birth attendant

collocation in English

meaningsofbirthandattendant

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birth
noun
uk
/bɜːθ/us
/bɝːθ/
the time when a baby or young animal comes out of its ...
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attendant
noun[C]
uk
/əˈten.dənt/us
/əˈten.dənt/
someone whose job is to be in a place and help visitors ...
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(Definition ofbirthandattendantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Once the anterior shoulder has been moved successfully to the oblique position, thebirthattendantthen applies traction to the head to complete delivery.
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Of these, 61 % had delivered at home with a traditionalbirthattendant, majority (94 %) without any reported complications.
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If thebirthattendantpulls on the babys body, this action may deflex the head.
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The low percentage of women giving birth with a skilledbirthattendantcould also be associated with a high maternal mortality ratio.
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On average, half of deliveries in the developing world have a skilledbirthattendantpresent.
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Maternal death is considered a natural phenomenon and encourages the use of herbs, while undermining safe birthing practices with a skilledbirthattendant.
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A traditionalbirthattendantmay have been formally educated and has chosen to not register.
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Less than half of deliveries are attended by a skilledbirthattendantand fewer than one in five are carried out in health facilities.
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This finding may be due to farmers' familiarity and confidence with traditional birth attendants.
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Thirdly, traditional birth attendants and private practitioners were paid a small amount to identify such women under their care.
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Unassisted childbirth is by definition a planned process, and is thus distinct from unassisted birth due to reasons of emergency, lack of access to a skilledbirthattendant, or other.
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These conflicting evolutionary pressures have resulted in extremely difficult birth in humans, requiring assistance from birth attendants.
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These include traditional birth attendants, community leaders, teachers and church groups.
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Midwives as the traditional primary birth attendants were discredited, and women subjugated within the institutional machine of the hospital.
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So it is about training the traditional birth attendants to identify the signs and then to refer people.
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Traditional birth attendants provide the majority of primary maternity care in many developing countries, and may function within specific communities in developed countries.
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The use of skilled birth attendants, however, has risen between 2005 and 2007 by women in all wealth quintiles except the highest quintile.
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When women realize labor is not progressing normally they first seek female friends or traditional birth attendants.
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There also seems to be an association between having a delivery by skilled birth attendants and being under the age of twenty.
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There are also traditional bone setters and birth attendants.
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