Respectful Care: It’s What Women Want, But Can We Ensure It during the COVID-19...
Respectful Maternity Care is a term that only came into recognized use in the last ten years and has truly gone global. It was preceded by the movement for the humanization of childbirth in...
Global Outreach: Advancing Maternal Health in Small Communities Around the World
Global engagement is one of five strategic goals of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM). Ensuring women and newborns throughout the globe have access to high-quality, respectful health care is a steadfast priority. The...
Announcing the ACNM Global Health Competencies and Skills for Midwives
The American College of Nurse Midwives Board of Directors and the ACNM Division of Global Engagement are pleased to announce the establishment of the ACNM Global Health Competencies and Skills for Midwives.
The ACNM...
Notes from the Field: Malawi #2 (Leadership, Organization, and Program Management)
This column is the second of four from Malawi and illustrates one of the ACNM Global Health Competencies. If you are interested in submitting a Notes from the Field column, please read the instructions...
Quality Improvement and Risk Reduction: Two Peas in a Midwife’s Pod
Quality improvement and risk management are often treated as
unrelated aspects of the health care system. They are housed in different
departments and operate independently rather than in unison. It is unfortunate
that the work of improving...
Concordia University Health Professionals in Haiti January 2019; Learning and Serving in Rural...
Cassy Zinke, Barbara Floyd, Caroline Barrett arriving in Haiti
ACNM Global Work Adapting to COVID-19 Pandemic
The Accessible Continuum of Care and Essential Services (ACCESS) program targets improvements in health care for mothers, babies, and children in Madagascar as part of the work of the Global Health Team of ACNM....
Tips for a Great Global Health Experience
Emma Clark, third from left with members of the Ghana Midwives Association in Ghana.
Notes from the Field: Malawi #1 (Global Understanding)
This column is the first of four from Malawi and illustrates one of the ACNM Global Health Competencies. If you are interested in submitting a Notes from the Field column, please read the instructions...
Midwifery Students Reach Across the Pond: A US-UK Short-Term Study Abroad Experience
Developing a Short-Term Study Abroad
Experience
Cindy L. Farley, CNM, PhD, FACNM, is an Associate Professor in the Nurse-Midwifery and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner programs of the School of Nursing and Health Studies at Georgetown University....