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From policy to practice: the challenges facing Uganda in reducing ...
International Journal of Health Governance (2018)
Grace Edwards
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the challenges faced by health professionals in meeting Millennium Goal 5 ...
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Developing a work/study programme for midwifery education in East ...
Midwifery (2018)
Grace Edwards, Hellen Kyakuwaire and Sharon Brownie
Background: there is extensive evidence to show that skilled midwifery care is crucial in reducing maternal deaths; however, in East ...
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MIDWIVES’ KNOWLEDGE OF BABY FRIENDLY HOSPITAL INITIATIVE IN UGANDA
THE PRACTISING MIDWIFE (2018)
Jaliah Namutebi, Hanifah Nakanwagi, Leila Naluyima and Grace Edwards
The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is a worldwide programme well known to midwives globally for supporting the initiation of ...
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Historical influences on utilising upright positions for birth in Africa
Midirs Midwifery Digest (2017)
Eunice Atsali and Grace Edwards
Birthing positions in the second stage of labour have been researched widely in the last three decades. Upright positions in ...
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Empowering midwives in the United Arab Emirates
MIDIRS Midwifery Digest (2016)
Grace Edwards and Philidah Seda
Considerable efforts have been made to increase women’s access to quality midwifery care around the world. The World Health Organization ...
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A survey of women’s views of epidural analgesia in ...
Journal of Asian Midwives (JAM) (2015)
Grace Edwards and Tarek Ansari
Background: There is little information on the factors that influence epidural uptake in the Middle East. Anecdotal evidence suggests that ...
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What is a midwife? A survey of pregnant women in ...
Practising Midwife (2014)
Grace Edwards, T. Crowley, D. Elsori and M. Sarr
Evidence suggests that, throughout the world, there is a lack of understanding of the midwife's role. It has previously been ...
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Factors surrounding tools used in smoking and pregnancy research
British Journal of Midwifery (2013)
David King and Grace Edwards
It has been recommended to use biomarkers in an antenatal setting when focusing on smoking and pregnancy research (Delpisheh et ...
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Meeting the challenge: implementing the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative in ...
Practising Midwife (2011)
Grace Edwards, Jane Abdulali and Rajakumari Ravi Kumar
This paper describes the successful implementation of the WHO/Unicef Baby Friendly Hospital initiative (BFHI) in a large, culturally diverse hospital ...
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Using evidence to reduce the rate of episiotomy in a ...
Evidence Based Midwifery (2009)
Sylvia Fernandes, Ebenezer Ellen Benjamin and Grace Edwards
Background: A retrospective survey of birth statistics in Al Wasl Hospital in Dubai in 2006 found that episiotomy was routinely ...
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Exploring the feasibility of utilising dual qualifications in midwifery and ...
Evidence Based Midwifery (2007)
Grace Edwards and Angela M. Kerrigan
Background: Midwives and health visitors have an important contribution to make in reducing health inequalities and leading health improvement programmes ...
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Impact of rising caesarean rate on stillbirths in Merseyside
BJOG (2003)
Zarko Alfirevic and Grace Edwards
The authors of the Commentary from Ireland1 suggested aninverse relationship between caesarean rates and intrapartum stillbirth. We examined the trends ...
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Adolescents' ideas about the health of the fetus
Midwifery (1997)
Grace Edwards, Martin Stanisstreet and Edward Boyes
Objective: to determine the preponderance of ideas in adolescents about the relationship between maternal habits and the health of the ...
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