Problem Within maternity care policies and practice, pregnant migrant women are regarded as a vulnerable population. Background Women’s experiential knowledge is a key element of woman-centred care but is insufficiently addressed in midwifery practice and research that involves migrant women. Aim To …

Verloskundigen die een goede relatie opbouwen met hun cliënt maken hét verschil tijdens de zwangerschap en bevalling, vindt prof. dr. Yvonne Kuipers. Zij is hoofddocent Verloskunde aan de Hogeschool Rotterdam. Woman-centred care is daarom een speerpunt binnen de opleiding Verloskunde. Al vanaf het eerste …

Background The number of interventions is lower, and the level of satisfaction is higher among women who receive midwife-led primary care from one or two midwives, compared to more midwives. This suggests that midwives in small-sized practices practice more women centred. This has yet to be explored. Objective To …

Background: Despite evidence supporting the safety of vaginal birth after caesarean section (VBAC), rates are low in many countries. Methods: OptiBIRTH investigated the effects of a woman-centred intervention designed to increase VBAC rates through an unblinded cluster randomised trial in 15 maternity …

Het perspectief van verloskundigen op wat ‘vrouwcentrale zorg’ betekent, is niet eenduidig. Yvonne Fontein en collega’s onderzochten de verschillende perspectieven van Nederlandse verloskundigen die ‘vrouwcentraal’ willen werken. Bespreking van: Fontein-Kuipers et al. : Dutch midwives’ views on and …

Background Woman-centred care is a philosophy for midwifery care management of the childbearing woman. There is no mutually recognised internalised way in midwifery to provide woman-centred care. Objective To reveal midwives’ distinct perspectives about woman-centred care. Methods A Q-methodology …

To examine how student midwives in higher education learn to become competent and confident woman-centred practitioners.

The goal is to evaluate the ISeeYou project that aims to equip first year Bachelor midwifery students to support them in their learning of providing woman-centred care.