Suchergebnisse

The origins of CenteringPregnancy -- Making the case for centering group healthcare -- CenteringPregnancy group care -- Why circles work -- CenteringParenting : from pregnancy through postpartum and beyond -- Facilitation : the art and the power -- Implementing centering group care -- Transformative change -- Spread of the model to other health populations -- Making change sustainable: the role of policy and advocacy / Lisa Summers -- Growing edge : exploration of innovation -- A. CenteringPregnancy with mindfulness skills / Nancy Bardacke and Larissa Duncan -- B. Centering health and oral health / Sally Adams and Lisa Chung -- Does CenteringPregnancy promote maternal health literacy? / Sandra Smith -- International uptake : the experience in low and high resource countries / Kathleen Norr and Crystal Patil -- Moving forward into the mainstream

This groundbreaking book takes us around the world in search of birth models that work in order to improve the standard of care for mothers and families everywhere. The contributors describe examples of maternity services from both developing countries and wealthy industrialized societies that apply the latest scientific evidence to support and facilitate normal physiological birth; deal appropriately with complications; and generate excellent birth outcomes—including psychological satisfaction for the mother. The book concludes with a description of the ideology that underlies all these working models—known internationally as the midwifery model of care