4 results match your criteria: "University of Jordan Faculty of Nursing[Affiliation]"
The incidence, risk factors, and mortality of preterm neonates: A prospective study from Jordan (2012-2013).
Turk J Obstet Gynecol
March 2017
Jordan University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, Irbid, Jordan.
Objective: To explore the incidence of preterm delivery, maternal risk factors for having a preterm neonate, and preterm neonates' mortality in Jordan.
Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional population-based design was applied. Socio-demographic, perinatal, delivery risk factors, and survival information were gathered in pre- and post-hospital discharge interviews with 21075 women who gave birth to live neonates at ≥20 weeks of gestation in 18 hospitals in Jordan.
Spirituality in childbearing women.
J Perinat Educ
July 2011
LYNN CLARK CALLISTER is a professor of nursing at the Brigham Young University College of Nursing in Provo, Utah, and a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. She has conducted cross-cultural studies of childbearing women for over two decades. INAAM KHALAF is the dean and a professor of nursing at the University of Jordan Faculty of Nursing in Amman, Jordan. She has conducted research with childbearing families as study participants for more than 20 years.
Childbearing is the ideal context within which to enrich spirituality. The purpose of this study was to generate themes regarding spirituality and religiosity among culturally diverse childbearing women. A secondary analysis was performed, using existing narrative data from cross-cultural studies of childbearing women.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIslamic religious leaders' knowledge and attitudes towards AIDS and their perception of people living with HIV/AIDS: a qualitative study.
Scand J Caring Sci
December 2010
Clinical Nursing Department, University of Jordan Faculty of Nursing, Amman, Jordan.
Purpose: This qualitative descriptive study explored Muslim religious leaders' perception, knowledge and attitudes towards AIDS, AIDS prevention and their attitudes towards people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA).
Methods: Twenty Islamic religious leaders (males and females) participated in two audio-taped focus group discussions. A content analysis approach was used to analyse the data as appropriate for descriptive qualitative inquiry.
Jordanian women's experiences with the use of traditional family planning.
Health Care Women Int
May 2008
University of Jordan Faculty of Nursing, Amman, Jordan.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Ministry of Health (MOH) have identified the importance of strengthening national capacity through the integration of reproductive health (RH) services into the primary health care system. It is reported that a high percentage of Jordanian women use traditional family planning (TFP) methods, frequently using them incorrectly. Our purpose in this qualitative descriptive study was to explore the issues and challenges related to the use of TFP among Jordanian women.
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