Midwives perspectives of their training and education requirements in maternal obesity: A qualitative study

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 736-744

  Heslehurst, Nicola ^a   Russell, Sarah ^b   McCormack, Sandra ^b   Sedgewick, Gill ^c   Bell, Ruth ^a   Rankin, Judith ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH TEES HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Maternal obesity; Qualitative; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; NURSING EDUCATION; OBESITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84878115265     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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