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Research on Midwifery, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences

A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Women's Health Care".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 5921

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Linda Katherine Jones

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School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Boorooma Street, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650, Australia
Interests: midwifery; women's health; paramedicine; healthcare services
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Dr. Brian Sengstock

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School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, Charles Sturt University, Port Macquarie, NSW 2444, Australia
Interests: nursing

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue seeks original research and reviews on midwifery, paramedicine and healthcare services leadership and management. The aim of this issue is to share the latest in evidence-informed practice in these disciplines; contribute to the learning and teaching environment; and help inform guidelines, health policy, systems and environments. It is envisioned that academics, leaders, health policy specialists and policymakers will use this Special Issue as a professional resource to further the care of those involved.

Dr. Linda Katherine Jones
Dr. Brian Sengstock
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • midwifery practice
  • midwifery models of care
  • midwifery education
  • significance of language in midwifery
  • paramedicine
  • healthcare services
  • leadership
  • management
  • governance
  • ethics
  • out of hospital care
  • clinical governance
  • clinical practice guidelines

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The Experiences of Midwives Who Attend Births by Women with Life-Limiting Fetal Conditions (LLFC): A Phenomenological Research Study
by Urszula Tataj-Puzyna, Krystyna Heland-Kurzak, Dorota Sys, Beata Szlendak, Maria Ryś, Magdalena Krauze and Barbara Baranowska
Healthcare 2023, 11(11), 1540; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111540 - 25 May 2023
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Providing care to a woman after a Life-Limiting Fetal Conditions (LLFC) diagnosis is a difficult experience for midwives. This study’s aim is to describe the experience of midwives assisting in births following an LLFC diagnosis. It is a qualitative study using Interpretative Phenomenological [...] Read more.
Providing care to a woman after a Life-Limiting Fetal Conditions (LLFC) diagnosis is a difficult experience for midwives. This study’s aim is to describe the experience of midwives assisting in births following an LLFC diagnosis. It is a qualitative study using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 15 midwives with experience in caring for women giving birth following an LLFC diagnosis. The data was analyzed through coding using the MAXQDA tool. The main theme emerging from the experience of midwives concerned difficulty in interacting with the woman giving birth. The analysis singled out four subthemes containing the most significant issues arising from the experience of midwives in caring for a woman giving birth to a lethally ill child: in relation with the woman giving birth; in relation with the child and the family; in relation with oneself; and in relation with the workplace. Midwives should have access not only to solid knowledge about this question, but also to courses developing skills in dealing with difficult situations, in coping with stress, in expressing compassion and, most importantly, in communicating with women and their families in such difficult circumstances. Full article
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The Art of Childbirth of the Midwives of Al-Andalus: Social Assessment and Legal Implication of Health Assistance in the Cultural Diversity of the 10th–14th Centuries
by Blanca Espina-Jerez, Ana María Aguiar-Frías, José Siles-González, Aliete Cunha-Oliveira and Sagrario Gómez-Cantarino
Healthcare 2023, 11(21), 2835; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11212835 - 27 Oct 2023
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(1) Background: The role of Al-Andalus’s women were the result of Arabization and Islamization in Spain. The 10th to the 14th centuries were a time of significant cultural diversity in the region. Female physicians and midwives were important for providing care to women. [...] Read more.
(1) Background: The role of Al-Andalus’s women were the result of Arabization and Islamization in Spain. The 10th to the 14th centuries were a time of significant cultural diversity in the region. Female physicians and midwives were important for providing care to women. Despite existing studies, there is still a lack of focused research on the professionalization of these trades, including their requirements, intervention areas, and treatments. (2) Methods: To address this gap, we conducted a scoping review using the dialectical structural model of care (DSMC). Primary medical and legislative sources were used. (3) Results: two kinds of midwife, or qābila, were discovered, along with a woman physician, or ṭabība, who also acted as a midwife. These professions underwent diverse training and fulfilled duties as obstetricians and pediatricians. Midwives were esteemed members of society and were the sole female professionals who needed qualified training. Their performance in the courts was exemplary. Tools for facilitating childbirth and interventions related to female health were discovered in the study. (4) Conclusions: The patriarchal societies suffer from significant inequality in terms of academic training, knowledge transmission, and healthcare provision. Midwives functioned in segregated domestic and legal spaces and were responsible for providing public care to communities from the 10th to 14th centuries. Full article
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Barriers to Couplet Care of the Infant Requiring Additional Care: Integrative Review
by Amanda Curley, Linda K. Jones and Lynette Staff
Healthcare 2023, 11(5), 737; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050737 - 2 Mar 2023
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Background: Historically, once the baby was born, the mother and baby were separated shortly after birth into a postnatal ward and a baby nursery. Overtime, with advances in neonatology led to an increasing number of neonates being separated from their mothers at birth [...] Read more.
Background: Historically, once the baby was born, the mother and baby were separated shortly after birth into a postnatal ward and a baby nursery. Overtime, with advances in neonatology led to an increasing number of neonates being separated from their mothers at birth for specialised neonatal care if they required additional needs. As more research has been undertaken there is an increasing focus that mothers and babies should be kept together from birth, termed couplet care. Couplet care refers to keeping the mother and baby together. Despite this evidence, in practice, this is not happening. Aim: to examine the barriers to nurses and midwives providing couplet care of the infant requiring additional needs in postnatal and nursery. Methods: A thorough literature review relies on a well-developed search strategy. This resulted in a total of 20 papers that were included in this review. Results: This review revealed five main themes or barriers to nurses and midwives providing couplet care: models of care, systems and other barriers, safety, resistance, and education. Discussion: Resistance to couplet care was discussed as being caused by feelings of lack of confidence and competence, concerns around maternal and infant safety and an under-recognition of the benefits of couplet care. Conclusion: The conclusion is that there is still a paucity of research in relation to nursing and midwifery barriers to couplet care. Although this review discusses barriers to couplet care, more specific original research on what nurses and midwives themselves perceive to be the barriers to couplet care in Australia is needed. The recommendation is therefore to undertake research into this area and interview nurses and midwives to ascertain their perspectives. Full article
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