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Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of a midwifery-led-care model: ...

Soares Goncalves, Andreia; McCourt, Christine; Pestana-Santos, Márcia; Prata, Ana Paula

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 examines ...

Date: 2023   |   Origin: Millenium

Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of a midwifery-led-care model: ...

Goncalves, Andreia Soares; McCourt, Christine; Pestana-Santos, Márcia; Prata, Ana Paula

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 examines ...


Doctor Versus Midwifery-led Care: A Commentary on a Task-shift, not Only Comple...

Goncalves, Andreia Soares; McCourt, Christine; Prata, Ana Paula


Antenatal care policy in high-income countries with a universal health system: ...

Goncalves, Andreia Soares; Ferreira, Isabel Maria; Pestana-Santos, Márcia; McCourt, Christine; Prata, Ana Paula

The availability, effectiveness, and access to antenatal care are directly linked with good maternal and neonatal outcomes, making antenatal care an important determinant in health. But to be effective, care must always be appropriate, not excessive, not insufficient. Perinatal outcomes vary within and between countries, raising questions about practices, the use of best evidence in clinical decisions and the e...



Antenatal care policies for low-risk pregnant women in high-income countries wi...

Gonçalves, Andreia Soares; Ferreira, Isabel Maria; Pestana-Santos, Márcia; Prata, Ana Paula; McCourt, Christine

Objective: The aim of this scoping review is to map the available evidence on the nature, extent, and range of antenatal care policies for low-risk pregnant women in high-income countries with a health system founded on the Beveridge Model. Introduction: Low-risk women in high-income countries have good evolutionary perinatal outcomes but high intervention rates in pregnancy and childbirth, which ultimately lea...


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