Survivors Of Childhood Sexual Abuse And Midwifery Practice

Author : Lis Garratt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781315357287

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Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Midwifery Practice by Lis Garratt Pdf

Many midwives will care for women who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA), whether these women disclose this or not. Pregnant and birthing women commonly experience their bodies becoming 'public property', a variety of sometimes intimate medical procedures, and limited choices on where and how care is provided. For CSA survivors, who have suffered loss of ownership over their bodies as children and may experience recurring feelings of powerlessness and loss of control, these factors can combine with impersonal and medicalised settings and practices to deeply traumatic effect. 'Sexual abuse is all about power, not sex.' - interviewee Many midwives also experience powerlessness and loss of control as professionals as a result of these same settings and practices, and those midwives who are themselves CSA survivors bring a particularly acute awareness of this and of the needs of survivor mothers. This unique study sets out to gain a deeper understanding of the needs of these mothers by exploring them alongside the parallel experiences of survivor midwives. It explores the insights and reflections they together bring to midwifery, and the positive results of more collaborative, personal, communicative and ultimately empowering practices for all involved. 'The significance of this book is far wider than its immediate subject, for it offers us the opportunity to rethink our professional coping strategies. If we seek to make all our professional relationships ones of equality and opportunities for growth, as would benefit someone who has suffered abuse, then we can all grow and flourish.' - from the Foreword by Mavis Kirkham

Author : Candice Schachter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Adult child abuse victims
ISBN : UIUC:30112075801412

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Handbook on Sensitive Practice for Health Care Practitioners by Candice Schachter Pdf

This handbook is designed to help health care practitioners address the needs of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. It provides background information about childhood sexual abuse and illustrates how childhood sexual abuse can adversely affect health care encounters with all types of health care providers. The principles and guidelines of Sensitive Practice presented in the Handbook are the product of dialogue between survivors and health care practitioners, and outline comprehensive, practical suggestions that all health care practitioners can incorporate into their clinical practice.

Author : Jan Bowden,Vicky Manning
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781498725583

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Health Promotion in Midwifery by Jan Bowden,Vicky Manning Pdf

Health Promotion in Midwifery explores the principles of health promotion within the practical context of midwifery. It clearly outlines and discusses the midwife’s role in health promotion, linking theory and practice. The third edition of this evidence-based text covers essential topics such as breastfeeding, smoking, mental health, behaviour change and sexual health promotion and includes new chapters on healthy eating in pregnancy, pelvic floor health during the childbearing years and violence against women. All the chapters are updated and some are completely rewritten to reflect recent changes and developments in midwifery practice. Text boxes make the text accessible and user-friendly, and case studies and summaries put the material in practical context. Additional readings encourage readers to further research and reflection on their own practice. This textbook is essential reading for midwives and health visitors in education and practice.

Author : Kicki Hansard
Publisher : Singing Dragon
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857013774

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Supporting Survivors of Sexual Abuse Through Pregnancy and Childbirth by Kicki Hansard Pdf

With statistics showing that 1 in 5 women have experienced some form of sexual abuse, it is likely that all birth professionals will support a survivor of such abuse at some point during their career. This book provides practical advice for those supporting these women throughout their pregnancy, labour, and postnatal periods. The impact of past sexual abuse on women during these periods is often underestimated, and this book shows the need for greater compassion and understanding in maternity services regarding this issue. Drawing on a vast range of research and expertise, this book includes details on the identifiable behaviours of survivors, how to respond when someone says they are a survivor, positive stories, and appropriate language to use. This book is for any care provider who wants to help pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period become a healing experience for those carrying trauma, and to support these survivors with compassion, respect and kindness.

Author : Jayne E. Marshall
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780702068614

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Myles Professional Studies for Midwifery Education and Practice E-Book by Jayne E. Marshall Pdf

Myles Professional Studies for Midwifery Education and Practice Concepts and Challenges explores the non-clinical areas of the midwifery curriculum (e.g. law, ethics, leadership, employer-led supervision and professional development) in a helpful, user-friendly format brought to readers by a team of experts under the guidance of Jayne Marshall, editor of Myles Textbook for Midwives. The volume will be suitable for all student midwives, whether undertaking pre-registration education programmes or post-graduate studies, as well as practising midwives preparing for revalidation and/or undertaking CPD. Whilst prepared predominantly by contributors from the UK, Myles Professional Studies for Midwifery Education and Practice Concepts and Challenges will be suitable for an international readership. Specialist contributors ensure accuracy and currency of key information Underlying theory supported by a rich array of helpful learning features such as ‘real-life’ case studies and reflective activities Includes the latest initiatives such as employer-led supervision and the principles of coaching Includes a section on the ICM and EU standards of education and international regulation covering the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Denmark and Norway Explores the global context of the midwife's scope of practice with specific examples from the UK, Canada and the USA Includes discussion of CPD and overseas careers opportunities Annotated reading lists and significant websites provide additional sources of information

Author : Caroline Squire
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781315342610

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The Social Context of Birth by Caroline Squire Pdf

Midwives and other health care professionals need to have a deep understanding of the various lives childbearing women live in order to support them insightfully and practise in a nuanced manner. The Social Context of Birth has been revised, updated and enlarged to provide an essential understanding of the different lives women live and in which they birth their children. For the first time, it also contains original primary research on the perspectives of student midwives as they progress through their three year training. This comprehensive guide provides countless valuable insights into the many different lives, experiences and expectations of women in their childbearing years in the twenty-first century, especially vulnerable women. Written by a team of highly experienced health professionals, it also covers contentious areas of maternity care, such as new reproductive technologies and fetal surveillance. A true essential for all healthcare professionals who work with women giving birth, such as midwives, nurses, health visitors and obstetricians, and wish to deepen their knowledge of women’s lives.

Author : Sheila C. Hunt,Ishbel Kargar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1997-11-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781349134250

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Challenges in Midwifery Care by Sheila C. Hunt,Ishbel Kargar Pdf

There is growing recognition in the field of midwifery that there is no single 'best' system of maternity care for all women, and that not only do individual women have specific needs, but certain groups of women have special needs. The book examines the needs of these groups while continuing to treat the women as individuals.

Author : Kathryn Gutteridge
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030210632

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Understanding Anxiety, Worry and Fear in Childbearing by Kathryn Gutteridge Pdf

This book informs and enlighten health professionals on how the recognition of fearing women can change their episode of care during childbearing. It gives practical advice on the way women present to services and the challenges that this invokes. This work is the first of its kind aimed at clinicians to deconstruct ideology around childbearing myths and its challenges. The authors review the evidence that exists and how modern maternity systems are responding to fear and shaping healthcare. Whilst some worry and anxiety is expected and indeed considered normal during childbearing, it has been suggested that this has now proliferated to a degree of abnormal for many women. Why is that and how is this panic spread? Media portrayal of birth is suggested as unrealistic material and to show only that which is dramatic and horrific. This has been considered as one factor influencing modern women. Medicalisation, technology and demand upon services is another consequence of providing almost all maternity care in hospitals. Given that the majority of childbearing women are fit and healthy is this another causative factor? By removing women from their homes and families at such a vulnerable time has a serious consequence for how she will experience her greatest leap of faith into motherhood. All of these issues are explored and examined in the book with ideas and practical suggestions of what may be done to change this increasingly common problem. This book is intended at midwives and clinicians working in maternity settings.

Author : Doreen Kenworthy,Mavis Kirkham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781315346519

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Midwives Coping with Loss and Grief by Doreen Kenworthy,Mavis Kirkham Pdf

The experience of stillbirth and other losses in pregnancy at what is usually a time of great joy is tragic for everyone involved, including midwifery professionals. Although research increasingly shows how profound the effects of loss can be, few studies have explored the effects of pregnancy loss - which often leads to other personal and professional traumas such as loss of autonomy or a workplace - on midwives. This in-depth investigation uses a phenomenological approach to capture midwives' experiences of loss and grief in their own words, and encompasses both pregnancy loss and wider professional and personal issues. It then makes recommendations to enhance midwives' resilience and ability to cope appropriately, whilst giving maximum support to their clients. Reflections on the emerging implications for midwifery education and practice further broaden the scope of the analysis. The insights in this book will be of great use to midwifery managers and supervisors. They will also help midwives to nurture themselves, their colleagues and their clients at a time when pressures on the service can leave support lacking. The devastating experience of losing a baby for women and their families is something that, as midwives, we strive to understand in order to provide appropriate practical and emotional support. Doreen and Mavis encourage us to consider how we are affected by the grief of others at a deeply personal level. Ultimately the message in this book is one of hope: through reflection and the sharing of experiences midwives who have been with women whose babies have died can regain their personal strength and learn to re-shape memories in ways that contribute to personal growth and understanding.A" - From the Foreword by Nicky Leap

Author : Robyn Brunton,Rachel Dryer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783031336393

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Perinatal Care and Considerations for Survivors of Child Abuse by Robyn Brunton,Rachel Dryer Pdf

This edited collection collates research concerning the challenges and opportunities of pregnancy and the postpartum period for perinatal women who are survivors of child abuse. Drawing on empirical findings and theory, this is the first book to identify emerging and topical issues around screening and disclosure and how clinicians and professionals may help to build resilience for child abuse survivors. Pregnancy and the postpartum period present unique challenges and opportunities for clinicians and mental health professionals who may encounter pregnant women with adverse childhood experiences. Challenges include antenatal care considerations for survivors of child abuse such as triggering events that may further traumatize women or result in avoidance behaviours such as failing to engage in routine antenatal care, and other associated adverse outcomes including increased health concerns and, in some cases, prolonged labour and preterm birth. These challenges point to the need for identifying women at risk and providing sensitive care, and this book demonstrates the opportunities which arise through interventions and resilience building.

Author : Mickey Sperlich,Julia S. Seng
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Adult child sexual abuse victims
ISBN : 1890446416

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Survivor Moms by Mickey Sperlich,Julia S. Seng Pdf

"A resource for women and their care providers".

Author : Fatemeh Ebtehaj,Jonathan Herring,Martin Johnson M.A., PhD., F.R.C.O.G.,Martin Richards
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781847318572

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Birth Rites and Rights by Fatemeh Ebtehaj,Jonathan Herring,Martin Johnson M.A., PhD., F.R.C.O.G.,Martin Richards Pdf

This multi-disciplinary collection of essays from the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group is concerned with the varying circumstances, manner, timing and experiences of birth. It contains essays from a wide range of disciplines including law, medicine, anthropology, history and sociology, examining birth from the perspectives of mother, doctor, midwife and father. Questions considered in the book include: who has power during the birthing process? How has the experience of birth changed over time? Should birth mark a significant change in the legal status of the foetus? What is the proper role of birth registration? What role, if any, do fathers have in the birthing process? What legal rights should the woman have to refuse treatment during the birthing process? What is the significance of changes of the age at which women give birth? This stimulating collection of papers provides new insights into one of life's most momentous moments.

Author : Candice L. Mazer,Candice Schachter,Carol Anne Stalker,Eli Teram,Canada. Family Violence Prevention Unit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Adult child sexual abuse victims
ISBN : 0662295226

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Handbook on Sensitive Practice for Health Professionals by Candice L. Mazer,Candice Schachter,Carol Anne Stalker,Eli Teram,Canada. Family Violence Prevention Unit Pdf

Author : Megan J. Smith
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1600219993

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Child Sexual Abuse by Megan J. Smith Pdf

Accurate statistics on the prevalence of child and adolescent sexual abuse are difficult to collect because of problems of underreporting and the lack of one definition of what constitutes such abuse. However, there is general agreement among mental health and child protection professionals that child sexual abuse is not uncommon and is a serious problem which has become more widely spread with the internet. This new book presents recent and significant research from around the globe.

Author : Helen Baston,Jenny Hall
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780702042539

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Midwifery Essentials: Antenatal E-Book by Helen Baston,Jenny Hall Pdf

Antenatal is the second title in the Midwifery Essentials series and looks at the provision of safe and effective antenatal care, exploring the role of the midwife in the context of professional and national guidance. This book prepares the reader to provide safe, evidence-based, woman-centred maternity care. Models of care and the range of professionals involved The booking history and involving the woman in decisions Optimising and monitoring maternal health throughout pregnancy Blood tests and antenatal screening for fetal abnormality Monitoring the growing fetus Facilitating women to prepare for birth. Models of care and the range of professionals involved The booking history and involving the woman in decisions Optimising and monitoring maternal health throughout pregnancy Blood tests and antenatal screening for fetal abnormality Monitoring the growing fetus Facilitating women to prepare for birth. Midwifery Essentials consists of a series of four pocketbooks, based on the popular and successful ‘Midwifery Basics’ articles published in ‘The Practising Midwife’ journal. They have been written in response to many requests from students, midwives and supervisors to combine these articles into a handy text. The books remain true to the style of the articles and have been updated and expanded to create a user-friendly source of information on different aspects of midwifery care. They will stimulate debate and require the reader both to reflect on their current practice, local policies and procedures and to challenge care that is not woman centred. There are many dimensions to the provision of woman-centred care that practitioners need to consider and understand so the series is based on the principles of holistic care, using a ‘jigsaw’ model as a framework. Each aspect of the jigsaw should be considered during the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of woman-centred maternity care, for example: how does a midwife obtain consent from a woman for a procedure, maintain a safe environment during the delivery of care and make the most of the opportunity to promote health? what are the professional and legal issues in relation to the procedure and is this practice based on the best available evidence? which members of the multi-professional team contribute to this aspect of care and how is it influenced by the way in which care is organised? Series features: Provides information essential for best practice at all stages of pregnancy and birth ‘Jigsaw’ model promotes holistic care Scenarios help readers understand the context of maternity care Activities encourage further exploration and debate.