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Showing 1 to 20 of 580 for “"Postpartum"”.
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Women's Postpartum Experiences
… This paper will reveal themes related to postpartum experiences and the impact on occupations for women who have given birth in the last six months. This qualitative study, using a convenience sample, explores a woman’s birthing experience and the influence it has on her postpartum …
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A Biopsychosocial Approach to Persistent Postpartum Pain and Postpartum Sexual Function
… has been a push for a maternal-focused model of postpartum care; however, this model of care tends to focus on postpartum depression. Two issues that are related to postpartum depression but may go unaddressed by health-care professionals are persistent postpartum pain (PPP) and postpartum sexual …
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Teamwork and Postpartum Hemorrhage
… care groups, the antepartum/intrapartum and postpartum woman and newborn. The unit also includes a neonatal intensive care unit and pediatric department. The focus on the unit is family centered care. Diagnosis for patients may include preterm, labor and delivery, term labor and delivery, …
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Hospital Based Postpartum Care Programs
… hospitals have developed to provide care to postpartum families.<br /> Health care professionals need to know what care is currently available to the postpartum population. Professionals also need to know how effectively the existing programs are meeting the needs of postpartum families. This …
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Women’s-Perceived Quality In Postpartum Care
… benefits for women who received family-centered postpartum care (FCPPC) and women who received traditional postpartum care (TPPC). The study also assessed the relationship between women’s-perceived quality (WPQ) and women’s-perceived benefit (WPB) for those receiving FCPPC and those receiving …
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A Study of Postpartum Uterine Massage
… is a significant difference in the amount of postpartum bleeding between two methods of uterine massage and no uterine massage. The experimental method with parallel groups technique and a single variable was used. The criterion used in determining the amount of bleeding was the volume of red …
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Development of the Postpartum Smoking Questionnaire (PPSQ)
… women relapse to smoking following delivery, yet postpartum smoking issues have received little attention. The purpose of this study was to develop and test an instrument, the Postpartum Smoking Questionnaire (PPSQ) using Ajzen's Theory of Planned Behavior. The belief-based items of the PPSR-Q …
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Psychological factors influencing women's postpartum mental health
… paper titled “Psychosocial Factors and Severe Postpartum Mental Health Difficulties: A Systematic Literature Review” aimed to establish the psychosocial factors which may influence whether a woman experiences severe postpartum mental health difficulties. The paper synthesised fourteen …
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Paternal postpartum distress : a discourse analytic study
… of paternal distress within the first year postpartum is addressed. The review attempts to determine levels of severity and aims to stipulate when distress is more prevalent within the year. The usefulness of such epidemiological data is also considered. Part two is an empirical paper …
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An investigation into unexplained primary postpartum haemorrhage
Postpartum haemorrhage remains a major problem in obstetrics, both nationally and internationally, since if bleeding is not controlled major organ failure may result, leading to maternal death or severe morbidity in the women who experience this traumatic event. Postpartum haemorrhage is defined as …
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The Association of Acute and Chronic Postpartum Pain with Postpartum Depression in a Nationally Representative Sample of Canadian Women
… examined the association of childbirth pain with postpartum depression (PPD) in a nationally representative sample of Canadian women. Data from the Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey (n=6421) was used. Multivariate logistic regressions and partial proportional odds models were fitted and …
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Postpartum Fatigue in the Active Duty Military Woman
… regulations require a return to work 42 days postpartum, making them susceptible to the effects of postpartum fatigue. The purpose of this descriptive, longitudinal study of 109 military women was to describe fatigue levels across the first 6–8 weeks postpartum; to describe the relationship …
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Dysphoria, Fatigue, and Sleep in Employed Postpartum Women
<p>After the birth of a baby, the postpartum employed mother may encounter both physical and psychosocial changes that provide challenges to her health status. The symptoms of dysphoric mood, fatigue, and sleep disturbances have been recognized as reasons for which postpartum women seek health care …
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Traditional postpartum care : alloparenting from an evolutionary perspective
… This dissertation focuses on traditional postpartum care and its variation across different human populations using an evolutionary framework. Whereas traditional healthcare may have been geared towards ensuring mother and infant recovery by keeping them from contact with outsiders, …
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Psychosocial Support, Newborn Readmissions, and Postpartum Follow-up
… maternity hospitalizations, and a lack of postpartum follow-up. A comprehensive program was offered to support new families in the form of developmental assessment and intervention, breastfeeding, infant and toddler nutrition, health promotion and education, and referrals to appropriate …
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Decreasing Postpartum Depression Using Process Oriented Art Therapy
<p>Postpartum depression (PPD) is a serious public health problem affecting 9% to 15% of women during the first year after delivery. The World Health Organization recognizes that maternal mental health poses a human, social and economic burden on women and is a major public health risk. If new …
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Pre- and postpartum nutritional effects on milk production, milk composition, calf weaning weight and postpartum reproductive performance of commercial beef cows
… was to investigate the effect of prepartum and postpartum nutrition on milk production of commercial beef cows. Forty-three Angus or Angus X Holstein females, ranging in age from 2 to 6 yr, were randomly assigned by age and percentage Holstein within age to one of two prepartum grazing …
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MANTRAM FOR MAMAS: A PILOT STUDY FOR POSTPARTUM WOMEN
… overall interface satisfaction among a sample of postpartum women.</p> <p><strong>Background:</strong> Postpartum depression remains one of the most common and severe childbirth complications, affecting more than 13% of women during the first three months after childbirth. Cognitive or behavioral …
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