Background Midwives are primary providers of care for childbearing women globally and
there is a need to establish whether there are differences in effectiveness between midwife …

Innovative programs introduced in response to the Millennium Development Goals show
promise to reduce the global rate of maternal mortality. The Sustainable Development …

The publication provides guidance and recommendations for the roles of non physician
providers (midwives nurses auxiliary nurses community workers pharmacists) in the …

Background Good outcomes during pregnancy and childbirth are related to availability,
utilisation and effective implementation of essential interventions for labour and childbirth …

Background In the past decade, the negative impact of disrespectful maternity care on
women's utilisation and experiences of facility-based delivery has been well documented …

METHODS An exploratory inquiry was conducted with an on-line semi-structured
questionnaire. Its content was based on the Greenwood sociological criteria for a profession …

Objective High-quality, respectful maternity care has been identified as an important birth
process and outcome. However, there are very few studies about experiences of care during …

Introduction The United States is increasingly racially diverse. Racial disparities in maternal‐
child health persist. Despite national calls for workforce diversification, more than 90% of …

Background Significant factors affecting the Australian maternity care context include an
ageing, predominantly part-time midwifery workforce, increasingly medicalised maternity …

Abstract Background Although Ethiopia is scaling up Maternity Waiting Homes (MWHs) to
reduce maternal and perinatal mortality, women's use of MWHs varies markedly between …