scholarly journals The benefits of paid maternity leave for mothers' post-partum health and wellbeing: Evidence from an Australian evaluation

2017 ◽  
Vol 182 ◽  
pp. 97-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Hewitt ◽  
Lyndall Strazdins ◽  
Bill Martin
Keyword(s):  
Maternity Leave ◽  
Post Partum ◽  
Health And Wellbeing

scholarly journals Exploring COVID-19 lockdowns as unexpected paternity leave: One shock, diverse gender ideologies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alix Sponton
Keyword(s):  
Maternity Leave ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Post Partum ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Paid Work ◽  
Gender Ideologies ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Individual ◽  
At Home

Objective: This paper analyses how men who became fathers to a newborn during a 2020 lockdown in France reacted to spending longer time at home than intended. Background: Previous research found that fathers taking longer leave are more involved at home, but men who plan these working arrangements are more oriented towards gender equality. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, fathers with diverse gender ideologies were forced to stay home with their baby. Method: 42 longitudinal interviews were conducted with 23 fathers, before and after the birth of their child. 10 of these fathers unexpectedly stopped their paid work for the first two months post-partum because of distancing measures. This group is compared with 10 others who took at most their 14 days of paid leave before returning to paid work and 3 others who deliberately planned to take a month off.  All mothers were on maternity leave. Results: Lockdowns isolated couples from the help of extended family and fathers had to assume a caregiving position. However, staying home involved different things for different fathers. For some, it meant sharing unpaid work equally. For others, it was more about bonding with the baby, whereas intensive childcare was considered the mother’s role. Conclusion: Drawing on an integrative approach, the findings suggest that changes at the institutional level, such as lockdowns, impact fathering trajectories differently depending on gender ideologies at the individual level.

scholarly journals Reproductive health and wellbeing: complementary to each other

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-219
Author(s):  
Gaytri Tiwari ◽  
Sneha Jain
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Post Partum ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Reproductive Factor ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Health Agenda

Generally, women’s health receives attention only during pregnancy and the immediate post-partum period. A women’s health agenda was first articulated at the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995. In the resulting Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a roadmap for gender equality and women’s empowerment was outlined, with a major focus on reproductive and sexual health (SRH) issues, which were the main killers of women then. Present study was carried out in order to find out the reasons of Reproductive Health and wellbeing problem in women children between the age group of 1-6 years and to provide results based remedial solutions and interventions. For this purpose, samples were selected from different villages of nine states in India which includes Assam (Jorhat), Andhra Pradesh (Hyderabad), Haryana (Hissar), Himachal Pradesh (Palampur), Uttar Pradesh (Pantnagar), Rajasthan (Udaipur), Maharashtra (Parbhani), Punjab (Ludhiana), Karnataka(Dharwad) Tamil Nadu (Madurai), Meghalaya (Tura). The wellbeing of women covers five major aspects on physical, social, emotional, spiritual and intellectual. Data analysis was done using frequency, percentage distribution. Results revealed that in the maximum states, the reproductive factor was average only two state were having good reproductive health. Parbhani, and all the states were having average wellbeing of women.

Serum Vitamin B12 Concentrations among Mothers and Newborns and Follow-up Study to Assess Implication on the Growth Velocity and the Urinary Methylmalonic Acid Excretion

2009 ◽  
Vol 79 (56) ◽  
pp. 297-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laila Hussein ◽  
Sahar Abdel Aziz ◽  
Salwa Tapouzada ◽  
Boehles
Keyword(s):  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Growth Velocity ◽  
Methylmalonic Acid ◽  
Post Partum ◽  
Serum Vitamin ◽  
Vitamin B ◽  
Postnatal Life ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Metabolic Marker ◽  
Biochemical Measurement

Objective:Cobalamin (B12) deficiency has been reported in infants born to mothers with low cobalamin intake. Early diagnosis of vitamin B12 deficiency in infants is critical for the prevention of neurobehavioral disorders. We investigated the relationship between serum vitamin B12 level in newborns and in their healthy mothers who consumed an omnivorous diet. Anthropometry was studied longitudinally to assess the growth velocity of the infants. Urinary methylmalonic acid (MMA) excretion of 6-month old infants was compared retrospectively as the biomarker correlated with the initial serum vitamin B12 concentrations. Methods: Serum cobalamin and blood hemoglobin were determined in 84 pairs of newborns and their mothers. Urinary MMA excretion was measured in the same subjects during the first 6 months of the post partum period. Results: At birth, median serum cobalamin levels were 152.0 pmol/L in the mothers and 296.6 pmol/L in the newborns. Maternal and neonatal serum cobalamin levels had no effect on growth velocity during the first six months of postnatal life. Serum maternal and neonatal cobalamin levels were inversely associated with urinary MMA excretion. Conclusion: Early diagnosis of vitamin B12 status in neonates and infants is crucial, particularly in nutritionally deprived areas. Biochemical measurement of plasma cobalamin or its metabolic marker MMA is highly recommended. Urinary MMA measurement in cobalamin diagnostics provides an advantage in that blood sampling is not required. A vitamin B12 taskforce should be created to alleviate vitamin deficiency and its negative consequences.

Makroskopische Beurteilung der Alpakaplazenta

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (05) ◽  
pp. 326-327
Keyword(s):  
Post Partum ◽  
Vicugna Pacos ◽  
Pathologische Veränderungen

Meesters M, Opsomer G, Govaere J. Macroscopic evaluation of the placenta of the alpaca (Vicugna pacos). Reprod Dom Anim 2019; 54: 996–1002 Zu den wesentlichen Untersuchungen post partum gehört die makroskopische Beurteilung der Plazenta. Insbesondere bei einem Abort, einer Früh- oder Totgeburt sollte die Nachgeburt sorgfältig auf Anomalien wie Unvollständigkeit, Plazentitis, Ödeme oder andere Veränderungen untersucht werden. Um pathologische Veränderungen erkennen zu können, muss dem Untersucher der physiologische Zustand einer Nachgeburt bekannt sein. Bisher fehlen jedoch ausreichende Referenzen für unauffällige Alpakaplazenten. Ziel der Studie war, physiologische Plazenten von Alpakas hinsichtlich Aussehen, Größe, Gewicht und Volumen zu untersuchen und damit künftigen Untersuchern die objektive Beurteilung von Alpakaplazenten zu ermöglichen.

Parto-analgesia and post-partum blood loss

2011 ◽  
Vol 215 (S 01) ◽  
Author(s):  
L Driul ◽  
AP Londero ◽  
V Burra ◽  
T Dogareschi ◽  
A Biasioli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Loss ◽  
Post Partum
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