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First Edition an AJN Book of the Year Award Winner! This second edition of a groundbreaking book is substantially revised to deliver the foundation for an evidence-based model for best practices in midwifery, a model critical to raising the United States' current standing as the bottom-ranking country for maternity mortality among developed nations.With a focus on updated scientific evidence as the framework for midwifery practice, the book includes 21 completely new chapters that address bothcontinuing and new areas of practice, the impact of institutional and national policies, and the effects of diversity and globalization. Incorporating themidwifery model of care, the book provides strategies for change and guidance for implementing evidence-based best practices. The book examines midwifery efforts to improve the health of women and children in the U.S., for example, Strong Start, US MERA, Centering Pregnancy, a focus on physiologic birth, and successful global endeavors. It encompasses a diverse nationwide authorship that includes leaders in midwifery,academicians, midwives representing diversity, hospital- and community-based practitioners, and policymakers. This coalition of authors from diversebackgrounds facilitates an engaging and robust discussion around best practices. Chapters open with a contemporary review of the literature, a comparisonof current (often scientifically unsubstantiated and ineffective) practices, evidence-based recommendations, and best practices for midwifery. Key Features: Focuses on scientific evidence as the framework for midwifery practice Addresses continuing and new, controversial areas of practice with strategies and guidelines for change Includes 20 out of 27 completely new chapters Authored by a diverse group of 44 prominent midwifery leaders Examines practices that are in conflict with scientific evidence

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Author:   Barbara A. Anderson ,  Judith P. Rooks, MPH, CNM, FACNM ,  Rebeca Barroso
Publisher:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.018kg
ISBN:  

9780826131782

ISBN 10:   0826131786
Pages:   568
Publication Date:   09 August 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS Contributors Foreword Holly Powell Kennedy, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN Preface SECTION I: ADVANCING MIDWIFERY CARE Barbara A. Anderson 1. The Midwifery Workforce: Issues Globally and in the United States Judith T. Fullerton and Barbara A. Anderson 2. Advocating for Childbearing Women: Current Initiatives and Workforce Challenges Heather M. Bradford and Jesse S. Bushman 3. Evaluating and Using Scientific Evidence: Foundation for Implementing Change Billie Anne Gebb, Zach G. Young, and Barbara A. Anderson SECTION II: MIDWIFERY CARE: THE EVIDENCE FOR OPTIMAL OUTCOMES Rebeca Barroso 4. Facilitating Access to Midwifery-Led Prenatal and Postpartum Care Julia C. Phillippi and Melody J. Castillo 5. Nutrition and Epigenetics in Pregnancy Mary K. Barger 6. Evidence-Based Midwifery Care for Obese Childbearing Women Laura A. Aughinbaugh and Nicole S. Carlson 7. Weight Management Counseling With Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women Cecilia M. Jevitt 8. Maternal Concerns and Knowledge About Vaccination During Pregnancy: Counseling Childbearing Women Deborah M. Brickner 9. Women in Migration: Best Practices in Midwifery Jane M. Dyer 10. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Birth Outcomes: The Challenge to Midwifery Patricia O. Loftman 11. Circles of Change: CenteringPregnancy®, Health Disparities, and Vulnerable Women Margaret S. Hutchison and Melanie R. Thomas 12. Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Maximizing Midwifery Care Cheryl Tatano Beck 13. Mind–Body Practices: Integration in the Midwifery Model of Care Kathleen A. Moriarty 14. The Freestanding Birth Center: Evidence for Change in the Delivery of Health Care to Childbearing Families Susan E. Stone, Eunice K. M. Ernst, and Susan R. Stapleton 15. Creating a Birth Center: Entrepreneurial Midwifery Kathryn Schrag and Barbara A. Anderson 16. Home as the Place of Birth: The Evidence for Safety Judith P. Rooks and Suzan Ulrich SECTION III: THE INTRAPARTAL PERIOD: USING THE EVIDENCE Rebeca Barroso 17. Therapeutic Presence and Continuous Labor Support: Hallmarks of Midwifery Robin G. Jordan 18. Untethering in Labor: Using the Evidence for Best Practice Susan M. Yount, Meghan Garland, and Rebeca Barroso 19. Vaginal Birth After Cesarean: Emotion and Reason Mayri Sagady Leslie 20. The Limits of Choice: Elective Induction and Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request Kerri D. Schuiling and Joan K. Slager 21. Evidence-Based Management of Prelabor Rupture of the Membranes at Term Amy Marowitz 22. The Midwife as Catalyst: Promoting Institutional Change With Intrapartum Immersion Hydrotherapy Elizabeth Nutter and Jenna Shaw-Battista 23. Nitrous Oxide’s Place in Labor and Birth Michelle R. Collins and Judith P. Rooks 24. Management of the Third Stage of Labor: Implementing Best Practices Mavis N. Schorn SECTION IV: COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE: THE EVIDENCE FOR BEST PRACTICES Barbara A. Anderson 25. The Role of Midwifery in Mobilizing Communities to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health Outcomes Jody R. Lori 26. The Evidence for Interprofessional Education in Midwifery Denise Colter Smith and Mary Paul Backman 27. Creating a Collaborative Working Environment Ginger K. Breedlove and John C. Jennings 28. Conclusion: Policy and Advocacy—Fostering Best Practices in a Dynamic Health Care Environment Lisa Summers Index

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Barbara A. Anderson, DrPH, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, has had a long career in nursing and public health, field-based teaching, mentorship, program planning, curriculum development, and academic administration. Judith P. Rooks, MPH, MS, CNM, FACNM, is past president of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. As a nurse-midwife and epidemiologist, she has had many years of service with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although retired, she continues to work on behalf of mothers, babies, and midwives. Rebeca Barroso, DNP, MSN, CNM, FACNM, is an assistant professor of midwifery at Frontier Nursing University and practices full-scope midwifery at HealthEast Care, Saint Paul, Minnesota, serving low-income national and international clientele at Seton Catholic Charities Clinic.

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