ArticleAnnals of global health2020
Midwife Led Units: Transforming Maternity Care Globally.
Article in Annals of global health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Childbirth Settings: A Systematic Review.Applied health economics and health policy · 2025Pooled it
- A mixed methods systematic review of midwives' clinical practices related to prenatal care of women with obesity.Midwifery · 2023Pooled it
- Strengthening community engagement in pandemic preparedness: insights from COVID-19 response in Sidama Region, Ethiopia.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Can we implement midwifery-led continuity of care in Ethiopia? Maternal health leaders and midwives perspective: a qualitative study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Midwifery manager's experiences of knowledge and skills utilization by midwife specialists in the public health sector of South Africa.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Comparison of maternal and neonatal outcomes of midwifery-led care with routine midwifery care: a retrospective cohort study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Perspectives on midwife-led care as a solution to reduce obstetric violence in health facilities in Ghana.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Effect of midwife-led care models on maternal and fetal outcomes: A scoping review.Bioinformation · 2025Article
- Parents' Perceptions of Their Parenting Journeys and a Mobile App Intervention (Parentbot-A Digital Healthcare Assistant): Qualitative Process Evaluation.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
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- Midwife-led birthing centres in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Uganda: an economic evaluation of case study sites.BMJ global health · 2024Article
- Academic education of midwives in Germany (part 2): Opportunities and challenges for the further development of the profession of midwifery. Position paper of the Midwifery Science Committee (AHW) in the DACH Association for Medical Education (GMA).GMS journal for medical education · 2024Article
- Knowledge of women in Poland on the profession and competencies of a midwife.European journal of midwifery · 2024Article
- Challenges and Strategies of Providing Effective Antenatal Education Services in Oman's Public Healthcare System: Perspectives of service providers and pregnant women.Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2023Article
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- Pregnant women's perception of midwifery-led continuity care model in Ethiopia: a qualitative study.BMC women's health · 2023Article
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- Facilitators and barriers influencing utilization of services provided by community midwives in district Thatta, Pakistan: a qualitative exploratory study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Effects of Midwifery Care on Mode of Delivery, Duration of Labor and Postpartum Hemorrhage of Elderly Parturients.Iranian journal of public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Background: Midwifery-led care is a high-certainty, evidence-based strategy to improve maternity care. Midwife-led units (MLUs) are one example of how the midwifery model of care is being integrated into existing health systems to transform maternal health around the world. Purpose: To promote global investment in MLUs by describing the benefits, current advances and future directions of this model of care. Method: A viewpoint based on prevalent notions of midwifery, research findings, guidance from professional organizations and authors' professional experience. Conclusion: Renewed commitment to research and the implementation of MLUs across a variety of settings is needed to address the practice, education and policy issues associated with this evidence-based strategy. The World Health Organization "Year of the Nurse and Midwife-2020" is an opportune time to invest in midwifery models of care that are fundamental to achieving core global health initiatives such as Universal Healthcare 2030.
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