Josefina Goberna-Tricas

University of Barcelona | UB · Department of Public Health Nursing, Mental Health and Mother and Child Health

M. Boladeras, «Dar a luz en tiempos de pandemia: implicaciones éticas», págs. 17-34. Ofrece una mirada ética y política a la atención al nacimiento en tiempos de pandemia. Trata de las implicaciones éticas y las situaciones de vulneración de derechos que se han producido. En las conclusiones se indica: "Hay que aprender a afrontar los problemas res...

Introducción y Objetivos. La atención al parto en el medio hospitalario y la violencia institucional que en su interior se ejerce, en algunos casos, constituía ya un tema de interés antes de la Pandemia. No obstante, la irrupción de la pandemia de Covid-19 ha constituido un factor fundamental de vulnerabilidad para las personas, dando un nuevo sen...

Background: Many women experience giving birth as a negative or even as a traumatic event. Birth space and its occupants are fundamentally interconnected with negative and traumatic experiences, highlighting the importance of the social space of birth. Aim: To explore experiences of women who have had a negative or traumatic birth to identify the...

Objective: To identify the elements associated with the construction of gender in early childhood and determine the educational interventions in sexual health of the midwife in Chile. Method: Bibliographic review in academic databases (CINAHL, PubMed, Web of Science, LILACS, Dialnet and Scielo), complemented with institutional web- sites of Chile....

Background: obstetric violence is still far too invisible; the word "violence" generates rejection and obstetric violence is complex to define and typify, as it is a subjective experience. It has been widely analyzed from legal, sociological, and clinical perspectives, but not equally so from the bioethical point of view. This article sets out to...

RESUMEN En los últimos años, se ha mostrado un creciente interés por dar a luz en entornos seguros, aunque menos medicalizados, como son las salas de atención al "parto natural" que ya funcionan en algunos hospitales. Sin embargo, la opción de parir en casa, en caso de embarazo de bajo riesgo, no está contemplada en el sistema sanitario público de...

Background: Midwives look after women during pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium. In Spain, the first wave of COVID was particularly virulent. There are few studies about the experiences of midwives providing care during the COVID pandemic and very few have been undertaken in the countries of southern Europe such as Spain. This article sets out t...

Background: Birth cultures have been transforming in recent years mainly affecting birth care and its socio-political contexts. This situation has affected the feeling of well-being in women at the time of giving birth. Aim: For this reason, our objective was to analyse the social meaning that women ascribe to home births in the Chilean context....

Objective: To analyze the concept of home birth safety in the scientific literature. Methodology: Bibliographic review in five databases: PubMed, Scopus, WoS, CINAHL and Cochrane Library, with three Boolean combinations: «patient safety AND home childbirth»; «safety AND home childbirth»; «risk AND home childbirth». Results: From a total of 4.647 ar...

Background: Induced lactation enables a woman who has not given birth to breastfeed a child. Lactation may be induced through both pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods, although the desired outcome cannot always be achieved. Research aims: The aims of this scoping review was to assess the different methods used to induce lactation, as...

Background: Induced lactation and relactation are the processes that enable breastfeeding in non-gestating mothers. Research aim: The aim of this study was to describe and interpret the challenges faced by mothers who undergo induced breastfeeding and relactation for adopted infants, infants born via surrogacy, and infants born to same-sex female p...

A partir de la segunda mitad del siglo XX, la atención al parto se institucionalizó trasladándose desde el hogar de la gestante al interior del hospital. Ello se debió a una preocupación de las autoridades políticas y sanitarias en conseguir mejores resultados en términos de mortalidad y morbilidad, tanto en la madre como en el recién nacido. en ar...

Objective To assess the association between superficial perineal muscle trauma and perineal pain and dyspareunia.Materials and methodsProspective cohort study of 405 women with a spontaneous vaginal birth comparing an intact perineum and first-degree perineal trauma group (n = 205) with a second-degree perineal trauma and episiotomy group (n = 200)...

Aims: Exploring social and health care representations of home birth by conducting an integrative review of the literature. Design: Integrative Literature Review. Data sources: The search was based on the following keywords: “birth, home,” “home birth,” “childbirth, home.” And the terms: “planned home birth,” and “empowerment women homebirth” (in E...

Abstract Aims Exploring social and health care representations of home birth by conducting an integrative review of the literature. Design Integrative Literature Review. Data sources The search was based on the following keywords: “birth, home,” “home birth,” “childbirth, home.” And the terms: “planned home birth,” and “empowerment women homebirt...

Background: Breech presentation at the time of delivery is 3.8-4%. Fetuses that maintain a noncephalic presentation beyond 32 weeks will have a lower probability of spontaneous version before labor. Given the increasing interest in exploring the use of complementary medicine during pregnancy and childbirth, the moxibustion technique, a type of tra...

Aim To use the reflections of primary care midwives to know the barriers and facilitators for detecting IPV during pregnancy. The second aim is to know proposals for measures to improve the detecting. Method Qualitative methodology with a interpretative phenomenological approach. In-depth interviews were conducted with twelve midwives, who work in...

Aim: To use the reflections of primary care midwives to find out the barriers and facilitators for detecting IPV during pregnancy. The second aim is to determine proposals for measures to improve detection of IPV. Method: Qualitative methodology with a interpretative phenomenological approach. In-depth interviews were conducted with 12midwives,...

Introducción Existe preocupación relacionada con el maltrato, la falta de respeto o la violencia que las instituciones sanitarias ejercen sobre las mujeres en la atención al parto. No existe unanimidad sobre la terminología adecuada para darle nombre. Este trabajo pretende profundizar en el significado de los diferentes términos usados para definir...

La investigación que ha dado lugar a estos resultados ha sido impulsada por RecerCaixa (proyecto 2016ACUP083 «Prevención y detección de les violencias de género durante el embarazo: de la violencia machista a la violencia obstétrica») y se inscribe en la tesis doctoral en curso de M. Analía Gómez-Fernández, cuyas directoras son las Dras. Josefina G...

Introduction Several tools have been developed to objectively identify women who are experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). The objective of this systematic review is to identify and describe the properties and clinical usefulness of the validated tools for detecting IPV published in the past 15 years. Methods A systematic review was perfor...

La expresión «violencia obstétrica» tiene connotaciones significativas muy fuertes hasta el punto que sorprende a muchas personas, incomoda profundamente a bastantes obstetras y matronas, y provoca rechazo en profesionales de distintos sectores. A pesar de ello, su uso se ha extendido en los últimos años, impulsado por grupos feministas y por polít...

Se habla de violencia obstétrica porque hay que denunciar una mala atención y un maltrato reiterado a las embarazadas y parturientas en muchos países. Se quiere que el término sea a la vez descriptivo y apelativo de una realidad que no debería darse. El término es discutible, pero la realidad a la que alude debe ser bien explícita (en sus distintas...

While nurses and midwives are in a unique position to identify and help victims of IPV, since they are often their first point of contact in the healthcare system, they need appropriate training. This study sought to examine the presence of IPV-related contents and the depth to which they are addressed in the bachelor's degree in Nursing and in the...

Background The consequences of breastfeeding during pregnancy (BDP) have not been clearly established. Available studies have addressed isolated aspects of this issue using different methodologies, often resulting in contradictory results. To our knowledge, no systematic review has assessed and compared these studies, making it difficult to obtain...

El nacimiento de los hijos constituye un momento fundamental en la vida de las mujeres y de las familias, que afecta a toda la sociedad. Desde la segunda mitad del siglo xx, los cuidados durante el parto y el embarazo han experimentado un proceso de medicalización y tecnificación que ha influido en la asistencia sanitaria, hecho que suscita opinion...

Resumen Objetivo Evaluar la efectividad del tratamiento con acupuntura y moxibustión en un entorno hospitalario, en mujeres embarazadas de 33 a 38 semanas de gestación con presentación no cefálica del feto. Método Estudio experimental de intervención, unicéntrico, en un centro hospitalario de tercer nivel, sobre una muestra de 250 mujeres embaraz...

Objective: The aim of the study was to look into elements that women take into account when making decisions on natural childbirth care and the use of complementary and alternative therapies (CAT). Methods: An observational study was carried out using qualitative methodology. The participants were 12 adult postpartum women who gave birth in Catalon...

Background: Ethical conflicts in nursing have generally been studied in terms of temporal frequency and the degree of conflict. This study presents a new perspective for examining ethical conflict in terms of the degree of exposure to conflict and its typology. Objectives: The aim was to examine the level of exposure to ethical conflict for profess...

¿Qué trato recibe el enfermo cuando va al médico o a un hospital? ¿Qué trato quisiera recibir? ¿Qué decir de la diferencia que hay entre lo que ocurre en la visita médica y lo que sería deseable? La tecnificación de la medicina no puede ser ni un motivo ni una excusa para olvidar al ser humano que necesita los cuidados médicos. La atención centrada...

As a result of the growing number of interventions that are now performed in the context of maternity care, health authorities have begun to examine the possible repercussions for service provision and for maternal and neonatal health. In Spain the Strategy Paper on Normal Childbirth was published in 2008, and since then the authorities in Cataloni...

Gender violence is a major social problem at global level due to its serious nature and prevalence. It can lead to pathologies, disabilities and even death, and has repercussions for women's physical, mental, social and sexual/reproductive health. If it occurs during pregnancy it can have consequences not only for the woman but for the developing f...

The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and complementary and alternative therapies (CAT) during pregnancy is increasing. Scientific evidence for CAM and CAT in the field of obstetrics mainly covers pain relief in labor. Midwives are responsible for labor and delivery care: hence, their knowledge of CAM and CAT is important. The aim...

Durante la segunda mitad del siglo XX se produjo un proceso de medicalización de la vida y los partos que se asistían en el domicilio hasta la segunda mitad del siglo XX se institucionalizaron. Actualmente, la atención al parto dentro de centros sanitarios y la cada vez más alta dotación tecnológica ha facilitado que se legitime la medicalización p...

In recent years we have seen a change in the healthcare model at childbirth, whereby emphasis is placed on the concept of humanisation associated with healthcare in the job of childbirth. Despite the current relevance of the concept and its social and healthcare implications, little has been written when it comes to defining it. The aim of this pap...

Complementary and alternative therapies (CAM) are interventions and practices not used in the conventional healthcare system. The application of these therapies is becoming increasingly common in Obstetrics. An adequate knowledge of CAM is required to advise pregnant women. The aim of this study was to determine the training of midwives in TCA for...

This present review aims to analyze, within the European preventive programs of sexual and reproductive health: the existence of barriers to access, identify vulnerable groups, and recognize the proposed strategies to ensure a better access to such programs. The method is a literature review of references published in the last 10 years, about preve...

To investigate the opinions of women regarding satisfaction with the quality of maternity care received, and to establish whether health-care technology increases satisfaction or interferes with the construction of personal satisfaction in the process of care. Information was gathered using focus groups. The area of study comprised the postnatal gr...

Objective: To know women's opinion regarding health care technologies applied to pregnancy follow-up and labour care, besides their personal experiences and feelings towards the human quality of the care provided and if this care relationship was meeting patient's expectations. Participants and method: The study was performed with quality evaluatio...

The authors describe the diseases which are detectable by means of neonatal screening programs available in the different Spanish Autonomous Communities. They analyze some of the ethical and social implications which may occur and they emphasize what those programs mean for nursing professionals, fundamentally midwives and nurses who work in primar...

Objective To identify the difficulties of midwives in Barcelona (Spain) involved in prenatal care in relation to communication with immigrant women from the Maghreb countries, Senegal and Gambia and their healthcare.

Illnesses have an own rhythm that has been modified all through centuries. Every society builds own way of thinking and feeling the illnesses. The interdependence between biological and sociological conditions in civilized society shows the form of living the illness in each historical moment.Objectives: Thinking about the way of seeing and living...

Illnesses have an own rhythm that has been modified all through centuries. Every society builds own way of thinking and feeling the illnesses. The interdependence between biological and sociological conditions in civilized society shows the form of living the illness in each historical moment.Objectives: Thinking about the way of seeing and living...

The aim of the present article is to provide a reflection on the type of reproductive health care required by today's society. To do this, it is important to take into account the sociocultural environment in which the nursing care of reproductive health takes place. First, we review the development of the notion of health as a conceptual framework...

Due to osteoporosis, bones are thinner and more fragile, which increases the number of fractures, especially in the hip. Due to the fact that this illness is a serious individual and social problem in today's world, it is therefore extremely important to diagnose it correctly and apply the appropriate treatment. This treatment, usually, is based on...

The climacteric period, menopause, constitutes a physiological process in a woman's life which can modify her health and increase the occurrence of some diseases which are related to estrogen deprivation; among these, osteoporosis stands out. After analyzing its etiology and risk factors, the author provides a detailed description of various preven...

This is the second part of the article published in the preceding magazine issue. "Revista ROL de Enfermería Number 230:72-77". This section presents a number of adequate preventative measures so that a woman may live through her climacteric period in as healthy a way as possible.

This is the first part of a long article which deals with all aspects of menopause. In this part, the physiological processes which occur during this phase in a woman's life are analyzed.

To evaluate the professionals involved in monitoring pregnancies and the quality of antenatal care in the counties of Berguedà and the Bages (central Catalonia). Observational and descriptive. The data were obtained after the birth by interviewing the new mother. The 171 women who gave birth during February and March 1994 in the hospitals of the co...