Essays about: "childbirth"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 59 essays containing the word childbirth.

  1. 11. "We are humans, not animals" Obstetric Violence in Kosovo: An Intersectional Analysis of Women’s Responses to Obstetric Violence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Diana Morina; [2022]
    Keywords : Obstetric Violence; Kosovo; Agency; Intersectionality; Commodification; Informality; Strategies; Tactics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study explores different modalities of agency that birthing women in Kosovo express when met with a high threat of obstetric violence and structural constraints. Specifically, this study identifies the strategies and tactics women employ during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum to avoid and minimise the risk of obstetric violence in public and private health settings. READ MORE

  3. 12. Mammisi : A study of factors contributing to women’s childbirth experiences & a conceptual suggestion for a Swedish Birth Center

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Lisa Selin; [2021]
    Keywords : birth center; birth; childbirth; mammisi;

    Abstract : This project has researched why a welfare country like Sweden has a growing number of mothers with negative and traumatic childbirth experiences and aimed to propose a conceptual solution on how design could enhance factors contributing to a positive and empowering childbirth experience.  With close contact to both midwives and mothers the research brought light on the dissonance between the physiological mechanism behind birth and the existing user journey when giving birth at Maternity Wards at hospitals. READ MORE

  4. 13. Risk Perception and Protective Behaviours Regarding COVID-19 Among Pregnant People in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Emelie Gummesson; Ellen Sällman; [2021]
    Keywords : Risk perception; protective behaviour; Theory of Planned Behaviour; Covid-19; pregnancy; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Few have been left unaffected by the outbreak and consequent impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. One group of people, namely those pregnant during the pandemic, faced a unique set of circumstances that this research has aimed to understand. READ MORE

  5. 14. Pregnant in a pandemic : stress techniques for a healthy pregnancy during a pandemic

    University essay from Sophiahemmet Högskola

    Author : Courtne Anderson Levin; Elin Balck-Norman; [2021]
    Keywords : Factors; Methods; Pandemic; Pregnancy; Stress; Faktorer; Graviditet; Metoder; Pandemi; Stress;

    Abstract : År 2019 drabbades världen av det nya Coronaviruset; SARS-CoV-2 som är det virus som orsakar sjukdomen COVID-19. Viruset har orsakat en internationell pandemi. Studier visar att gravida som insjuknar i COVID-19 under senare delen av graviditeten löper risk att föda prematurt. READ MORE

  6. 15. PREGcare : Pregnant couple training package, preventing tears during childbirth

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Rebecka Rosenlind; [2020]
    Keywords : design; concept; pregnancy; vaginal tears;

    Abstract : With this thesis, I have been looking at opportunities for improvement of childbirth in Scandinavia with a focus on prevention of perineal tears and levator injuries during labor. I have aimed to help couples during their pregnancy by giving them a more active role to avoid tears during childbirth. READ MORE