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Showing 1 to 20 of 349 for “"Childbirth"”.
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Knowing in Childbirth
Research on knowing in childbirth has largely been a quantitative process. The purpose of this study was to better understand the ways nine, first-time mothers learn about birth. A phenomenological approach using a feminist view was used to analyze two in-depth interviews and journals to understand …
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A hero's tale of childbirth: An interpretive phenomenological study of traumatic and positive childbirth
Childbirth is an emotional and physical experience, which may have permanent or longterm positive or negative consequences. Key predictive factors of traumatic and positive childbirth have been previously identified. Criticisms however have been levied towards the pre-dominantly quantitative-based, …
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Oh Baby! Evaluating the Impact of Blossom's Natural Childbirth Prep Course on Women's Childbirth Experience
… among developed countries. Comprehensive childbirth education is an important component of improving maternal health outcomes. This project was a pilot evaluation of a childbirth education course offered by Blossom Birth Services, a community-based non-profit organization providing …
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Childbirth as trauma : the impact of witnessing a traumatic childbirth on fathers and father-infant bonding
Fathers’ childbirth experiences have long been neglected, although growing evidence has shown that traumatic childbirth experiences can significantly affect paternal well-being. This study aimed to examine the relationship between birth trauma perception and PTSD symptoms, and whether such symptoms …
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Factors related to childbirth nurses' intentions to provide continuous labour support to women during childbirth
… and quantitative methods. Participants. Childbirth nurses, educators and managers from two birthing units on two campuses of one hospital, in an urban city in Ontario, Canada. Phase I, N=10/10; Phase II, N = 97/129. Methods. Semi-structured interviews with content analysis followed by a …
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Understanding childbirth education: a phenomenological case study
This study investigated childbirth education programs in Victoria from the perspective of the educators themselves. Prior to the study the Ministerial Review of Birthing Services in Victoria (1990) entitled “Having a Baby in Victoria” identified shortcomings in the childbirth education programs …
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Effects of female genital mutilation on childbirth
… of the effects of the practice on the process of childbirth. By highlighting the effects of FGM on the process of childbirth, the objective was to encourage policy makers, in co-operation with many relevant organisations, to work together to eradicate the procedure. <br/><br/>This original study …
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Paternal Childbirth Satisfaction and Locus of Control
… done to evaluate the relationship of paternal childbirth satisfaction to locus of control. The purpose of the study was to measure locus of control and satisfaction with the childbirth experience and to determine what factors or events influence childbirth experience among fathers.</p> <p>The …
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An Ethical Analysis of Alternatives in Childbirth
… alternatives to what has become the typical U.S. childbirth experience are, under appropriate circumstances, safe and provide benefits which justify their protection as childbirth options. This factual conclusion, which has ethical significance, is based on literature review and a comparison of …
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Rhetorical Labor: Writing, Childbirth, and the Internet
The dissertation is about more than birth or birth writing: it is also about how what we know, or think we know, is informed by and/or informs everyday rhetorics. The project, broadly, is about how people create, manage and resist epistemologies.
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Religion, Emotion, and Spirituality in American Hospital Childbirth
This project uses the theoretical lenses of the medical humanities to contextualize 48 interviews that I conducted with providers and patients who labor in hospital settings. Selecting for women and providers who view spirituality or religion as important components of hospital birth, these …
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Religion, Emotion, and Spirituality in American Hospital Childbirth
This project uses the theoretical lenses of the medical humanities to contextualize 48 interviews that I conducted with providers and patients who labor in hospital settings. Selecting for women and providers who view spirituality or religion as important components of hospital birth, these …
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Childbirth experiences and mother-infant relationships in Uganda
… in sub-Saharan Africa survive severe negative childbirth experiences each year, yet little is known about the psychological impact of maternal experiences on the mother and her baby in those countries. There is evidence from high income countries that the effects of posttraumatic stress …
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Pregnancy and Childbirth in the Poetry of Ovid
Childbirth is one of life’s most fundamental processes, and how we think about reproduction is key to how we think about and structure society. What constitutes ‘legitimate’ sex and birth? How do we structure families, inheritance, dynasties, nations? Who has power over reproduction: the mother, …
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Attitudinal and demographic factors influencing fathers' involvement in childbirth
… in fathers' involvement in childrearing and childbirth. The purpose of this study was to determine how the attitudinal and demographic characteristics of expectant fathers influence their decision about participation vs non-participation in childbirth. A questionnaire which measured sex role …
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The new childbirth : an analysis of planned cesarean sections
1 PDF file (v, 82 leaves ; 28 cm)
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Vulnerability and identity negotiation in childbirth: a narrative approach
… is a distinct lack of acknowledgement in the childbirth literature of the woman’s exposure to a vulnerability characteristic of birth. I feel that this transient experience of vulnerability exposes a woman’s identity to subliminal messages about her body, her competence and her social …
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Childbirth Beliefs and Practices in England, c. 1400-1580
… therapeutic texts and objects that women used in childbirth in England from 1400 to 1580. Faced with the dangers of parturiency, women employed a set of practices which they believed would ensure their survival. Using an interdisciplinary approach influenced by histories of the senses and …
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The childbirth experiences of adolescent mothers in the Western Cape
… objective of this study was to explore the lived childbirth experiences of middle adolescent mothers between 14 and 16 years of age. Methodology: A qualitative design was followed, using Husserl's phenomenological approach. Information was gathered by semi-structured conversations. Identified …
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