Childbirth

Childbirth, also known as labour or delivery, is the ending of pregnancy where one or more babies leaves the uterus by passing through the vagina or by Caesarean section. In 2015, there were about 135 million births globally. About 15 million were born before 37 weeks of gestation, while between 3 and 12 per cent were born after 42 weeks. In the developed world most deliveries occur in hospitals, while in the developing world most births take place at home with the support of a traditional birth attendant.The most common way of childbirth is a vaginal delivery. It involves three …

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CIHI: Canadian Institute for Health Information · 17 October 2024 English

This report introduces the work undertaken to develop a new measure of hospital harm that is linked to evidence-informed practices.

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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 September 2024 English

Without Beginning or End is Jacqueline Bourque’s final testament to a life well lived, written in the wake of a terminal cancer diagnosis. Deeply inspired by her Acadian upbringing along …

(Louisa will become a nun.) After Marie’s twelfth childbirth, her last, she bleeds and bleeds. Weakened,


CPRC: University of Regina Press · 3 September 2024 English

A scathing critique of the colonial legal system’s denial of children’s rights One afternoon in 2016, law professor Robin Hansen receives a call. On the other end of the line …

diverse individuals also experience pregnancy and childbirth and must be included in societal understandings SEPARATION in CANADA M y research on the topic of childbirth and incarcer- ated mothers had begun before I was granted a 5-week temporary absence for childbirth before returning to the facility (without the


Wellesley Institute · 23 August 2024 French

Finalement, les revues de la littérature et les commentaires, les travaux de congrès, les chapitres de livres, les protocoles de recherche, les dissertations et la littérature grise ont aussi été …

qualitative descriptive study. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 19(1), 416. https://doi.org/https://dx.doi.org/10


Wellesley Institute · 12 August 2024 English

For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit. [...] In order to support work to better understand …

qualitative descriptive study. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 19(1), 416. https://doi.org/https://dx.doi.org/10


NCCIH: National Collaborating Centre for Indigineous Health · 26 July 2024 English

“The health of Indigenous people residing in urban centres” brings together accessible data and literature on the health of Indigenous people residing in urban settings in Canada. The report describes …

Aboriginal homelessness in Canada: A BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 16, 216. DOI: 10.1186/s12884- literature review


NCCIH: National Collaborating Centre for Indigineous Health · 24 July 2024 English

Involuntary sterilization violates informed consent and disproportionally affects Indigenous women and girls historically and today. "Forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous women and girls in Canada: Understanding the practice and …

methods intended to prevent a during or following childbirth pressure to influence sterilization women’s pregnancy stressors of the right to determine what pregnancy or childbirth; a full shall, or shall not, be done Until the truths have little consultation with women after childbirth (Boyer & since prompted both internal and who Indigenous women women in Quebec (Basile & during childbirth was repeatedly have joined a class action lawsuit the knowledge and consent of the patient during childbirth. Forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous


ARCC: Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada · 20 July 2024 English

24 Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada July 2024 Efficacy of the Canada Health Act in Protecting Reproductive Justice Page 2 Introduction The Canada Health Act (CHA or the Act) is …

traumatic for her.”16 Full-term pregnancy and childbirth carry known risks to life and health, which can also seen as a “choice”, but that does not make childbirth any less medically necessary.23 Five Principles


CIHI: Canadian Institute for Health Information · 28 June 2024 English

​This report outlines CIHI's strategic activities and outcomes from the fourth quarter of 2023-2024, and provides the financial highlights and statements.

2022–2023 inpatient hospitalizations, surgeries and childbirth indicators. The tables include data on the top stay. Additional hospitalization statistics and childbirth indicators are included in the supplementary


Vanier Institute of the Family · 25 June 2024 English

documented decline in the proportion of couples in Canada who are married.7 This trend reflects the Common-law marriage refers to couples growing number of people choosing to remain single who …

male parents.15 transition to marriage after childbirth. However, All of these changes point to growing with two full-time cohabitation and non-marital childbirth is largely working parents, often face a time


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