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This list of organizations is drawn from the MCH Organizations Database. Contact information is the most recent known to the MCH Digital Library.

Displaying records 1 through 3 (3 total).

American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)

Annotation: The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) is the professional organization for nurse-midwives in the United States. Its mission is to support midwives, advance the practice of midwifery, and achieve optimal, equitable health outcomes for the people and communities midwives serve. The organization provides professional practice materials, continuing education opportunities, and legislative updates. The peer-reviewed Journal of Nurse-Midwifery and Women's Health is ACNM's official journal.

Keywords: Childbirth, Conferences, Ethics, Family planning, Labor, Nurse midwives, Postpartum care, Prenatal care, Professional societies, Publications, Reproductive health, Standards

Midwives' Alliance of North America (MANA)

National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM)

Annotation: The National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM) is the membership organization representing Certified Professional Midwives in the United States. The organization works to ensure a powerful, collective voice for CPMs while directing its influence toward improving outcomes for childbearing people and their infants, investing in a strong CPM workforce, and helping to drive changes in the U.S. birthing care systems, particularly by promoting access to normal physiologic birth. NACPM focuses its efforts across several major topics, including equity in birth and midwifery, federal policy priorities,relationship building with hospitals and complementary healthcare providers, and licensed midwifery access and equity. It offers professional core documents, practice guidelines, professional development webinars, and various scholarship and grant opportunities. The organization also engages in research and hosts conferences and other educational events.

Keywords: Advocacy, Associations, Certification, Midwifery, Midwives
   

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