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DiFilippo, Shawna Healey – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2015
Using a critical feminist approach, and with attention to participants' broad life experiences, this qualitative study explores seven women's learning in their challenging, transformative decisions to give birth at home with midwives in Ontario, Canada. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with women who had recently planned midwife-attended…
Descriptors: Females, Birth, Trust (Psychology), Obstetrics
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Lisonkova, Sarka; Sheps, Samuel B.; Janssen, Patricia A.; Lee, Shoo K.; Dahlgren, Leanne; MacNab, Ying C. – Journal of Rural Health, 2011
Purpose: We examined the association between rural residence and birth outcomes in older mothers, the effect of parity on this association, and the trend in adverse birth outcomes in relation to the distance to the nearest hospital with cesarean-section capacity. Methods: A population-based retrospective cohort study, including all singleton…
Descriptors: Prenatal Care, Intervals, Mothers, Hospitals
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Dunphy, Bruce; Dunphy, Stacey; Cantwell, Robert; Bourke, Sid; Fleming, Mark – Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 2010
The relationship between obstetrician attitudes and patient outcomes from intrapartum care was examined. Obstetrician attitudes were assessed utilizing a newly-designed pilot 35-item obstetrician attitude questionnaire (OAQ). Twelve obstetricians completed the OAQ, who provided intra-partum care to 4,149 women. Outcome measures included delivery…
Descriptors: Sleep, Clinical Experience, Affective Behavior, Attitudes