Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery - To Increase Access to Midwifery in North America Through Education, Research and Public Policy

Links & Resources

Aligned Organizations

Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA)

Mothers Naturally

Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC)

The MAMA Campaign

National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM)

The North American Registry of Midwives (NARM)

American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM)

Childbirth Connection

Citizens for Midwifery (CfM)

Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS)

International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN)

Choices in Childbirth

Publications

Midwifery Today

Birth: Issues in Prenatal Care

Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health

Midwifery Research

Melissa Cheney: Homebirth as Systems-Challenging Praxis: Knowledge, Power, and Intimacy in the Birthplace, Qualitative Health Research, 2008

PDF The Milbank Report: Evidence–Based Maternity Care: What It Is and What It Can Achieve

PDF Outcomes of planned home birth with registered midwife versus planned hospital birth with midwife or physician, Canadian Medical Journal, 2009

PDF PEW Report: The Future of Midwifery

PDF Staying Home to Give Birth: Why Women in the United States Choose Home Birth, Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, 2009