Faduma Gure, MSc, Tasha Macdonald, MHSc, RM, Alexa Minichiello, MScPl, and Sophia Kehler, RM
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Hyperbilirubinemia is the most common reason for the hospitalization of a newborn within the first week of life. Very little is known, however, about the impact this diagnosis and subsequent management has on parents, particularly within the midwifery context. The Clinical Knowledge Translation...
Rose A. Schmidt, MPH, Kyla Kaminsky, MA, Courtney R. Green, PhD, and Jocelynn L. Cook, PhD, MBA
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Alcohol use during pregnancy is associated with multiple adverse health outcomes for the woman and fetus, including stillbirth, miscarriage, low birth weight, and risk of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Midwives are uniquely situated to routinely engage in conversations about...
Beth Currie, Olivia Marquez, and Elizabeth Darling, RM
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Background: Although midwives in most Canadian provinces and other high-income countries have contraceptive prescribing ability, it is not within the Ontario midwifery scope of practice.
Aim: To outline the contraceptive-related scope of practice of midwives in Canada and other high-income countries and to review the outcomes of contraceptive provision...
Luba Butska, RM, PhD, and Kathrin Stoll, PhD
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Background: Internationally, continuity of care has been identified as a possible strategy to prevent burnout. The majority of midwives in British Columbia and Alberta practice within a continuity-based model of care, but British Columbia midwives have significantly higher burnout scores.
Methods: We compared data from midwives from Alberta...
Elizabeth K. Darling, RM, PhD, Tonya MacDonald, RM, MSc, Lisa Nussey, RM, BSc, Beth Murray-Davis RM, PhD, and Meredith Vanstone, PhD
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Midwifery care is associated with health benefits for disadvantaged groups but continues to be accessed less frequently in Ontario by people who are of lower socio-economic status (SES). We conducted a qualitative descriptive study investigating...
Elizabeth K. Darling, RM, PhD, Beth Murray-Davis, RM, PhD, Rashid J. Ahmed, MSc, and Meredith Vanstone, PhD
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Objective: To describe access to Ontario midwifery care based on socio-economic status.
Design: Two retrospective cohort studies.
Setting: Ontario, Canada.
Participants: (1) All Ontario midwifery billable courses of care discharged between April 1, 2006, and March 31, 2017 (N =...
Lisa Nussey, RM, BSc, Tonya MacDonald, RM, MPH, Beth Murray-Davis, RM, PhD, Meredith Vanstone, PhD, and Elizabeth K. Darling, RM, PhD
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Increasing access to midwifery care for disadvantaged groups was an explicit goal of the regulation of midwifery in Ontario. However, people of low socio-economic status (SES) remain less likely to receive midwifery care. We conducted...
Kellie Thiessen, RM, RN, PhD, Margaret Haworth-Brockman, BSc, MSc, Nathan Nickel, MPH, PhD, Margaret Morris, MD, FRCSC, MEd, Kristine Robinson BScN, RM, MSc, Ivy Bourgeault, PhD, and Shelley Derksen, BSc, MSc
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Background: Alleviating shortages in health workforce and delivery of efficient maternity care models are unresolved policy issues in Canada. In the province of Manitoba, obstetricians do the...