Midwives' emotional wellbeing: Impact of conducting a Structured Antenatal Psychosocial Assessment (SAPSA)

Women and Birth

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 82-88

  Mollart, Lyndall ^a   Newing, Carol ^b   Foureur, Maralyn ^c  

^a Central Coast Health   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antenatal; Antenatal psychosocial assessment; Emotional wellbeing; Focus groups; Midwives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FRUSTRATION; INTERVIEW; MIDWIFE ATTITUDE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; STRESS; STRUCTURED ANTENATAL PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT; SUPPORT GROUP; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; POSTNATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 68249093116     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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