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The U.S. has terrible maternal mortality rates. Could midwives help?
Midwives who travel could give rural women a better birthing experience
How Midlands colleges are working to combat maternal mortality
While many say we need a systematic change to save mothers' lives, one local professor also believes students can play a big role.
How Can You Address Maternal Mortality Disparities?
Over the past decade, there has been a dramatic increase in maternal mortality and morbidity in the US, especially among black women. These racial disparities persist even after controlling for factors like education, poverty, and income.
What Family Physicians Can Do to Reduce Maternal Mortality
Family physicians can catalyze efforts to ensure the safety of all people who give birth and to support well-being during the postpartum period.
Four Steps to Reduce Maternal Mortality
Four actions could help all hospitals that provide obstetric care reduce mortality, and healthcare providers must advocate for better policies on postpartum care, the authors of two perspective articles write.
Why Is The Maternal-Mortality Rate So High In The U.S.?
Advances in medical technology have made the U.S. a leader in healthcare. Despite these advances, the country has a shockingly high maternal-mortality rate.
Why deaths by suicide often go uncounted in states’ maternal mortality studies
Experts say the lack of data makes it harder to prevent future deaths.
Ensuring mothers do not die when giving life
A programme in seven countries advances efforts to reduce maternal and child mortality highlighting the links between violence against women and maternal health, and training midwives and community health workers to bring long-term change.
How Midwives Could Help Fix Maternal Healthcare
Nina Martin, a ProPublica reporter who covers sex and gender issues, discusses her recent article: “A Larger Role for Midwives Could Improve Deficient U.S. Care for Mothers and Babies.”
What can be done to improve our maternal death rate?
If our nation is truly committed to becoming a world leader in preventing maternal deaths, we will need to change the underlying model to ensure an obstetrician is continually available.
Midwives, Doulas, and Doctors: What's the Difference?
What's the difference between a doula, a midwife and an OB-GYN and what can they do for you and your baby? We break it down.
C-section rates: Consider this when deciding where to have your baby
A recent study suggests high C-section birth rates may be related more to hospitals' processes than to other commonly cited reasons.
How Doulas and Midwives Can Help Combat the Racial Biases of Western Medicine
Doulas and midwives advocate for their Black and brown patients, and help them be seen and heard in a way they often are not during pregnancy and birth.
Why Midwives Are Fast Becoming More Popular Than OBGYNs
‘If you are a health system trying to care for vulnerable women who don’t have health insurance, nurse midwives are often a cost-effective option.’
What genetic science says about maternal instincts
Every new mother, it seems, is many generations in the making
How does the presence of midwives affect care and birth outcomes?
A recent study compared labor care processes and birth outcomes between births in medical centers with both midwives and physicians versus those receiving only physician care.
Black infant mortality is more than twice as high as white infant mortality rate
Although medical advances in the past century have reduced infant mortality around the globe, the U.S. rate is still high compared to other developed countries. But the situation is even worse for black infants.
Why We Shouldn’t Expect New Motherhood to Be Blissful
Maternal bliss is a myth. Not that it never happens or there aren’t moments of it, but the idea that it [...]
Seven Things to Know about Midwives
Many women are unaware of the excellent benefits that a midwife can offer to you during and after a pregnancy.
How Midwives Have Become Critical In War Zones
Pregnancy is unusually complicated in humanitarian crises. Midwives also often have to help women who have experienced sexual violence and have reproductive health issues.
