While 1 in 1000 births are registered to same sex couples, in the UK, 91% of fathers are present throughout the continuum of maternity care (Davies, 2018), and it is mostly men that provide practical...
The professional midwifery advocates at East Kent hospitals were as disillusioned as their colleagues. The advocate team, consisting of one full-time lead and 17 sessional advocates, were impacted by...
As a user‑led charity, families feel confident to talk to us. We found that families were frequently contacting us to say that their child's head was never measured and/or that they had no idea of the...
A cross‑sectional study was undertaken to explore the perceived and actual learning needs, knowledge, attitudes and practices of registered paramedics to respond to obstetric emergencies. All...
This qualitative study assessed final year midwifery students’ involvement in leadership and management modules during their course, and their experiences during clinical placement.
This scoping review followed Arksey and O'Malley's (2005) framework and adhered to the PRISMA extension for scoping reviews guidelines (Tricco et al, 2018). A review protocol was developed and...
A systematic search of PubMed, Ovid maternal and infant care and global health electronic databases was conducted using PRISMA guidelines (Page et al, 2021).
Despite talk of ‘bottom up’ strategy, global health conferences often still perpetuate a mechanism of ‘top down’ agenda-setting by wealthy nations (Smith, 2006; Horton, 2019; Khorsand et al, 2022)....
‘…not all healthcare users are the same and therefore do not have equal need’ .
In last month's issue, my colleague Alison Power welcomed students embarking on their midwifery journey and emphasised the growing need for interprofessional collaboration. The importance of midwives...
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