Linda V. Walsh
University of San Francisco
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Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health | 2003
Linda V. Walsh
The health of women and childbearing families is a global concern that must be addressed if we are to be successful in ensuring healthy families. Numerous strategies have been suggested to increase appreciation for the global factors that influence maternal and child health and the overall health status of a community. Inclusion of cultural content in courses offered in educational programs and provision of clinical learning experiences in diverse communities have commonly been used in midwifery and nursing education. This article reviews the concept of service learning and its application in a course that provides an opportunity for students to participate in an international immersion program. Evaluation of the course found that participants increased their knowledge and skills in providing reproductive health care, developed appreciation for the knowledge and skills of traditional birth attendants, and expanded their world view of women and families in communities.
Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health | 2013
Linda V. Walsh
Heath promotion has become recognized as a vital component of health care delivery. It is well known that the traditional model of medical care delivery is limited by its focus on diagnosis of illness and treatment. The integration of public health concepts of prevention and health promotion offers depth and breadth of care that is associated with attaining optimal health status. This review offers a historical reflection on the early and continued integration of health promotion activities in midwifery care in the United States.
Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health | 2015
Linda V. Walsh
History is more than dates, leaders, and epic events; it is made richer by the inclusion of the lived experiences of individuals who work tirelessly at their calling. This first issue of the 60th volume of the Journal presents 2 articles that describe early efforts to provide nurse-midwifery care in underserved communities.1-2 Schminkey and Keeling’s exploration of the practice activities of the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) nurse-midwives provides new insight into the challenges faced by early midwives in the rural, isolated area around Hyden, Kentucky.1 The oral histories from senior midwives who have been interviewed for the Midwifery Legacies Project’s 20th Century Midwife Story Collection provide lessons about the defining attributes of the midwives who have gone before us in the growth of our profession and made our practice today possible.2 In these articles, as well as previously published historical studies of nurse-midwives and their experiences,3–6 we can see 4 consistent descriptors of the midwives who practiced through the past several decades.
Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health | 2013
Linda V. Walsh
Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy represent a leading cause of maternal mortality and are responsible for 12% to 22% of maternal deaths in the United States.1, 2 The Maternal Quality Indicators Working Group, under contract with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), found that hypertension of pregnancy increased 14% in the state from 1995 to 2005. What is particularly concerning is that hypertension increased the most among American Indian/Alaska Native (49%) and black (23%) women. These findings reinforce that certain population groups disproportionately experience hypertension and related comorbidities andmortality.3 Enhanced review of death certificates, fetal/neonatal death certificates, and medical records has led to a greater understanding of the contribution of hypertension tomaternalmortality in the state.4 The CDPH Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (MCAH) Division, California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC), and the Public Health Institute have been working collaboratively since 2004 to provide enhanced surveillance of maternal deaths in the state through the creation of the California Pregnancy-Associated Mortality ReviewCommittee (CA-PAMR). Committeemembers represent the many disciplines providing health services to childbearing women, including representatives from obstetrics, emergencymedicine, cardiology, obstetric anesthesia, neonatology, nursing, and midwifery. The committee reflects diversity in geographic location of practice, type of facility, and diversity of patient population. An essential component of thework of theCA-PAMR is to go beyond the collection and analysis of data in order to identify contributing factors to the outcome of each case and identify whether there was strong, good, fair, or no chance to improve the outcome. The CA-PAMR reviews of data for 2002 to 2004 suggest that all deaths related to preeclampsia had some chance for improving the outcome of the pregnancy, and 48% had a strong or good chance. Patient factors, health provider factors, and health facility factors were identified in order to explore possible interventions to improve provision of care in the state. For example, analysis of the preeclampsia deaths found that health provider factors included delay in diagnosis (92%) and use of ineffective treatment (79%). The final step in each review was to determine the quality improvement opportunities found in the case in order to develop a database for further analysis. These qualitative data provide a foundation for the development of recommendations for provision of care at provider and institutional levels.
Archive | 2009
Linda V. Walsh
Mayan worldview and traditional religion have long woven interpretations of dreams and visions into the beliefs and lifeways of the community members. In the 1950s and 1960s strongly organized evangelical Protestant and conservative Catholic groups attacked dream interpretation as paganism, which led to the formation of distinct factions that devalued the practice. Recently there has been a rebirth of the inclusion of dreams and visions in Mayan interpretation of the world around them (Tedlock 1992:453).
Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health | 2006
Linda V. Walsh
By Ray Moynihan and Alan Cassels. New York: Nation Books, 2005. 245 pages.
Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health | 2006
Linda V. Walsh
25.00, hardcover.
Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health | 2016
Katy Dawley; Linda V. Walsh
By Ray Moynihan and Alan Cassels. New York: Nation Books, 2005. 245 pages.
Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing | 2014
Melissa D. Avery; Melissa L McPheeters; Linda V. Walsh
25.00, hardcover.
Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health | 2014
Melissa D. Avery; Melissa L McPheeters; Linda V. Walsh