CommentSupporting women, families, and care providers after stillbirths
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“Getting it right when it goes wrong – Effective bereavement care requires training of the whole maternity team”
2022, Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and GynaecologyCitation Excerpt :Parents should have access to different forms of support [37]. The role of doctors, nurses, and midwives in some contexts and particularly family is essential to lowering levels of anxiety and depression following a stillbirth [38–40]. Partners, family, and wider social networks may reduce maternal distress in the longer term.
Experience of undergraduate midwifery students faced with perinatal death in clinical practice: A qualitative study
2022, Nurse Education TodayCitation Excerpt :Globally, approximately 2.6 million stillbirths and 2.7 million neonatal deaths occur every year (World Health Organization, 2016). High-quality care provided by healthcare professionals can positively affect bereaved parents both in the short and long term (Helps et al., 2020; Homer et al., 2016). In China, fetal death occurring during the second or third trimester of pregnancy is attended by midwives, who provide compassionate care and support to women and their families.
Association between stillbirth ≥23 weeks gestation and acute psychiatric illness within 1 year of delivery
2019, American Journal of Obstetrics and GynecologyCitation Excerpt :These findings suggest that additional psychosocial support should be offered to all women in the year after delivery, particularly in the first 4 months after those with stillbirth, which would support previous studies9,12,14,39 and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’s current initiative to provide individualized postpartum care beyond the traditional 6-week visit.28,29
Interpregnancy interval and risk of stillbirth: a population-based case control study
2019, Annals of EpidemiologyCitation Excerpt :In the United States, 1 in 160 babies are stillborn [3]. In addition, the psychosocial effects of losing a child are felt by mothers, fathers, families, and communities [2]. Prior pregnancy loss is a strong risk factor for stillbirth.
Stillbirth and perinatal care: Are professionals trained to address parents’ needs?
2018, MidwiferyCitation Excerpt :Nevertheless, health care providers (HCP) in some high-income countries, such as Italy, are more likely to practise approaches used in low-income countries (Frøen et al., 2011). Several studies suggest that this may be due to a lack of specific training programs during pre-registration courses (Homer et al., 2016; Nuzum et al., 2014) and also to an absence of shared knowledge about stillbirth and care during perinatal loss (Frøen et al., 2016). Despite the efforts of parent-centred associations worldwide, stillbirth is still a neglected issue in many countries and it is often perceived as a taboo subject (Flenady et al., 2016; Heazell et al., 2016).
(In)visibilising pregnancy loss in Southern Malawi
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