Sökning: "nurses and midwives"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 26 avhandlingar innehållade orden nurses and midwives.
1. An Unequal Chance to Parent : Examples on Support Fathers Receive from the Swedish Child Health Field
Sammanfattning : Father involvement benefits children, mothers, and themselves in a number of ways. Swedish legislation and Swedish society have promoted father involvement. At the same time, the Swedish child health field has also unequivocally states that both parents should feel welcomed and supported within that sphere. LÄS MER
2. Whose Knowledge Counts? : A Study of Providers and Users of Antenatal Care in Rural Zimbabwe
Sammanfattning : This thesis presents perspectives and experiences of different stakeholders and their ways of reasoning around pregnancy and pregnancy care. Data were generated from individual interviews with 25 health care providers, 18 women and 6 traditional birth attendants (TBAs) as well as 11 focus groups discussions with women, men and TBAs. LÄS MER
3. A health-promotive approach to maintain and sustain health in women-dominated work in Nepal and Sweden
Sammanfattning : Background: The characteristics of women-dominated work differ in Nepal compared to Sweden. Women in Nepal perform household and other low-income work, including nursing, which is a women-dominated occupation in both Nepal and Sweden. LÄS MER
4. Amning och vårdkvalitet
Sammanfattning : The over all objectives of this thesis was to map factors of importance for breastfeeding such as maternal background factors, maternal perception of breastfeeding support, confidence, caring routines, breastfeeding attitudes of health care professionals, and to investigate whether a training intervention within the care team ofthe antenatal (ANC) and child health centres (CHC) would improve maternal perception of support and strengthen maternal feelings for the baby.Material and method: A questionnaire was sent to mothers when their babies were 9-12 months old (n=540). LÄS MER
5. Support to breastfeeding women
Sammanfattning : Breastfeeding has important health benefits for mothers and infants in high- and low-income countries. For that reason, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding for six months and partial breastfeeding for two years or longer. LÄS MER