INTRODUCTION Midwifery practice, which contributes to the improvement of the health and well-being of mothers and infants, varies greatly across the world. In former Soviet Union countries, midwife…
INTRODUCTION The holistic approach of healthcare practice in midwifery demands the use of evidence-based practice (EBP) in all aspects of clinical care. Applying EBP in every day healthcare practic…
INTRODUCTION Postnatal care is an important area of midwifery practice. Changes in the length of postnatal stay, models of postnatal care, and the content of care have influenced women’s satisfac…
INTRODUCTION Prevention of malaria in pregnancy (MIP) with the use of insecticide treated nets (ITNs) is no doubt one of the major interventions aimed at reducing maternal and infant morbidity and …
INTRODUCTION Compliance to routine antenatal medications increases a woman’s chances of achieving a normal pregnancy and having a healthy baby. However, non-compliance is a commonly encountered p…
INTRODUCTION Throughout Europe midwives called for increasing professionalisation of midwifery during the 1980s and 1990s. While the Bologna Declaration, in 1999, supported this development in educ…
INTRODUCTION This paper is a report of a systematic review to identify and analyze studies of the measurement of empathy in midwives and other health professionals. Empathy has been recognized as a…
INTRODUCTION Subjective wellbeing is made up of cognitive (life satisfaction and positive functioning) and emotional (positive and negative affect) components. The subjective wellbeing of women in …