Sentences with phrase «supporting midwifery»

• Conference calls on governments, relevant regulatory agencies and professional bodies to recognise and act on the fact that birthing on country and in rural and remote areas is as safe as in large birthing centres, where appropriate investment is made in supporting a midwifery workforce and in appropriately monitoring & managing outcomes.

An article by childbirth educator Judith Lothian entitled Promoting, Protecting, and Supporting Normal Birth should be read as Promoting, Protecting, and Supporting Midwifery Employment.

Despite the charges and Carr's guilty plea, her fans still stand by her — even raising money for her on a Facebook page created by In Service to Women, a group that supports midwifery and now hopes to help pay for Carr's legal fees.

I support the midwifery model of care; which emphasizes a commitment to informed choice, continuity of individualized care and sensitivity to the emotional and spiritual aspects of childbearing.

While well trained at Cedars - Sinai Medical Center in the standard medical model of obstetrics he had the respect and vision to support the midwifery model of care and served as a backup consultant to many home and birthing center midwives for 25 years.

Not exact matches

Antenatal tutor Noreen Hart from the National Childbirth Trust (which organised a family fun day in June 2010 to support the initiative) said: «During the last 12 months campaigners have been working closely with Wiltshire Community Health Services» midwifery team and the suggestion of partners having the opportunity of staying the first night after birth was welcomed by all involved in maternity services.

is that women be respected as full, empowered participants in their pregnancies and births; that babies be born into an atmosphere of love and reverence; that midwifery be recognized as the standard of care for all healthy women during the childbearing year; and that midwives support each other with as much passion as they support their clients, lifting each other up to maintain and improve the quality of care provided to birthing women and their families

The AAP recommends pediatricians tell their clients that they «support provision of care only by midwives who are certified by the American Midwifery Certification Board,» which would be either the certified nurse - midwife or certified midwife (not licensed in Indiana).

«The AAP in concert with the ACOG does not support the provision of care by lay midwives who are not certified by the American Midwifery Certification Board» (AAP, 2013, p 1019, para 5).

Check your local hospital and / or midwifery services to see if they have breastfeeding support groups where you can do a weighted feeding with your baby.

I certainly am puzzled by all the CNMs here in Texas that continue to support CPM's instead of striving to distinguish themselves as the true midwifery professionals and out CPMS / DM's as substandard dangerous practitioners.

1.1.2 Explain to both multiparous and nulliparous women that they may choose any birth setting (home, freestanding midwifery unit, alongside midwifery unit or obstetric unit), and support them in their choice of setting wherever they choose to give birth: Advise low ‑ risk multiparous women that planning to give birth at home or in a midwifery ‑ led unit (freestanding or alongside) is particularly suitable for them because the rate of interventions is lower and the outcome for the baby is no different compared with an obstetric unit.

The State of World's Midwifery Report The State of World's Midwifery 2011: Delivering Health, Saving Lives, supported by 30 partners, provides the first comprehensive analysis of midwifery services and issues in countries where the needs are Midwifery Report The State of World's Midwifery 2011: Delivering Health, Saving Lives, supported by 30 partners, provides the first comprehensive analysis of midwifery services and issues in countries where the needs are Midwifery 2011: Delivering Health, Saving Lives, supported by 30 partners, provides the first comprehensive analysis of midwifery services and issues in countries where the needs are midwifery services and issues in countries where the needs are greatest.

Sue Chapman, Head of Midwifery at Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust: «We welcome partners in supporting the women in our care and are keen to share as much information as possible to empower them to feel comfortable in their role.

As a board member of the New York State Association of Licensed Midwives (NYSALM) since 2010, Kate provided strategic support for legislation strengthening independent midwifery practice, collaborative relationships, and birth centers.

From her physician's labor support over the phone while waiting for the home birth midwife to arrive, to seeking out back - up care for her homebirths with physicians who had never heard of midwifery, to hearing the thoughts of feelings of both midwives and physicians on the subject of homebirth, Sheryl believes the differences are not stumbling blocks; rather, they are the catalysts for necessary change.

This 21 / 2 - day hands - on workshop is designed to prepare advanced level birth doulas with the tools and skills to serve as an assistant to a home birth midwife at a 36 week prenatal home visit, home birth and the strategies to work cooperatively with the home birth midwifery team, Experience in breastfeeding support, childbirth education and other birth skills are important.

This 12 - hour hands - on workshop is designed to prepare birth doulas with the tools and skills to provide extended labor support services to home birthing families and the strategies to work cooperatively with the home birth midwifery team.

While Director of the UBC Division of Midwifery from 2007 - 2012, she was responsible for achieving support from the BC Ministries of Health and Advanced Education to support the expansion and revision of midwifery eMidwifery from 2007 - 2012, she was responsible for achieving support from the BC Ministries of Health and Advanced Education to support the expansion and revision of midwifery emidwifery education.

Under the warm guidance of Trillium Midwifery, I learned so much about supporting families and holding space for birth.

Depending on your and your baby's needs, I may also recommend breastfeeding support group (I facilitate one at Elevations Health in Denver and one at Mountain Midwifery Center in Englewood).

Quite frankly, the midwifery profession lacks support within the current U.S. healthcare system.

Following discharge, my little one's early weeks and months will not be spent in a germ - filled waiting room of a pediatric clinic, but rather either in my own home with my midwifery team visiting me or our driving to her clinic which is largely healthy clientele who support healthy living.

«In contrast to medical opposition to home birth, almost all other maternity - related organizations (including nursing, midwifery, public health, doulas, consumer advocacy and childbirth education) support the choice to give birth at home» (Freeze, 2010, p 2 - 3).

Because the ICM Standards are supportive of independent midwifery practice, this statement is a nice complement to the ACNM - ACOG Joint Statement and is evidence that ACOG has expressed support for autonomous midwifery practice multiple times.

Each of our midwife assistants have taken an intensive Midwifery Assistant course, are certified in Neonatal Resuscitation through intubation and emergency medication administration, basic life support, and S.T.A.B.L.E..

In Scotland, where wide variations in surgical deliveries have been found between units, four evidence based recommendations have been prioritised: clinicians and women should regard trial of labour as the norm after a previous caesarean; offering external cephalic version to women at term if their baby is breech; monitoring and regularly reviewing caesarean data with support for staff; and one to one midwifery care for all women in labour.20 The National Childbirth Trust — a UK parents organisation — is concerned about medicalisation and erosion of midwifery skills and confidence.

Since 2006, I have expanded my offerings from natural childbirth classes to a full spectrum of family education and support, including breastfeeding classes and counseling, fertility education, natural family planning classes, doula care, perinatal loss care, and prenatal care and midwifery services.»

the pediatrician should advise her that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and ACOG support provision of care only by midwives who are certified by the American Midwifery Certification Board

, the AAP in concert with the ACOG does not support the provision of care by lay midwives or other midwives who are not certified by the American Midwifery Certification Board.

The largest rally regarding midwifery issues that has ever taken place in the United States is at the North Carolina General Assembly, when 650 people come to demonstrate their support of licensing Certified Professional Midwives.

Steering group — This study was planned and coordinated by Jean Davies, research midwife, Newcastle; Pat Davies, health visitor, Sunderland; Alan Fortune, general practitioner, Alnwick; Linda Hedley, senior midwife, Berwick; Edmund Hey, consultant paediatrician, Newcastle; Barbara Hinchcliffe, health visitor, Hexham; Maureen Hodgson, community midwife, North Durham; Ann Kirkpatrick, midwifery supervisor, Darlington; Jane Lumley, National Childbirth Trust, Hexham; Norma McPherson, community midwife, Barrow in Furness; Diane Packham, Association for the Improvement of Maternity Services, Newcastle; Willie Reid, consultant obstetrician, Carlisle; Marjorie Renwick, regional maternity survey coordinator, Newcastle; Margaret Robinson, community midwife, Cockermouth; Laura Robson, director of midwifery education, Newcastle; Sheila Smithson, community midwife, Middlesbrough; Ann West, senior midwife, Penrith; Margaret Whyte, the Society to Support Home Confinement; Jane Wright, community midwife, Teesside; and Gavin Young, general practitioner, Penrith.

We thank the North American Registry of Midwives Board for helping facilitate the study; Tim Putt for help with layout of the data forms; Jennesse Oakhurst, Shannon Salisbury, and a team of five others for data entry; Adam Slade for computer programming support; Amelia Johnson, Phaedra Muirhead, Shannon Salisbury, Tanya Stotsky, Carrie Whelan, and Kim Yates for office support; Kelly Klick and Sheena Jardin for the satisfaction survey; members of our advisory council (Eugene Declerq (Boston University School of Public Health), Susan Hodges (Citizens for Midwifery and consumer panel of the Cochrane Collaboration's Pregnancy and Childbirth Group), Jonathan Kotch (University of North Carolina Department of Maternal and Child Health), Patricia Aikins Murphy (University of Utah College of Nursing), and Lawrence Oppenheimer (University of Ottawa Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine); and the midwives and mothers who agreed to participate in the study.

The solution, Jerker proposes, lies in midwifery — a profession that dates back to ancient Egypt when women supported other women in childbirth.

Women in our study had a high rate of breastfeeding at 6 weeks postpartum (69 %) compared with other Australian data showing that 58 % of all infants were fully breastfed at 2 months of age.50 This may have been owing to a higher motivation of women in our cohort, and a good level of support and continuity of midwifery care, which has been shown to enhance rates of breastfeeding.

She believes midwifery care takes place in a personalized partnership with women which allow their individual choices to be supported.

I offer personalized care customized to your unique needs during your pregnancy, labor, birth and post partum, integrating the benefits of holistic midwifery care that you desire in tandem with the technological birth support that you may also need.

With women and infants at the center of this framework and midwifery as a key component to its success, the findings of this series support a shift to a whole - system approach that provides quality care for all.

Through evidence - based articles, the JPE advances the knowledge of aspiring and seasoned educators in any setting - independent or private practice, community, hospital, nursing or midwifery school - and informs educators and other health care professionals on research that will improve their practice and their efforts to support natural, safe, and healthy birth.

Homebirth midwifery is supported by the government, and free to families in some countries including New Zealand, the Netherlands, and England.

It passed policy after policy that supported the best evidenced - based practices: midwifery care, extended maternity leave, infant massage, breastfeeding, attachment parenting.

In addition, Dr. Butterfield has designed and runs a year long counseling class for the Department of Midwifery at Bastyr University, and is an officer of several boards related to perinatal services: President — PATTCh; Training and Education Director (past Chair)-- Perinatal Support of WA; State Coordinator for Postpartum Support International.

Costs for our maternity program include prenatal care, care for your newborn, and support from the midwifery team throughout your entire labor and birthing event.

Drawing from a diverse background in the performing arts and midwifery, Jessica Martin - Weber supports women and families, creating spaces for open dialogue.

Kitzinger says that although midwifery is practiced widely in the former Soviet Union, the Russians are decades behind the West in terms of supporting women's choices in childbirth, such as whether to allow the father in the delivery room.

Midwives receive a midwifery education based on creating a personalized partnership with their patients to provide advice, counseling, and support throughout the pregnancy and delivery process.

She advises numerous midwifery organizations and consults with NACPM on strategy, programs and initiatives to support the development of the CPM profession and to improve the quality of maternity care for all women in the U.S.

Midwifery has a strong public health function, for example through ensuring access to clean water and sanitation during childbirth, supporting breastfeeding mothers, delivering family planning services and tobacco cessation in pregnancy.

The proportion of women in British Columbia (BC) receiving care from a midwife continues to grow and there is a particular focus on promoting and supporting normal pregnancy and birth in the midwifery philosophy of care.

The organizations highlight the need to provide midwives with professional support (including better working conditions); stronger education and regulatory environments; and stronger advocacy around midwifery.