et al
Postnatal
Improving maternal mental health through mindfulness. By Joanne Cull
Reflections of a student midwife: the importance of discussing birth experience. By Hannah Greenwood
Perinatal management of hepatitis B virus: clinical implementation of updated Australasian management guidelines. By Hannah Bergin, Gillian Wood, Susan P Walker et al
Time off after childbirth and mothers’ risk of depression, parenting stress, and parenting practices. By Richard J Petts #
Is partners’ mental health and well-being affected by holding the baby after childbirth? Mothers’ accounts from a national survey. By Julie M Hennegan, Jane Henderson, Maggie Redshaw
Infant Nutrition
Social justice at the core of breastfeeding protection, promotion and support: a conceptualization. By Paige Hall Smith
Intolerant bodies: a history of immune research. By Maureen Minchin
Knowledge of, and attitudes to giving expressed breastmilk to infants in rural coastal Kenya: focus group discussions of first time mothers and their advisers. By Alison W Talbert, Benjamin Tsofa, Edward Mumbo et al
Application of cabbage leaves compared to gel packs for mothers with breast engorgement: randomised controlled trial. By Boh Boi Wong, Yiong Huak Chan, Mabel Qi He Leow et al
Infant Nutrition
Social justice at the core of breastfeeding protection, promotion and support: a conceptualization. By Paige Hall Smith
Intolerant bodies: a history of immune research. By Maureen Minchin
Knowledge of, and attitudes to giving expressed breastmilk to infants in rural coastal Kenya: focus group discussions of first time mothers and their advisers. By Alison W Talbert, Benjamin Tsofa, Edward Mumbo et al
Application of cabbage leaves compared to gel packs for mothers with breast engorgement: randomised controlled trial. By Boh Boi Wong, Yiong Huak Chan, Mabel Qi He Leow et al
Neonatal & Infancy
Pain relief in labour: effects on the neonate. By Emma Sprawson
Association of reproductive disorders and male congenital anomalies with environmental exposure to endocrine active pesticides. By Jessica Garcia, Maria I Ventura, Mar Requena et al
Safety of multicomponent meningococcal group B vaccine (4CMenB) in routine infant immunisation in the UK: a prospective surveillance study. By Philip Bryan, Suzie Seabroke, Jenny Wong et al
Worldwide Maternity Services
Refugee and migrant well-being in the UK: post-migration challenges for those in exile. A qualitative study. By Louise Deighton-O’Hara
Immigrant women’s food choices in pregnancy: perspectives from women of Chinese origin in Canada. By Gina Marie Awoko Higginbottom, Helen Vallianatos, Janki Shankar et al
Risk of perinatal mortality in the first year of midwifery practice in New Zealand: analysis of a retrospective national cohort. By Lynn C Sadler, Judith McAra-Couper, Deborah Pittam et al
Barriers related to prenatal care utilization among women. By Nasibeh Roozbeh, Fatemeh Nahidi, Sepideh Hajiyan
Removing user fees for facility-based delivery services: a difference-in-indifferences evaluation from ten sub-Saharan African countries. By Britt McKinnon, Sam Harper, Jay S Kaufman et al
Prospective cohort study comparing outcomes between vacuum extraction and second-stage caesarean delivery at a Ugandan tertiary referral hospital. By Barbara Nolens, Flavia Namiiro, John Lule et al
All the above articles appear in the September 2018 issue of MIDIRS Midwifery Digest and are available to access through one of our annual subscription packages.
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