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Kaech Christelle

Assistante HES

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Assistante HES

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HESAV - Haute Ecole de Santé Vaud
Avenue de Beaumont 21, 1011 Lausanne, CH

Faculty
Santé

Main Degree Programme
Sage-femme

European MSc en Midwifery - HESAV - Haute Ecole de Santé Vaud

Diversity Friendly Midwifery: Breastfeeding
Diversity Friendly Midwifery: Language barrier and role of community interpreters

BSc HES-SO de Sage-femme - HESAV - Haute Ecole de Santé Vaud

Post-partum
Projet de Travaux de Bachelor
Travaux de Bachelor

2022

“Whatsapping” the continuity of postpartum care in Switzerland :

Scientifique ArODES

a socio-anthropological study

Christelle Kaech, Patricia Perrenoud, Caroline Chautems

Women and birth, May 2022, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. e263-e274

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Summary:

Background: Digital media such as Apps, Internet and social networks have become integral parts of the maternity experience for more than a decade. These media can support or undermine women’s experiences as has been shown in digital sociology research. Using Immediate Messaging Applications to provide information and support to women during the perinatal period is an emerging practice. Aim : This article analyses how health and social care professionals – with a focus on community midwives – and women communicate between postpartum home visits through Immediate Message Applications in Switzerland. Methods : A socio-anthropological study that relied on qualitative methods including semi-directed interviews with midwives and health and social care professionals (n = 30) and immigrant women (n = 20). Findings: Since the introduction of Immediate Messaging Applications, women and their carer converse more regularly between post-partum home visits. Women send questions, pictures and videos to them, often allowing swift responses to their concerns. Midwives encounter difficulties answering women’s questions when they cannot be solved through quick communication (e.g. infant crying). To them, texting frequency forms a clinical clue to women’s mental health. Not all women contact their carer through digital messages; immigrant women are less likely to know and use this service. Discussion and conclusion: Immediate Messaging Applications form a promising communication tool, complementary to home visits, and contribute to woman-centered care and continuity of care. As an emergent practice, it has not been framed by a guideline yet. Policy makers and practitioners should ensure that its use does not contribute to unequal access to care.

Accès au lait de donneuses en Suisse et création de la première banque de lait maternel romande au CHUV :

Scientifique ArODES

enjeux et perspectives

Christelle Kaech, Céline J. Fischer Fumeaux, Jacqueline Barin, Michel Prudent, Carole Richard, Agathe Martin, Isabelle Henriot, Hélène Legardeur, Héloïse May, Joëlle Vuignier, Jean-François Tolsa

Revue médicale suisse, Janvier 2022, vol. 18, no. 764-765, pp. 59-63

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Summary:

Mother’s own milk (MOM) is ideal for infant growth and health. When MOM is unavailable, donor human milk (DHM), rather than infant formula, is recommended for at-risk, preterm or sick neonates (NN), in view of its protective effects. Human milk banks (HMB) collect, secure, process and distribute DHM. In Switzerland, there is insufficient and unequal access to DHM in the absence of a national policy framework. With the support of the State of Vaud, the CHUV and the Interregional Blood Transfusion of the Swiss Red Cross will open the first HMB in Romandy in 2022. This HMB offers an innovative system in Switzerland, based on complementary expertise, in order to guarantee the quality and safety of DHM and to support the promotion of breastfeeding and human milk donation.

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