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Awodoyin, Anuoluwa; Adetoro, Niran; Osisanwo, Temitope – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
Technology has impacted positively on health care delivery and particularly medical personnel have had to embrace emerging technologies in order to provide safe, competent and quality health care. The study investigated self-efficacy for new technology adoption and use by trainee midwives at the school of midwifery, Ijebu-Ode. The study is a…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Technological Advancement, Adoption (Ideas), Obstetrics
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Fontein-Kuipers, Yvonne; Romeijn, Enja; Zwijnenberg, Arwen; Eekhof, Willemijn; van Staa, AnneLoes – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objective: To examine how student midwives in higher education learn to become competent and confident woman-centred practitioners. Design: Participant observation study using a 'buddy' approach. Setting: Bachelor of Midwifery students in one higher education institution in the Netherlands Methods: First-year student midwives followed one woman…
Descriptors: Females, Obstetrics, Bachelors Degrees, Foreign Countries
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Utami, Sri; Nursalam; Hargono, Rachmat; Susilaningrum, Rekawati – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to analyze the performance of midwives based on the task commitment. This was an observational analytic with cross sectional approach. Multistage random sampling was used to determine the public health center, proportional random sampling to selected participants. The samples were 222 midwives in the public health…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Obstetrics, Child Development, Identification
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Alam, Aine – Work Based Learning e-Journal International, 2015
This article explores the emerging pedagogical strategy of narrative pedagogy as a valuable facet of work based learning. The article highlights cross-disciplinary areas of midwifery practice and teaching and parallel modes of enacting learning. A narrative transcript is used to engage narrative pedagogical theory and to challenge the reader to…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Obstetrics, Nursing Education, Teaching Methods
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Dai, Qian; Lim, Ai Keow; Xu, Qiu Jie – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Relations between maternal mind-mindedness, parenting stress and obstetric history were investigated in a Chinese sample of 96 mother-infant dyads (M[subscript infants' age] = 15.95 months, M[subscript maternal age] = 30 years). Parenting stress and obstetric history were assessed through questionnaires while mind-mindedness was observed through…
Descriptors: Mothers, Metacognition, Infants, Parent Child Relationship
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Chien, Li-Nien; Lin, Hsiu-Chen; Shao, Yu-Hsuan Joni; Chiou, Shu-Ti; Chiou, Hung-Yi – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
The rates of Cesarean delivery (C-section) have risen to >30 % in numerous countries. Increased risk of autism has been shown in neonates delivered by C-section. This study examined the incidence of autism in neonates delivered vaginally, by C-section with regional anesthesia (RA), and by C-section with general anesthesia (GA) to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Surgery, Birth, Autism, Risk
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Gilkison, Andrea; Giddings, Lynne; Smythe, Liz – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2016
Health professional educators have long grappled with how to teach the more elusive art of practice alongside the science (a term that encompasses the sort of professional knowledge that can be directly passed on). A competent practitioner is one who knows when, how and for whom to apply knowledge and skills, thereby making the links between…
Descriptors: Obstetrics, Health Education, Theory Practice Relationship, Hermeneutics
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Maupin, Angela N.; Roginiel, Aliya C.; Rutherford, Helena J. V.; Mayes, Linda C. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2016
The transition to parenthood marks a significant developmental period for the mother. Clinical and preclinical studies evidence neural and hormonal changes that support maternal behavior that is critical to infant survival and development. These changes suggest marked plasticity as a result of reproduction in the mother. Furthermore, multiple…
Descriptors: Child Care, Neuropsychology, Family Size, Mothers
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Warkineh, Turuwark Zalalam; Gizaw, Abiy Menkir – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2019
In Ethiopia, there has been increasing recognition of the differing educational needs and experiences of pastoralists as compared to 'settled' agricultural communities. Although the starting point has usually been how to integrate such marginalised groups into mainstream schooling, research has revealed important insights into learning outside…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Informal Education, Obstetrics, Communities of Practice
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Charkamyani, Forouzan; Hosseinkhani, Azadeh; Neisani Samani, Leila; Khedmat, Leila – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2019
Purpose: The role of a structured program of exercise training on the low-risk pregnancy in Iranian women undergoing "in vitro" fertilization (IVF) based on the reduction of gestational diabetes was examined. Method: A comparative quasi-experimental clinical trial with 170 IVF-pregnant women in two intervention and control groups was…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Females, Neonates, Life Style
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Zarifnejad, Gholamhosein; Mirhaghi, Amir; Rajabpoor, Mohammad – Journal of Peer Learning, 2018
Research on the impact of peer education (PE) on learning outcomes has produced inconclusive results, partly due to the methodology employed in such studies. There is a necessity to design blind, controlled studies. Further, quantitative approaches to evaluating PE may not provide a complete picture of the impact of PE on learning outcomes. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Peer Teaching, Mixed Methods Research, Foreign Countries
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la Velle, Linda; Stenhouse, Elizabeth; Sutton, Carole – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2018
Typical characteristics of Master's-level education usefully complement the development of professional attributes leading to improved outcomes for those professions. These include critical reflection on one's own practice, scholarship and research, and also that of others. This requires access to and engagement with a well-organized and verified…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Masters Programs, Outcomes of Education, Graduate Study
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Mc Elhinney, Helena; Taylor, Brian J.; Sinclair, Marlene – Child Care in Practice, 2021
Protecting an unborn baby from abuse and neglect presents particular challenges for professionals due to the uncertainties about appraising future harm and functioning of family relationships. This systematic narrative review synthesises studies of professional decision making by health and social care professionals regarding child protection of…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Prenatal Care, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
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Curran, Eileen A.; Cryan, John F.; Kenny, Louise C.; Dinan, Timothy G.; Kearney, Patricia M.; Khashan, Ali S. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
The association between mode of delivery [specifically birth by Cesarean section (CS)] and induction of labor (IOL) psychological development at age 7 was assessed [including autism spectrum disorders (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and behavioral difficulties]. The Millennium cohort study, a nationally representative UK…
Descriptors: Correlation, Birth, Obstetrics, Autism
Crespo-Valedon, Damarys T. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The dominant discourse on midwifery has been characterized by myths that have been constructed and perpetuated through oral and written discourse. The purpose of this research is to engage in a critical analysis of that discourse, with special focus on Hispanophone, Anglophone, and Francophone contexts in the Caribbean from colonial times to the…
Descriptors: Role, Obstetrics, History, Foreign Policy
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