https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/32886 Sun, 02 Aug 2026 19:38:49 GMT 2026-08-02T19:38:49Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/19800 Title: Malta Midwives Journal : the Stork : issue 8 : July 16 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 - Message from the President by Mary Buttigieg Said - Treasurer’s Message by Doris Grima - ICM’s Strategies to Support Maternal and Newborn Health and to Advance the Profession of Midwifery by Rita Borg Xuereb - International Day of the Midwife 2016 (Press Release) by Ruth Marie Xuereb - Raffaela Farrugia, 60 Year Career in Nursing/Midwifery - Midwives in the Lead by Pauline Borg - Please Sign on the Dotted Line : Ethical Issues for Consent in Maternity Care by Rebecca Mizzi - Nutrition in Labour by Annalisa Agius - Induction of Labour by Membrane Sweeping: a Systematic Review by Analise Gingel - Dilemmas in the Second Stage of Labour (Part 2) by Giliane Fenech - Using Assessment Tools to Improve Care of the Neonate, Especially in the NICU Setting by Katrina Dimech. Furthermore this issue features MSc Midwifery abstracts, including: Women’s Health and Partner’s Violence in Pregnancy Survey by Christie Debono - Somali Immigrant Women’s Lived Experience of Pregnancy and Childbirth in Malta by Stephania Vella Rapa. Abstracts for Doctoral Research include: The Design and Validation of a Framework of Competencies in Spiritual Care for Nurses and Midwives: A Modified Delphi Study - Josephine Attard - Lived Realities of Nicu-To-Home Transition in Malta : The Experiences of Parents of Preterm Infants, and of Neonatal Staff by Rita Pace Parascandalo. Fri, 01 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/19800 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/19799 Title: Malta Midwives Journal : the Stork : issue 7 : February 16 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 - Transforming Stumbling Blocks into Stepping Stones (Message from the President) by Mary Buttigieg Said - Treasurer’s Message by Doris Grima Centenary Celebration of Midwifery Education at the University of Malta by Rita Borg Xuereb - Pregnant women and children first! Call for action by European midwives to refugee crisis by European Midwives Association - Giuseppina Sghendo : Il-Majjistra by Maria Cordina - Safely Preventing the First Caesarean Section by Annalisa Agius - Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by Adelia Saliba - Dilemmas in the Second Stage of Labour (Part 1) by Giliane Fenech - The ‘Walking’ Epidural in Labour by Josef Zahra - The Importance of Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation for a Healthy Pregnancy Outcome by Elizabeth Muscat. Furthermore this issue features Abstracts of Dissertations as Partial Fulfilment for the Degree of Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Midwifery University of Malta, including: Women’s Knowledge of Prenatal Exercises by Annabelle Mamo - Going Home with the Newborn Baby: Mothers’ Experiences by Jessica Zammit - Mothers’ Experiences of an Assisted Vaginal Delivery by Jolene Camilleri - Postnatal Mothers’ Experiences of Midwifery Support on Infant Care, in Hospital by Rachel Cutajar - Midwives’ Perceptions on The Use of Complementary Therapies in Pregnancy by Isabella Aquilina - Midwives’ Perceptions of a Physiological Birth by Rebecca de’ Conti Manduca - Midwives’ Perceptions of Women’s Choices in Childbirth by Sylvana Attard - Postnatal Mothers’ Experiences of Epidural Analgesia by Sabrina Borg - Mothers’ experiences of rooming-in with their newborn in hospital by Claire Borg - Maternal-Infant Attachment in Substance Misusing Mothers: Midwives’ Views by Lorita Zarb - First-time Fathers’ Experiences of Attending the Birth of their Child - Fiona Tabone. Mon, 01 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/19799 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z