ArticleNursing research and practice2012
Exploring Professional Support Offered by Midwives during Labour: An Observation and Interview Study.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Needs of Incarcerated Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review of Literature.International journal of community based nursing and midwifery · 2022Pooled it
- Midwives' Experiences of Providing the "Inspirational Lecture" as a Care Intervention for Expectant Parents-A Qualitative Study.Frontiers in public health · 2020Trial
- Nurses and midwives professional support increases with improved attitudes - design and effects of a longitudinal randomized controlled process-oriented intervention.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2015Trial
- What do we know about midwife-woman interactions during vaginal childbirth: a scoping review and thematic analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- The Impact of a Communication Training on the Birth Experience: Qualitative Interviews with Mothers after Giving Birth at Obstetric University Departments in Germany.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The concept, importance and values of support during childbearing and breastfeeding - A discourse paper.Nursing open · 2022Article
- Midwives' care on a labour ward prior to the introduction of a midwifery model of care: a field of tension.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2019Article
- "It's what midwifery is all about": Western Australian midwives' experiences of being 'with woman' during labour and birth in the known midwife model.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Article
- Mothers' and fathers' sense of security in the context of pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period: an integrative literature review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2018Review
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Abstract
Support in labour has an impact on the childbirth experience as well as on childbirth outcomes. Both social and professional support is needed. The aim of this study was to explore professional support offered by midwives during labour in relation to the supportive needs of the childbearing woman and her partner. The study used a qualitative, inductive design using triangulation, with observation followed by interviews. Seven midwives were observed when caring for seven women/couples in labour. After the observations, individual interviews with midwives, women, and their partners were conducted. Data were analysed using hermeneutical text interpretation. The results are presented with three themes. (1) Support as a professional task seems unclear and less well defined than medical controls. (2) Midwives and parents express somewhat different supportive ideas about how to create a sense of security. (3) Partner and midwife interact in support of the childbearing woman. The main interpretation shows that midwives' supportive role during labour could be understood as them mainly adopting the "with institution" ideology in contrast to the "with woman" ideology. This may increase the risk of childbearing women and their partners perceiving lack of support during labour. There is a need to increase efficiency by providing support for professionals to adopt the "with woman" ideology.
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