Accreditation systems for midwifery training programs worldwide: A scoping review.

Accreditation of midwifery training programs aims to improve the quality of midwifery education and care. The study aimed to diagnose the accreditation systems of midwifery programs worldwide, identifying characteristics, standards, and differences. According to Arksey and O'Malley's framework, a scoping review was conducted by searching databases, grey literature, and accreditation system websites.

Immigration and C-sections incidence: Maternal care and perinatal outcomes in the context of the pandemic in Chile.

Introduction: Immigration has increased significantly in Chile. Despite that all pregnant women, regardless of nationality and immigration status, have the right to access to all healthcare services during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum, inequities in health care outcomes and health provision have been reported. During COVID-19 pandemic, these inequities are completely unknown.

Systematization of initiatives in sexual and reproductive health about good practices criteria in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in primary health care in Chile.

Introduction The COVID- 19 pandemic discontinued sexual and reproductive health care in Chile and the world. The national focus on hospital care led primary care teams to respond in natural and diverse ways. Understanding the factors involved in this process may improve future responses from the judgment of good practices.

Childbirth experiences of immigrant women in Chile: Trading human rights and autonomy for dignity and good care.

Background: Childbirth is a transcendent life experience but may also be a moment of great vulnerability, especially when it occurs outside the mother's country of origin.

Objective: To explore the perceptions and experiences of Spanish-speaking immigrant women regarding the healthcare they received during labour and childbirth in Santiago, Chile.

Methods: This qualitative, transcendental phenomenological research was performed at two maternity hospitals using purposive criterion sampling.

Maternal and perinatal outcomes of peruvian pregnant women in Chile: exploring the healthy immigrant effect.

Objectives: To compare maternal and perinatal outcomes between Chilean and Peruvian pregnant women in Santiago, Chile, between January and July 2017.

Materials And Methods: Analytical cross-sectional study of 1,578 Chilean and 318 Peruvian women who attended a clinical hospital in Santiago. We conducted a comparative analysis of maternal and perinatal variables by nationality.

Pregestational obesity, maternal morbidity and risk of caesarean delivery in a country in an advanced stage of obstetric transition.

Objective: To evaluate whether pregestational obesity is associated with the risk of caesarean section in pregnant women living in a country in an advanced stage of the obstetric transition.

Methods: Retrospective cohort study. Data were collected from prenatal and hospital records.