Sara Wickham shares links to evidence showing that caseload midwifery outperforms standard maternity care – time and time again.
Tag: midwife-led care
Midwifery care is shown to lead to better outcomes (again)
Another study has shown that receiving pregnancy care from a midwife can reduce the chance of having problems, says Sara Wickham.
Your birth: stories from midwifery-led areas
Sara Wickham reviews the book, “Your birth: stories from midwifery-led areas”, a project about women’s stories led by a midwife from Wales.
Standardisation of Care: a contradiction in terms
A guest post by Professor Emerita Mavis Kirkham: Standardisation of Care: a contradiction in terms. And why individualisation matters.
Why do women value midwifery care?
Sara Wickham looks at research exploring what it is that women value about midwifery care and the continuity of care model.
Four recent birth-related revelations…
Sara Wickham offers an update of birth-related research. This post focuses on information published in Winter 2017-2018.
A Fundamental Contradiction: the business model does not fit midwifery values
Mavis Kirkham’s article: A Fundamental Contradiction: the business model does not fit midwifery values
Celebrating the Albany Practice Outcomes
Continuity of midwifery care works in remote Australia
Outcomes of a Midwifery Group Practice in a remote city of the Northern Territory demonstrate the value of midwife-led care given in a continuity model.
Midwife-led care works in Manitoba!
Midwifery care has been shown to be effective for women in Manitoba, Canada as well, says new research shared by Sara Wickham.