PPT-Understanding Contemporary US Birth and the Role of Midwives

Eugene Declercq PhD Boston University School of Public Health Grantmakers in Health Annual Meeting Atlanta Georgia March 6 2014 BirthByTheNumbersorg Three Trends of Interest Total US Births 19902012. Dr. . Sherah. Wells. Sherah.Wells@warwick.ac.uk . Transformations: Gender, Reproduction, and Contemporary Society. PPUpdateSWells11.2012. Structure of the Lecture. Homebirth – a debate. The . Medicalisation. . Midwifery Led Care.  . Astrid Osbourne. Consultant Midwife & Supervisor of Midwives. SRN,SCM,PG Dip Professional Studies, MSc Advanced Midwifery practice, Post Grad Cert Supervision of Midwives . Amy Tuteur, MD. The Skeptical OB. 10 Astounding Claims Made by Homebirth Midwives. At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:. Describe the different types of midwives in the US, their education and training. A Home Birth Primer for MCH Programs. Geradine Simkins, RN, CNM, MSN. Midwives Alliance, Executive Director . Benefits of planned home birth:. Home births promote normal physiologic birth. . . WHO (1996) call for elimination of unnecessary interventions in childbirth . The issues raised are understandably difficult for midwives. It is imperative as a profession, that we listen and support women in the choices that they make, even when we do not agree with them.. Your professional obligations include;. November 2015. Jesse S. Bushman. Director, Advocacy and Government Affairs. American College of Nurse-Midwives. Presentation Purpose. Describe current trends in the maternity care workforce. Describe the role of CNMs/CMs in addressing maternity care provider shortages. Our Past, Present, and Future in Virginia. Commonwealth Midwives Alliance. Direct-Entry Midwifery. Definition:. A general term used to describe a midwife who has received her training without first becoming a nurse.. Aims. To introduce ideas about maternity and social and medical models of childbirth.. To set the context by looking at the experience of maternity before 1700.. To explore changes in maternity care in the period 1700-1800 and the conflicts between midwives and men-midwives.. . Sukey. Krause, CNM, MSN, Assistant Professor, UMMS-Baystate. Heather Z. Sankey, MD, MEd, FACOG, CPE, Professor, UMMS-Baystate. Objectives. Examine the historic development of midwifery and obstetrics. b_l Lozano, et al. (2011). Progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on maternal and child mortality: An updated systematic analysis. www.thelancet.com Published online Sept Photo by Jhp PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR NATURAL BIRTH WHO IS A MIDWIFE? A Midwife is a professional and trusted expert in natural birth. She looks aer pregnant women who have no medical complications. She is a pers . In 201Percentage of Births Attended byCertied Nurse-Midwives and Certied Midwives, 2005–2014Births: Final Data for 2014. National Vital Statistics Reports; Vol 64, No 12. 2015Midwifer  Greater emphasis on child protectionEU regulationsIncreased emphasis on women’s rightsMidwifery – are there enough people coming through?More interprofessional workingIncreasingly ageing work lay midwifery and lay of midwife. 1985; Sal- midwives failed Medical control and lay of professionalization. other hand, Colorado: A Case to be to believe (CMA), a Colorado Congres- 1984, I 1975). 2