MANA is committed to enabling transformative research, promoting an evidence -
based Midwifery Model of Care, addressing health disparities, and achieving optimal outcomes through normal physiologic birth and healthcare across the lifespan.
Not exact matches
Midwives practice using the
Midwifery Model of Care which is
based on the fact that pregnancy and birth are normal life processes.
The
midwifery model of care is
based on pregnancy as a state of wellness, the medical
model is focused on complications and problems.
Although recent evidence suggests that alternative
models of
midwifery care are safe and cost - effective, and should be an option for all women [26], hospital
based, consultant - led medicalised care continues to be the norm for women in Ireland.
The
midwifery models of care were hospital -
based in four studies (Biro 2000; MacVicar 1993; Rowley 1995; Waldenstrom 2001), or offered (i) antenatal care in an outreach community -
based clinic and intra - and postpartum care in hospital (Homer 2001); (ii) ante - and postpartum community -
based care with intrapartum hospital -
based care (Hicks 2003; North Stafford 2000; Tracy 2013; Turnbull 1996)(iii) antenatal and postnatal care in the hospital and community settings with intrapartum hospital -
based care or (iv) postnatal care in the community with hospital -
based ante - and intrapartum care (Flint 1989; Harvey 1996; Kenny 1994; McLachlan 2012).
I believe in the
midwifery model of care, and most importantly, I believe in relationship -
based care.
Citizens for
Midwifery — the only national consumer -
based group promoting the Midwives
Model of Care!
A quiet but sure revolution in sustainable development has been underway for the last 35 years in India's desert state of Rajasthan, where a new
model of rural empowerment and education has taken form in the so - called Barefoot College, an alternative, community -
based learning centre that trains rural citizens in the practical training programs for solar engineering, rainwater harvesting, computer programming,
midwifery and even photography.
Midwifery - led antenatal care
models: mapping a systematic review to an evidence -
based quality framework to identify key components and characteristics of care.