What is happening during the postnatal visit?

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 839-847

  Kabakian Khasholian, Tamar ^a   Jurdi, Rozzet ^a   El Kak, Faysal ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEBANON; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTNATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEBANON; MOTHERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTNATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750402556     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330600880392     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Albers, L. L. (2000). Health problems after childbirth. Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 45, 55-57.
2. Albers, L., & Williams, D. (2002). Lessons for US postpartum care. Lancet, 359(9304), 370.
3. Bell, R. (1996). Reduced schedule of antenatal visits: Postnatal care also requires evaluation. British Medical Journal, 313(7050), 168.
4. Bick, D. E., & MacArthur, C. (1995). Attendance, content and relevance of the six week postnatal examination. Midwifery, 11, 69-73.
5. Chaaya, M., Campbell, O. M., El Kak, F., Shaar, D., Harb, H., & Kaddour, A. (2002). Postpartum depression: Prevalence and determinants in Lebanon. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 5, 65-72.
6. Cooke, M., & Barclay, L. (1999). Are we providing adequate postnatal services? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 23, 210-212.
7. Danielian, P. J., Henshaw, R. C., & Hinshaw, H. K. (1993). Routine postnatal examination. Pelvimetry is unnecessary. British Medical Journal, 307(6911), 1064-1065.
8. Gilmour, C., & Twining, S. (2002). Postnatal care in hospitals: Ritual, routine or individualized. Australian Journal of Midwifery, 15, 11-15.
9. Gunn, J., Lumley, J., Chondros, P., & Young, D. (1998). Does an early postnatal check-up improve maternal health: Results from a randomized trial in Australian general practice. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gyneacology, 105, 991-997.
10. Kabakian-Khasholian, T., & Campbell, O. (2005). A simple way to increase service use: Triggers of women's uptake of postpartum services. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gyneacology, 112, 1315-1321.
11. Kaufmann, T. (2000). Policy. Life after birth: Reprioritizing postnatal care. RCM Midwives Journal, 3, 338-339.
12. MacArthur, C. (1999). What does postnatal care do for women's health? Lancet, 353(9150), 343.
13. MacArthur, C., Winter, H. R., Bick, D. E., Knowles, H., Lilford, R., Henderson, C., et al. (2002). Effects of redesigned community postnatal care on women's health 4 months after birth: A cluster randomized controlled trial. Lancet, 359(9304), 378.
14. Makhlouf-Obermeyer, C. (1993). Culture, maternal health care and women's status: A comparison of Morocco and Tunisia. Studies in Family Planning, 24, 354-365.
15. Nobel, T. (1993). The routine six week postnatal vaginal examination. British Medical Journal, 307, 698.
16. The Pan Arab Project for Child Development (PAPCHILD) of the League of Arab States. (1996). Lebanon Maternal and Child Health Survey: Principal Report. Republic of Lebanon: Author.
17. Saab, B., Salem, M. T., Chaaya, M., Zurayk, H., & Campbell, O. (2005). Psychological distress among marginalized women in the outskirts of Beirut: Determinants and association with health perception. Journal of Urban Health, 82, 653-665.
18. Samwiil, L., Mercer, C., Jarett, P., & O'Malley Genetics of Pre-Eclampsia Collaborative Study (GOPEC) Research Midwives. (2004). Blood pressure and urinalysis are often omitted in women who have suffered pre-eclampsia at their six-week postnatal check. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gyneacology, 111, 623-625.
19. Sharif, K., Clarke, P., & Whittle, M. (1993). Routine six week postnatal vaginal examination: To do or not to do? Journal of Obstetrics and Gyneacology, 13, 251-252.
20. Sharif, K., & Jordan, J. (1995). The 6-week postnatal visit: Are we doing it right? British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 54, 7-10.
21. Technical Working Group World Health Organization (WHO). (1999). Postpartum care of the mother and newborn: A practical guide. Birth, 26, 255.