The Legacy of Midwifery and the Women’s Health Movement in Contemporary Discourses of Patient Choice and Empowerment
Margaret E. MacDonald, PhD.
ABSTRACT
This commentary traces the roots of the notion of patient empowerment and patient-centred care to the radical beginnings of the women’s health movement and the feminist critiques of medicalized childbirth. I pay particular attention to the emergence of the concept of informed choice in community midwifery as one of the women’s health...
Data Quality in the Ontario Midwifery Program Database, 2006 to 2009
Adriana Cappelletti, BHSc, Angela H. Reitsma, RM, MSc, Julia Simioni, MSc, Jordyn Horne, BSc, Caroline McGregor, BSc, Rashid J. Ahmed, BSc, and Eileen K. Hutton, PhD
ABSTRACT
Objective: To identify common errors in midwifery data collection and provide midwives with the rationales behind data cleaning, the importance of reliable data, and the links between data collection, research studies, and...
Ontario Midwives’ Attitudes About Abortion and Abortion Provision
Manavi Handa, RM, MHSc, and Simone Rosenberg, RM
ABSTRACT
Objective: In Ontario and across Canada, midwives do not provide pregnancy termination but provide referrals and support for clients. This differs from a number of international jurisdictions where abortion has been added to the midwifery scope of practice, resulting in safe outcomes for women and improved access to services. This...
The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Adverse Birth Outcomes
Emily E. Campbell, MScFN RD, and Jamie A. Seabrook, PhD
ABSTRACT
Adverse birth outcomes are associated with infant morbidity and mortality and with an increased likelihood of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease in adulthood. Socioeconomic status (SES) is one of the most reliable predictors of health disparities, and although the association between SES and birth outcomes has been studied previously, this is,...
The Impact of the Advances in Labour and Risk Management (ALARM) Course on Learners’ Perceptions of their Own and Others’ Professions
Beth Murray Davis, RM, PhD, Meghan McConnell, PhD, Anne Malott, RM, PhD(c), Valerie
Mueller, MD, Elizabeth Shaw, MD, and Patricia Solomon, PhD
ABSTRACT
Background: Simulation-based training in emergencies is beneficial for all professionals who work in obstetrics. However, managing obstetric emergencies requires both technical and non-technical skills such as teamwork. Interprofessional education (IPE) offers an effective strategy for learning competencies in collaboration...
Anarchists, Naturalists, Hippies, and Artists: Beliefs about Midwifery Care and Those Who Choose It
Sarah L. Sangster and Melanie K. Bayly
ABSTRACT
Although demand for midwifery services in Canada is increasing, research suggests that a low proportion of Canadians would consider midwifery care for their or their partner’s pregnancy. There is still a significant gap in knowledge about why Canadians prefer physician or obstetrician based care over midwifery care. In order to...