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    <title>Malta Midwives Journal : the Stork : issue 4 : July 14</title>
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    <summary type="text">Title: Malta Midwives Journal : the Stork : issue 4 : July 14
Editors: Fenech, Pauline
Abstract: One of the aims of the Malta midwives journal: the Stork, is to provide a link between the Malta Midwives Association’s (MMA) activities and its members. &#xD;
In this issue: Editorial by Pauline Fenech - Midwives - Improving Women’s Health Globally (President’s Message) by Mary Buttigieg Said - 1st Midwives Association Executive Council 1974-1975 - Secretary’s Message by Rebecca Gilson - Treasurer’s Message by Doris Grima – ICM 30th Triennial Council Meeting 27th – 30th May and Congress 1st- 5th June 2014 by Rita Borg Xuereb - Tista’ tredda’ abbord l-Air Malta - Promotion for Midwives’ Day 2014 - Looking Back, Moving Forward by Kylie Bezzina - The Freedom To Move During Labour by Jenny Hall - An Overview of Metformin Use in Fertility Management, Pregnancy and Lactation by Johann Craus - Reducing the risk of SIDS and other sleep-related causes of infant death by Ruth Marie Xuereb - Grieving Parents: What am I to do? by Sandra Castillo - &#xD;
Furthermore this  issue features MSc Midwifery abstracts, including: What are the factors that promote and/or hinder low risk pregnant women from having a natural normal childbirth? by Doris Pace - Does Job Rotation Aid For The Development And Performance Of Midwives Within The Maternity Department – ‘Mater Dei Hospital’, Malta? by Charmaine Psaila - Going Back To Work After Childbirth: Women’s Lived Experiences by Georgette Spiteri
Description: Published in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the official inauguration of the Malta Midwives Association(1974)</summary>
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    <title>Malta Midwives Journal : the Stork : issue 3 : February 14</title>
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    <updated>2019-05-20T09:29:14Z</updated>
    <published>2014-02-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Malta Midwives Journal : the Stork : issue 3 : February 14
Editors: Fenech, Pauline
Abstract: One of the aims of the Malta midwives journal: the Stork, is to provide a link between the Malta Midwives Association’s (MMA) activities and its members. In this issue: Editorial by Pauline Fenech - President’s Message by Mary Buttigieg Said - Secretary’s Message by Rebecca Gilson - Treasurer’s Message by Doris Grima – Position Statement on Female Genital Mutilation, 2013 by Malta Midwives Association - Should we change our perceptions of normal progress in labour? by Karl Cutajar - Skin to skin contact: what is all the fuss about? by Rebecca Gilson - Promoting Normality in Midwifery Normalising Childbirth (Bristol: 17th to 24th November, 2013) by Daniela Bonnici - The KNOV Dutch Midwifery Tour by Pauline Borg - Delayed Cord Clamping by Jessica Dalli&#xD;
Furthermore this  issue features Abstracts of Dissertations as partial fulfillment for the Degree of Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Midwifery University of Malta, 2013, including: First Time Mothers’ Experience Of An Emergency Caesarean Birth by Monique Abela - First Time Mothers’ Views On Antenatal Breastfeeding Education by Kylie Bezzina - Midwives’ Views On The Implementation Of The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative In One Local Public Hospital by Catriona Cassar - Women’s Knowledge On The Effects Of Smoking In Pregnancy by Jeannine Cassar - Mothers’ Experience Of Perineal Trauma In The Early Postnatal Period by Stephanie Cutajar - Mother’s Experience Of Pain During Their Postnatal Period by Joanne Farrugia - Mothers’ Experiences In The First Few Days After Giving Birth By A Planned Caesarean Section by Antonella Galea - Skin-To Skin Holding In The Npicu: Midwives’ And Nurses’ Perspectives by Analise Gingell - Midwives’ Views Of Episiotomies And Perineal Lacerations During Normal Vaginal Births by Faye Marie Grima - Mothers’ Views On The Choice Of Pain Relief Used During Their Labour by Marie Soler - Mothers’ Perceptions Of Breastfeeding In Public Places by Clara Spiteri</summary>
    <dc:date>2014-02-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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