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Midwifery is a public health strategy Public health is “the art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting…

Skin-to-skin contact between a mother and baby at birth While facilitating immediate and uninterrupted skin-to-skin (S2S) for an hour after…

Less than 10% of Australian women can access midwifery continuity of carer. This model provides women with a known and…

The world needs midwives Maternal and infant health are a global priority. Midwives are pivotal to the wellbeing of women…

Key issues in early labour Early labour at home is a significant component of women’s birth experience. Women commonly feel…

When a baby is born preterm, they are more likely to face significant health challenges. As a consequence, the care…

There has been an expansion in research focussed on how best to prepare midwifery students for practice over recent years….

When attempting to solve difficult problems in healthcare, professional organisations are increasingly making use of bundled approaches to care. A…

Continuity of midwifery care provides superior maternal and neonatal outcomes (Sandall et al., 2016). Access to continuity of care models…

Women value midwifery students and midwifery students value women. One Australian university has begun to collect routine, ongoing, web-based feedback…