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Annotation: This toolkit is for midwives, doulas, and other childbirth educators to introduce newborn screening into midwifery practices and into nontraditional settings including childbirth education classes. Brochures, videos, and other educational materials are provided for the states of New York, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Links to resources for national audiences are provided from the March of Dimes, the Health Services and Resources Administration, Genetic Alliance, and the Save Babies Through Screening Foundation. Materials are available in English and Spanish, with items from Pennsylvania available in Chinese, French, Portuguese, Vietnamese, and Russian.

Contact: Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, NYS Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, P.O. Box 509, Albany, NY 12201-0509, Telephone: (518) 474-2160 Web Site: http://www.wadsworth.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Childbirth education, Educational materials, Genetic screening, Midwifery, Midwives, Neonatal screening, Newborn infants, Spanish language materials

Annotation: This doctoral paper describes the development and implementation of a quality improvement initiative to improve the consistency of midwifery-led postpartum patient education on the day of hospital discharge. Guided by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Model for Improvement framework and the Knowledge to Action Framework, the project involved creating a comprehensive postpartum patient education handout, modifying the existing discharge summary documentation template, and altering the midwifery postpartum workflow. The project was conducted over two Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles in a faculty midwifery practice at a large urban academic hospital in the Pacific Northwest. Key findings demonstrated increased documentation of postpartum education, with 100% of discharge summaries utilizing the standardized template post-intervention. The project highlights the importance of improving consistency in discharge education to enhance maternal health outcomes, provider workflow, and health equity in postpartum care.

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Keywords: Midwifery, Patient discharge, Patient educatiton materials, Postpartum care, Quality improvement

Annotation: This recorded webinar provides background information on the global maternal mortlaity crisis and highlights opportunities for birth workers to intervene and alleviate the crisis. Guest presenters from international maternal and child health organizations give an overview of their practice to support pregnant and birthing people, and prevent maternal deaths. Special guests: Andrew Herrera, MPH, MBA, Executive Director of Curamericas; Mario Rodriguez Valdez Ramirez, Executive Director of Casa Maternas, Guatemala; Juany Valdez, Head Nurse of Casa Maternas, Guatemala; Nick Pearson, Founder and Co-Executive Director of Jacranda Health; Chanel Porchia-Albert, Founder of Ancient Song Doula Services.

Contact: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, 1825 K Street, N.W., Suite 250, Washington, DC 20006-1202, Telephone: (202) 775-0436 Fax: (202) 478-5120 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.amchp.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Childbirth, Community health workers, Doulas, International health, Maternal mortality, Midwifery, Pregnancy, Prevention, Social support

Annotation: This toolkit focuses on leveraging Medicaid coverage of doula and midwifery services to expand the perinatal workforce, particularly for low-income individuals and people of color who are disproportionately impacted by the high United States maternal mortality rate. The toolkit outlines key Medicaid policy considerations for implementing doula and midwifery services perinatally and postpartum, aligning with goals set by the White House blueprint and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services action plan. Topics covered include raising awareness of the roles of doulas and midwives; identifying community assets, engaging the provider community, and building infrastructure; developing training, licensing, and certification guidelines for doulas and various types of midwives (such as Certified Nurse-Midwives, Certified Midwives, and Certified Professional Midwives); determining the structure of the Medicaid benefit; implementing the benefit through quality and performance initiatives and building a diverse workforce; and monitoring quality improvement and outcomes while addressing barriers to care. The document provides state examples, mentioning efforts in states such as Virginia, California, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, New Jersey, Illinois, and New York to establish provider guidelines, define the scope of services, and outline reimbursement and billing structures.

Contact: National Academy for State Health Policy, 10 Free Street, Second Floor, Portland, ME 04101, Telephone: (207) 874-6524 Secondary Telephone: (202) 903-0101 Fax: (207) 874-6527 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nashp.org

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Keywords: Doulas, Medicaid, Midwifery

Annotation: This consensus study report reviews and evaluates maternal and newborn care in the United States; the epidemiology of social and clinical risks in pregnancy and childbirth; research on birth settings; and access to and choice of birth settings in America. Maternal and neonatal interventions and health outcomes are compared across birth settings, including hospitals, birthing centers, and home birth environments.

Contact: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-2000 Fax: E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/health-and-medicine-division Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to care, Birthing centers, Cesarean section, Childbirth, Health facilities, Home childbirth, Hospitals, Infant care, Maternal health, Maternal morbidity, Maternity hospitals, Measures, Midwifery, Policy , Pregnancy, Pregnancy outcome, Risk factors, Social factors, Statistics, Trends

Annotation: This series of seven toolkits are intended for oral health faculty to download and integrate into their course curricula: (1) Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program, (2) Family Nurse Practitioner Program, (3) Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioners Program, (4) Nurse Midwifery Program, (5) Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Program, (6) Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioners Program, and (7) Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program. The toolkits offer classroom, simulation, and clinical teaching-learning strategies that address population health issues that are relevant to promoting the health of women, children, families, and communities.

Contact: Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice, 433 First Avenue, Sixth Floor, New York, NY 10003, Telephone: (212) 992-7023 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://ohnep.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Health promotion, Mental health, Midwifery, Nursing education, Older adults, Oral health, Service integration

Annotation: This document outlines the ways in which community-based doula programs in New York state have been strategically implemented to serve families most at risk for poor maternal and infant health outcomes. It describes the state's Medicaid Doula Pilot program, including the potential cost savings; presents evidence on the effectiveness of doula care in improving childbirth outcomes; and offers recommendations for states that either provide or are planning to provide Medicaid coverage of doula care.

Contact: Ancient Song Doula Services , 521 Halsey Street , Brooklyn, NY 11233, Telephone: (347) 778-3490 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.ancientsongdoulaservices.com/ Available from the website.

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Keywords: Childbirth, Community health services, Cultural barriers, Ethnic factors, Medicaid, Midwifery, Doulas, Model programs, Racial factors, Social support, State Initiatives

Annotation: This report summarizes qualitative survey data on midwifery practice collected from a variety of key stakeholders in New York state, including individuals working in public hospital midwifery departments and academic midwifery programs; private practice midwives working in all settings, health service providers; public health professionals; obstetricians and family physicians; hospital administrators; and childbearing women who have given birth in all settings. The report highlights the value of the midwifery model, including the reduced risk of cesarean delivery and other interventions; the improvement in the childbirth experience; and the reduction in cost. The report discusses the historical and current climate of midwifery care in New York, addresses barriers to midwifery practice, and offers recommendations to maximize midwifery to further improve maternal and infant outcomes.

Contact: Every Mother Counts, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://everymothercounts.org/ Available from the website.

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Keywords: Childbirth, Maternal health services, Maternal mortality, Midwifery, New York, Prevention, Qualitative evaluation , Social support, Surveys

Annotation: This website provides tools for optimizing the outcomes of labor safely and reducing the risk of primary cesarean delivery among lost-risk women. The site describes the American College of Nurse-Midwives' Healthy Birth Initiative: Reducing Primary Cesareans Project; presents statistics on primary cesarean sections; and links to additional resources and tools to help reduce non-medically indicated cesarean sections, share decision-making with patients, promote and support physiologic birth; and improve the quality of maternity care. Clinical guidelines for the care of women during each stage of labor are also provided.

Contact: American College of Nurse-Midwives, 1209 12th Street, SW, Suite 600 , Washington, DC 20024-2188, Telephone: (240) 485-1800 Secondary Telephone: (240) 485-1813 Fax: (240) 485-1818 E-mail: Web Site: http://www.midwife.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Cesarean sections, Childbirth, Guidelines, Midwifery, Prevention, Safety, Social support, Vaginal birth

Contact: United Nations Population Fund, 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158, Telephone: (212) 297-5000 Fax: (212) 370-0201 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.unfpa.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Childbirth, Data, International health, Midwifery, Reproductive rights, Trends, Women', s health

Annotation: This document focuses on problems with the maternity care system in the United States. Topics include the maternity care crisis, outcomes and quality, implementing the solution, addressing disparities with midwifery care, and the role for health funders.

Contact: Grantmakers In Health, 1100 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20036-4101, Telephone: (202) 452-8331 Fax: (202) 452-8340 Web Site: http://www.gih.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Childbirth, Costs, Financing, Midwifery, Prenatal care, Racial factors, Reproductive health, Women', s health

Annotation: This book addresses care by nurses and midwives in the preconception, prenatal, and postpartum stages and offers suggestions on the addition of holistic care. Topics include health education, nutrition, physical examinations, laboratory and diagnostic tests, the transition to parenthood, breastfeeding, contraception, and general health issues for women. Patient education materials, sample forms and charts, and guidelines for providing culturally competent care are included in the appendices. An index concludes the book.

Contact: Wolters Kluwer Health, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, P.O. Box 1620, Hagerstown, MD 21741, Telephone: (800) 638-3030 Secondary Telephone: (301) 223-23000 Fax: (301) 223-2400 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.lww.com Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-7817-2929-7.

Keywords: Educational materials, Manuals, Midwifery, Nursing education, Nursing specialties, Obstetrical nursing, Postpartum care, Preconception care, Prenatal care

Annotation: This report describes the future of midwifery and offers fourteen recommendations for educators, policy makers, and professionals to consider as a means of improving women's health care by increasing access to midwives and their model of care.

Contact: University of California, San Francisco, Healthforce Center for Research and Leadership Development, 3333 California Street, Suite 410, San Francisco, CA 94143, Telephone: (415) 476-8181 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://healthforce.ucsf.edu Available from the website.

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Keywords: Midwifery, Reports

Annotation: This book contains information about the organization and goals of the Midwives Alliance of North America. It includes a statement of philosophy and goals, the history of the organization, a statement of values and ethics, a list of standards and qualifications for the art and practice of midwifery, and a list of core competencies for midwifery practice.

Contact: Midwives' Alliance of North America, 611 Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E. #1700 , Washington, DC 20003-4303, Telephone: (888) 923-6262 Fax: (417) 777-6181 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.mana.org Price unknown.

Keywords: Associations, Ethics, Midwifery, Midwives, Standards

Annotation: This book emphasizes childbirth as a safe, natural event, one which should seldom require medical intervention such as ceasarian section. According to the authors, the five most important aspects of a healthy pregnancy are: good nutrition; skillful midwifery; natural childbirth; home birth and; and breastfeeding. It contains strongly worded critiques of the maternal health practices of the medical establishment.

Contact: International Association of Parents and Professionals for Safe Alternatives in Childbirth, Route 4, Box 646, Marble Hill, MO 63764, Telephone: (573) 238-2010 Fax: E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: Available in libraries.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Home childbirth, Labor, Maternal health, Maternal nutrition, Midwifery, Natural childbirth

Annotation: This book provides information on the history of midwifery in America and discusses the safety, quality, and cost effectiveness of such care. It discusses the development of direct-entry midwifery; safety of out-of-hospital births in the U.S.; midwifery in Europe, Canada, Australia, and Japan; effect of midwifery on costs and other special contributions; and recommendations for the future. The book ends with a list of references.

Contact: Temple University Press, 1601 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122, Telephone: (800) 621-2736 Fax: (800) 621-8471 Web Site: http://www.temple.edu/tempress/ $54.95. Document Number: ISBN 1-56639-565-8.

Keywords: Birthing centers, Childbirth, Cost effectiveness, Managed care, Midwifery, Safety

Annotation: A central theme of this study is that maternity care systems which provide midwife care for normal pregnancies and births, and obstetrical care for complications, have the lowest rates of complications and deaths. The author traces the history of the persecution of midwives and reviews contemporary obstetrical practices.

Contact: New American Library, 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014, Telephone: (212) 366-2000 Web Site: http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/aboutus/adult/nal.html Available in libraries.

Keywords: Childbirth, Midwifery, Midwives

Annotation: This thesis, submitted to the University of Utah School of Nursing, consists of the biographies of four women who practiced nurse-midwifery during the first forty years of the profession's existence. They were Rose McNaught, Lalla Mary Goggans, Aileen Hogan, and Agnes Reinders. The biographical information is analyzed for shared characteristics which could contribute to the response each woman made to the challenges she met in the course of her career. The accomplishments of the four nurse-midwives are examined in light of the changes in childbirth practices which occurred in the first half of the twentieth century.

Keywords: Biographies, Childbirth, History, Midwifery, Midwives

Annotation: This report provides updated and analyzed information on maternity care and family planning services in 210 countries. The expanded role and functions of the professional midwife as a teacher and family counselor are discussed.

Keywords: Family planning, International programs, Midwifery, Obstetrical care

Annotation: This book describes the modern day practices of childbirth in hospitals with medications and contrasts this approach with natural childbirth. It discusses male dominated views of American childbirth, midwifery, and the return of home births and birthing centers. The author argues against episiotomy, drugs, induced labor, and the supine birth position. Sprinkled throughout the book are personal accounts of women who have had hospital births and home births.

Keywords: Birthing centers, Childbirth, Home childbirth, Midwifery, Midwives, Natural childbirth, Nurse midwives, Pregnancy