Sentences with phrase «women during the antenatal period»

This prospective cross-sectional study involved the recruitment of women during the antenatal period, with subsequent follow - up of mothers who delivered healthy, term singleton infants, at 6 weeks and 6 months postpartum.

Control clusters: existing staff at the hospitals will be encouraged to set up their own systems to continue counselling of women during the antenatal period, at delivery and during immunisation visits.

Not exact matches

This includes essential care during childbirth and in the postnatal period for every mother and baby, including antenatal steroid injections (given to pregnant women at risk of preterm labour to strengthen the babies» lungs), kangaroo mother care (when the baby is carried by the mother with skin - to - skin contact and frequent breastfeeding), and antibiotics to treat newborn infections.

The midwife - led continuity model of care includes: continuity of care; monitoring the physical, psychological, spiritual and social well being of the woman and family throughout the childbearing cycle; providing the woman with individualised education, counselling and antenatal care; attendance during labour, birth and the immediate postpartum period by a known midwife; ongoing support during the postnatal period; minimising unnecessary technological interventions; and identifying, referring and co-ordinating care for women who require obstetric or other specialist attention.

The midwife - led continuity model of care includes: continuity of care; monitoring the physical, psychological, spiritual and social wellbeing of the woman and family throughout the childbearing cycle; providing the woman with individualised education, counselling and antenatal care; continuous attendance during labour, birth and the immediate postpartum period; ongoing support during the postnatal period; minimising technological interventions; and identifying and referring women who require obstetric or other specialist attention.

With the Federal Government implementing universal screening for depression during the perinatal period, there is an opportunity to promote the emphasis of antenatal care of women to focus not just on depression but also on parenting.

During pregnancy, rates of major depressive episodes, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM - IV), range from 10 - 17 % 1 - 3 with significant variability among estimates.4 Additionally, one meta - analysis estimated that postpartum major or minor depression occurs in as many as 19.2 % of women with the more narrowly defined major depression estimated to occur in 7.1 % of new mothers.4 Antenatal depression occurs in similar rates as in the postpartum period, rates which are not significantly different from rates in non-pregnant or postpartum women.

Second, fewer women visited the clinic for antenatal care during the recruitment period than expected, resulting in fewer than expected participants, hence the power of the study to detect differences in characteristics between smokers and non-smokers was reduced — the study only had adequate power to detect differences of about 23 % between groups.

All the reviews confirmed effectiveness of interventions in high - risk groups and ineffectiveness in women in the general population during either the antenatal or post-natal period.