Sentences with phrase «of quality maternity care»

Is the interest here truly the provision of quality maternity care, or is it a matter of who gets the available dollars?

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This is a bit of a problem for everyone — for mothers and their babies as well as those wanting to ensure all women get access to quality maternity care.

Since the launch of Childbirth Connection's Transforming Maternity Care initiative in 2007, program work has focused on improving maternity care quality and value by strengthening the effectiveness of the maternity carMaternity Care initiative in 2007, program work has focused on improving maternity care quality and value by strengthening the effectiveness of the maternity care sysCare initiative in 2007, program work has focused on improving maternity care quality and value by strengthening the effectiveness of the maternity carmaternity care quality and value by strengthening the effectiveness of the maternity care syscare quality and value by strengthening the effectiveness of the maternity carmaternity care syscare system.

«Midwives are working harder and doing more with less and maternity services and the quality of care is suffering.

Kate has been instrumental in promoting a safety, quality agenda in health care for women and infants, and developing collaborative models between midwives and obstetricians to engender integration of home birth into the maternity care system.

In 2008, Childbirth Connection convened a Vision Team of innovators in maternity care delivery and health systems design to define the fundamental values, principles, and goals for a high - quality, high - value maternity care system.

The maternity services liaison committee is, and will continue to be, a useful forum for clinicians from all relevant disciplines to work together with informed user representatives and input from pregnant women and new parents, on initiatives to continuously improve the quality of care.

For a long time, the quality of maternity care has been measured by the rate of deaths to mothers and babies.

Since 2000, she has been Director of Programs at Childbirth Connection, working with colleagues and partners to advance Childbirth Connection's mission of improving the quality and value of maternity care through consumer engagement and health system transformation (transform.childbirthconnection.org, http://www.childbirthconnection.org).

Carol is a member of the Expecting More team that is creating state - of - the - science maternity care decision aids; co-author of 2010 direction - setting companion reports: «2020 Vision for a High - Quality, High - Value Maternity Care System» and «Blueprint for Action»; lead author of the Milbank Report Evidence - based Maternity Care: What It Is and What It Can Achieve; a co-investigator of three path - breaking national Listening to Mothers surveys; founding author of a quarterly evidence column (2003 - 07) that continues to be published in midwifery and nursing journals; author of an annual column in Birth (2006 --RRB-; and guest editor of special issues on Transforming Maternity Care, The Nature and Management of Labor Pain, and cesarean sectionmaternity care decision aids; co-author of 2010 direction - setting companion reports: «2020 Vision for a High - Quality, High - Value Maternity Care System» and «Blueprint for Action»; lead author of the Milbank Report Evidence - based Maternity Care: What It Is and What It Can Achieve; a co-investigator of three path - breaking national Listening to Mothers surveys; founding author of a quarterly evidence column (2003 - 07) that continues to be published in midwifery and nursing journals; author of an annual column in Birth (2006 --RRB-; and guest editor of special issues on Transforming Maternity Care, The Nature and Management of Labor Pain, and cesarean section overcare decision aids; co-author of 2010 direction - setting companion reports: «2020 Vision for a High - Quality, High - Value Maternity Care System» and «Blueprint for Action»; lead author of the Milbank Report Evidence - based Maternity Care: What It Is and What It Can Achieve; a co-investigator of three path - breaking national Listening to Mothers surveys; founding author of a quarterly evidence column (2003 - 07) that continues to be published in midwifery and nursing journals; author of an annual column in Birth (2006 --RRB-; and guest editor of special issues on Transforming Maternity Care, The Nature and Management of Labor Pain, and cesarean sectionMaternity Care System» and «Blueprint for Action»; lead author of the Milbank Report Evidence - based Maternity Care: What It Is and What It Can Achieve; a co-investigator of three path - breaking national Listening to Mothers surveys; founding author of a quarterly evidence column (2003 - 07) that continues to be published in midwifery and nursing journals; author of an annual column in Birth (2006 --RRB-; and guest editor of special issues on Transforming Maternity Care, The Nature and Management of Labor Pain, and cesarean section overCare System» and «Blueprint for Action»; lead author of the Milbank Report Evidence - based Maternity Care: What It Is and What It Can Achieve; a co-investigator of three path - breaking national Listening to Mothers surveys; founding author of a quarterly evidence column (2003 - 07) that continues to be published in midwifery and nursing journals; author of an annual column in Birth (2006 --RRB-; and guest editor of special issues on Transforming Maternity Care, The Nature and Management of Labor Pain, and cesarean sectionMaternity Care: What It Is and What It Can Achieve; a co-investigator of three path - breaking national Listening to Mothers surveys; founding author of a quarterly evidence column (2003 - 07) that continues to be published in midwifery and nursing journals; author of an annual column in Birth (2006 --RRB-; and guest editor of special issues on Transforming Maternity Care, The Nature and Management of Labor Pain, and cesarean section overCare: What It Is and What It Can Achieve; a co-investigator of three path - breaking national Listening to Mothers surveys; founding author of a quarterly evidence column (2003 - 07) that continues to be published in midwifery and nursing journals; author of an annual column in Birth (2006 --RRB-; and guest editor of special issues on Transforming Maternity Care, The Nature and Management of Labor Pain, and cesarean sectionMaternity Care, The Nature and Management of Labor Pain, and cesarean section overCare, The Nature and Management of Labor Pain, and cesarean section overuse.

Delegates were a diverse multidisciplinary group of leaders with a passion for quality in maternity care and a commitment to work together to improve safety for women and babies across birth sites.

This includes increasing maternity leave, strengthening the quality of care in maternity facilities to include lactation counselling, and protecting against aggressive marketing of breast - milk substitutes so that mothers can gain confidence in their breastfeeding abilities.

Of the stillbirths, the number occurring less than 12 hours before or during childbirth, has decreased 18 % in less than 5 years, mainly due to improvements in quality of facility childbirth, emergency obstetric care and mothers choosing to deliver their babies in maternity facilities, according DHOf the stillbirths, the number occurring less than 12 hours before or during childbirth, has decreased 18 % in less than 5 years, mainly due to improvements in quality of facility childbirth, emergency obstetric care and mothers choosing to deliver their babies in maternity facilities, according DHof facility childbirth, emergency obstetric care and mothers choosing to deliver their babies in maternity facilities, according DHS.

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.

Every day, America's nurses play an integral part in providing quality, evidence - based maternity care; care that is respectful of the mother - baby dyad, which results in excellent medical outcomes and produces the highest levels of patient satisfaction.

Given the heterogeneity in the choice of outcome measures routinely collected and reported in randomised evaluations of models of maternity care, a core (minimum) data set, such as that by Devane 2007, and a validated measure of maternal quality of life and well being would be useful not only within multi-centre trials and for comparisons between trials, but might also be a significant step in facilitating useful meta - analyses of similar studies.

Since then, research, professional guidelines, state — wide health care directives, hospital systems, health care quality improvement initiatives, and federal and state - level maternity care legislation have identified many aspects of the MFCI and the Ten Steps of the Mother - Friendly Childbirth Initiative as key factors to improving maternal - infant health outcomes.

Lastly, I do not equate any of the political movements you described with quality hospital - based maternity care where many mothers and babies go home alive.

Website: A nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of maternity care.

(Wednesday 9 October 2013) The Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services Ireland (AIMS Ireland) today welcomed the HIQA report into the safety, quality and standards of care of Savita Halappanavar and called for the HSE to immediately... Read More

The overarching goal of MCP2 was to reduce key barriers and facilitate the implementation of national multidisciplinary collaborative primary maternity care strategies as a means of increasing the availability and quality of maternity services for all Canadian women.

As we work to incorporate a model of shared decision - making into maternity care in this country, it is essential that women and their care - providers have access to high quality data like this.

At this event, we honored and recognized exemplary MCH practitioners and activists for their ingenuity, audacity, boldness, and potential in making a profound difference in the lives of mothers and infants, and improving maternity care quality.

To improve the quality of maternity care, the WHO affirms that a positive experience of childbirth is just as important for optimal maternal, newborn, and family health and well - being as evidence - based, clinical care.

The National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ) has taken its years of experience in helping hospitals improve maternity care practices to support breastfeeding and packaged the key strategies into a series of virtual coaching programs for healthcare professionals.

Lynch continued «Whilst we already have many guidelines in Ireland theoretically governing the standard of care that women and their babies receive in our maternity services, the standards created by HIQA will be directly audited and will enable women and care providers to assess the safety and quality of care.

Measuring the quality of maternity care has never been easy.

Organizers and delegates are a diverse multidisciplinary group of leaders with a passion for quality in maternity care and a commitment to work together to improve safety for women and babies across birth sites.

We believe optional designation weakens one of the most effective strategies used to achieve sustainable improvements in the quality of maternity care and breastfeeding rates, as evidenced by research and its success in many countries.

Given the heterogeneity in the choice of outcome measures routinely collected and reported in randomised evaluations of models of maternity care, a core (minimum) dataset, such as that by Devane 2007, and a validated measure of maternal quality of life and wellbeing would be useful not only within multi-centre trials and for comparisons between trials, but might also be a significant step in facilitating useful meta - analyses of similar studies.

It is hoped however that Ireland's first national Maternity Strategy [5], published recently on foot of significant shortcomings in Irish maternity services, will offer more choice of quality models of maternity care to women and their Maternity Strategy [5], published recently on foot of significant shortcomings in Irish maternity services, will offer more choice of quality models of maternity care to women and their maternity services, will offer more choice of quality models of maternity care to women and their maternity care to women and their families.

The California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative is composed of multi stakeholder professional organizations (obstetricians, nurses, midwives and family practitioners), hospitals, public health department and public representatives working together to end preventable mortality and morbidity in maternity cCare Collaborative is composed of multi stakeholder professional organizations (obstetricians, nurses, midwives and family practitioners), hospitals, public health department and public representatives working together to end preventable mortality and morbidity in maternity carecare.

Licensing Certified Professional Midwives is the best way to ensure that those families who choose out - of - hospital birth will have access to quality maternity care.

According to Jill Arnold, a consultant on consumer engagement in maternity care and founder of CesareanRates.com, «Without pairing information on quality measures — such as hospital C - section rates and episiotomy rates — with an out - of - pocket cost estimator, consumers don't have the opportunity to make the connection between facility and provider fees and rates of procedures performed.»

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