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Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of a midwifery-led-care model: ...
Gonçalves,Andreia Soares; Pestana-Santos,Márcia; McCourt,Christine; Prata,Ana PaulaAbstract Introduction: Midwifery models of care are sustainable, cost-effective, safe, and effective models of care that have long been regarded as adequate and recommended for the care of women with uncomplicated pregnancies. The implementation of such models has, however, been very slow in countries where a medicalized culture towards pregnancy and birth prevails. Since there is no systematized evidence that ...
Modelos de assistência obstétrica na Região Sul do Brasil e fatores associados
Velho,Manuela Beatriz; Brüggemann,Odaléa Maria; McCourt,Christine; Gama,Silvana Granado Nogueira da; Knobel,Roxana; Gonçalves,Annelise de CarvalhoOs objetivos do estudo foram identificar modelos de assistência obstétrica em gestantes de risco habitual na Região Sul do Brasil, estimar os fatores associados a esses modelos e os desfechos maternos e neonatais. Realizou-se estudo seccional a partir da pesquisa Nascer no Brasil, de base hospitalar, que envolveu puérperas e recém-nascidos. Foram identificadas 2.668 gestantes de risco habitual. Procedeu-se a um...
Technologies of birth and models of midwifery care
McCourt,ChristineThis article is based on a study of a reform in the organisation of maternity services in the United Kingdom, which aimed towards developing a more woman-centred model of care. After decades of fragmentation and depersonalisation of care, associated with the shift of birth to a hospital setting, pressure by midwives and mothers prompted government review and a relatively radical turnaround in policy. However, t...