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#maternitycare — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. The nurses caring for new parents in the Netherlands.

    All new mothers in the Netherlands have a legal right to “kraamzorg” – a unique form of maternity care in the days after they give birth.

    Here’s how it transforms the “fourth trimester”.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260223

    #Parenting #Healthcare #Maternity #Health #Netherlands #Kraamzorg #MaternityCare

  2. Less than half of rural hospitals in the U.S. offer labor and delivery care and hundreds more may end services due to financial challenges, according to a report from the policy firm Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. 200 have closed labor and delivery centers in the last 10 years.

    It all comes down to the US for-profit system. Corporate greed does not belong in healthcare.

    #HealthcareIsAHumanRight #HealthcareCrisis #MaternityCare #CapitalismFails

    ruralhospitals.chqpr.org/downl

  3. Maternity care providers that treat women with dignity and respect and offer support may decrease the risk of maternal and newborn complications, whereas improving communication and autonomy may increase postpartum family planning uptake.

    ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/338898

    #NICHDImpact #FPRH #MaternityCare #MaternalHealth #InfantHealth #Family #FamilyPlanning