Sökning: "midwives role"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 36 avhandlingar innehållade orden midwives role.
1. Women's postpartum concerns and midwives' reflection on postpartum care : Studies in Dar es Saalam, Tanzania
Sammanfattning : Studies were conducted in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to explore the postpartum concerns of mothers and midwives' views on their role in postpartum care. In the first study, 50 primiparas and 50 multiparas sorted cards in their homes two weeks after childbirth. LÄS MER
2. Challenges and constraints encountered by women and midwives during childbirth in low-income countries : experiences from Angola and Mozambique
Sammanfattning : This thesis aimed to study the actual and perceived quality of midwifery practices during childbirth at peripheral and central health care levels in two low-income countries, Angola (I-III) and Mozambique (IV-V). Theoretical models interpreting women's and midwives' views have been developed. LÄS MER
3. A meaningful work in a strained context - exploring midwives' work situation and professional role
Sammanfattning : Midwives report a challenging work situation globally with a work force shortage, which is a large challenge for health-care organisations and can influence midwives’ professional role. The overall aim of this thesis was to explore midwives’ work situation and professional role in relation to models of care, salutogenic factors and job satisfaction and demands. LÄS MER
4. Saving the child : regional, cultural and social aspects of the infant mortality decline in Iceland, 1770-1920
Sammanfattning : The dissertation deals with the infant mortality decline in Iceland during the 19th and early 20th Century. It shows that despite its low degree of urbanization, pre-transitional Iceland displayed higher infant mortality rates than most other European countries. LÄS MER
5. Makt, motstånd och förändring : Vårdens historia speglad genom det svenska barnmorskeväsendet 1663-1908 : [the history of Swedish health care reflected through the official midwife-system 1663-1908]
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis has been to examine and analyze how the discourse of medical science was established, that is to say institutionalized in Swedish society during the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteeenth century, and how a new form of maternity care developed within this framework. How these changes were constructed, legitimized, challenged, justified, and maintained are the principal themes developed in this thesis. LÄS MER