Mandy Forrester

Datos Biográficos

ID6780609
NOMBREMandy Forrester
NOMBRESMandy
APELLIDOForrester
FIRMAFORRESTER M
AFILIACIONESInternational Confederation of Midwives
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS4
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR4
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2014
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2024
ÍNDICE H0

  • Midwife-led birthing centres in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Uganda

    Open AccessEmily Callander, Vanessa Scarf et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

    INTRODUCTION: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality rates will require the expansion and strengthening of quality maternal health services. Midwife-led birth centres (MLBCs) are an alternative to hospital-based care for low-risk pregnancies where the lead professional at the time of birth is a trained midwife. These have been used in many countries to improve birth outcomes. METHODS: The cost analys…

  • Midwife-led birthing centre in the humanitarian setup

    Open AccessAbdul Halim, Abu Sayeed Md Abdullah et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    In Bangladesh, Midwife Led Birthing Centres (MLBCs) have been established to provide midwifery care and sexual and reproductive health services for the displaced Rohingya population in Cox’s Bazar. The aim of this study was to explore MLBCs in this humanitarian context from the perspectives of women, midwives, and other key stakeholders. A mixed-method case study was conducted at one of the MLBCs within the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar. …

  • Exploring networks of care in implementing midwife-led birthing centres in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessSabera Turkmani, Andrea Nove et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    The evidence for the benefits of midwifery has grown over the past two decades and midwife-led birthing centres have been established in many countries. Midwife-led care can only make a sustained and large-scale contribution to improved maternal and newborn health outcomes if it is an integral part of the health care system but there are challenges to the establishment and operation of midwife-led birthing centres. A network of care (NOC) is a wa…

  • My Birthplace - An app to support shared decision making

    Open AccessEmily Gaskell, Gill Walton et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2014

    The Challenge: Women often receive subjective information about safety and facilities for place of birth from professionals, the internet, media, friends & family and our local birth-rate data demonstrated that a high number of low risk women were delivering in the Obstetric Unit. We believed they weren’t aware of the safety associated with the alternatives, despite the 2011 evidence (Hollowell et al, 2011)1. In addition, the majority of women do…