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Postpartum Fatigue In The Active Duty Military Woman, Jacqueline D. Rychnovsky Phd
Postpartum Fatigue In The Active Duty Military Woman, Jacqueline D. Rychnovsky Phd
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Up to 16,000 military women annually experience the birth of a child. Barring complications, regulations require a return to work 42 days postpartum, making them susceptible to the effects of postpartum fatigue. The purpose of this descriptive, longitudinal study of 109 military women was to describe fatigue levels across the first 6–8 weeks postpartum; to describe the relationship among selected psychological, physiological, and situational variables of fatigue; and to examine the relationship between predictor variables, fatigue levels, and performance after childbirth. The majority of the sample were married or partnered enlisted women in the U.S. Navy with a mean age …
The Development And Evaluation Of A Childbirth Education Program For Malawian Women, Address M. Malata
The Development And Evaluation Of A Childbirth Education Program For Malawian Women, Address M. Malata
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
Childbirth education provided to women is an Integral aspect of the childbirth experience. In Malawi, midwives face a major challenge because one of their major roles is to provide childbirth information to women. However, there are no existing Childbirth Education Programs to facilitate this process. The purpose of this study was, therefore, threefold. First, it explored childbirth Information needs of Malawian mothers from the perspectives of both mothers and midwives, as well as strategies that would be appropriate to disseminate this childbirth information to Malawian women. Second, it developed a Childbirth Educational Program (CEP) to meet the specific needs of …