Links
Midwives Alliance of North America
The mission of MANA is to provide a nurturing forum for support and cooperation among midwives. Web page highlights: Direct-Entry Midwifery State-by-State Legal Status, MANA midwest regional reports, 80 references on the safety of homebirth, and more.
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Midwives Model of CareThe Midwives Model of Care is based on the fact that pregnancy and birth are normal life events.
The Midwives Model of Care includes:
- Monitoring the physical, psychological, and social well-being of the mother throughout the childbearing cycle
- Providing the mother with individualized education, counseling, and prenatal care, continuous hands-on assistance during labor and delivery, and postpartum support
- Minimizing technological interventions
- Identifying and referring women who require obstetrical attention
The application of this woman-centered model of care has been proven to reduce the incidence of birth injury, trauma, and cesarean section.
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Celebrate the journey of pregnancy.
Cherish a woman’s natural ability to nourish a healthy pregnancy and birth.
Create your ideal birth environment and be supported physically and emotionally.
Discover the safe personal care of a midwife.
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North American Registry Of Midwives
The North American Registry of Midwives (NARM) is an international certification agency whose mission is to establish and administer certification for the credential “Certified Professional Midwife” (CPM).
Web page highlights: How to become a CPM, Summary of testimony regarding the quality of the NARM certification process by two experts in education and testing from Ohio State University, and more.
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Midwifery Education Accreditation Council
The Midwifery Education Accreditation Council’s mission is to promote excellence in midwifery education through accreditation. It creates standards and criteria for the education of midwives. MEAC standards incorporate the nationally recognized core competencies and guiding principles set by the Midwives Alliance of North America and the requirements for national certification of the North American Registry of Midwives.
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American College of Nurse Midwives
The American College of Nurse Midwives’ (ACNM) mission is to promote the health and well-being of women and infants within their families and communities through the development and support of the profession of midwifery as practiced by certified nurse-midwives, and certified midwives. The philosophy inherent in the profession states that nurse-midwives believe every individual has the right to safe, satisfying health care with respect for human dignity and cultural variations.
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Citizens for Midwifery is a non-profit, volunteer, grassroots organization. Founded by several mothers in 1996, it is the only national consumer-based group promoting the Midwives Model of Care.
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Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery
The mission of the Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery (FAM) is to improve the health status of women, babies and families by increasing awareness of and access to the midwifery model of care. This mission is accomplished through the funding of education, research and public policy initiatives.
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Ohio Friends of MidwivesThe Ohio Friends of Midwives (OFOM) is a non-profit, grassroots, consumer-based organization dedicated to supporting and promoting midwifery, particularly direct-entry midwifery, also known as “lay midwifery”, as a quality health care option for Ohio women and their families. OFOM serves as an educational resource for the public and for both professional and non-professional groups who share an interest in the Midwifery Model of Care for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
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Ohio Families for Safe Birth
Ohio Families for Safe Birth (OFSB) is a consumer-driven effort to create a statewide coalition of families and professionals promoting legislation and policies grounded in the Midwives Model of Care which support families’ access to safe, appropriate, evidence-based care during pregnancy, labor, delivery and postpartum. Our purposes are:
- Supporting legislation that licenses Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) in Ohio;
- Raising awareness and support for families choosing an out-of-hospital birth as a safe, appropriate option;
- Supporting safe family and baby initiatives in all birth settings.
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Ohio Physicians for Midwives
The Ohio Physicians For Midwives (OPFM) is a community of health care providers and researchers from many specialties who support the midwifery care model.
OPFM recognizes a woman’s right to choose a home birth and want the best possible care for these women. Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) are the national standard for Direct Entry Midwives serving the home birth community and OFFM agrees that they should be licensed in Ohio, as they are in 22 other States.
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Ohio General AssemblyLooking for current legislation?
Need information on who your Senator or Representative is and how to contact them?
Here’s where to look!
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This link will take you to a 15 page printable document in PDF format that will give you a clear idea of how a bill becomes a law in Ohio.