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Full-Text Articles in Nursing Midwifery
Mind Your Mama! Addressing Implicit Bias, Racism, Antiracism, And Reproductive Justice With Healthcare Providers To Improve Maternal Outcomes, Caroline Toby
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects
Background: Maternal health care providers’ implicit racial biases affect quality of care and have serious repercussions, including significantly increased rates of maternal mortality among Black women. Implicit bias training, particularly involving multipronged approaches stretched over time, is effective at increasing bias awareness and gaining practical skills to prevent bias from impacting patient care. Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to elevate implicit bias awareness and use of evidence-based strategies by resident physicians in order to decrease negative outcomes for Black women receiving maternity care. Methods: An educational intervention was implemented with obstetrics and gynecological residents in a …
The Lived Experience And Factors Affecting Disclosure Of Pregnant Victims Of Domestic Violence, Pedro Vargas Ortiz
The Lived Experience And Factors Affecting Disclosure Of Pregnant Victims Of Domestic Violence, Pedro Vargas Ortiz
Doctoral Dissertations
Domestic violence is defined as a pattern of assaultive and coercive behaviors that includes the threat or infliction of physical, sexual, or psychological abuse that is used by perpetrators for the purpose of intimidation and control over the victim. The lived experience and meaning of domestic violence in Puerto Rican pregnant women has not been well researched. This study described pregnant women’s lived experience of domestic violence and examined the factors influencing the process of disclosure of domestic violence among pregnant women in the southern region of Puerto Rico. A phenomenological method was used where women who have experienced domestic …
Maternal Outcomes Of Women Who Prefer To Communicate In English Compared To Women Who Prefer To Communicate In A Language Other Than English In New England, Katharine Green
Doctoral Dissertations
Introduction: Language acquisition is the primary marker of acculturation to the dominant society in a receiving geographic area, and effective communication in English is a marker of acculturation in the United States. There is good evidence that women who receive midwifery care have improved maternal outcomes, and that women who are not well acculturated to the dominant culture in the United States have improved neonatal outcomes. However, the maternal outcomes of women who do not communicate in English are not well studied, nor is it known whether care during parturition by physicians when compared to nurse midwives makes a difference …
Stop The Stigma! Eliminating Implicit And Explicit Bias Toward Adult Obese Women Receiving Gynecological Care: A Quality Improvement Project To Cultivate Empathy And Increase Knowledge Of Best Practices, Mary Ellen Burke
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects
Background: Increased weight carries significant health risks, yet obese individuals face stigma, implicit and explicit bias by health care providers that affects quality of care and increases health care avoidance. Obese women may delay or avoid gynecological care due to fear of stigma, inadequate equipment and embarrassment about their weight. Review of Literature: In the United States, 70.7% of adults, almost three quarters of the adult population are overweight or obese. Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to improve the quality of care and empathy toward obese women by health care providers in an OB/GYN practice through …