About the MANA Division of Research (DOR)
What is the MANA Division of Research?
The MANA Division of Research is a group of MANA members who volunteer to work on various aspects of research and data collection. It includes midwives with masters or doctoral preparation in a variety of disciplines as well as those without advanced research training.
The goals of the Division are to improve the art and science of midwifery practice and to promote the health of women and families
The Division of Research is advised by a distinguished panel of researchers and experts in maternal-child /public health, epidemiology, and obstetrics
Why does the MANA DOR collect data on midwives and out-of-hospital birth?
No other entity collects data on a nationwide level and to the depth that we do. The MANA DOR's short- and long-term research goals are to evaluate all aspects of midwifery care in terms of safety, optimal maternal, infant and family outcomes, and cost-effectiveness. The MANA DOR provides contributors with their own data for the purpose of provision of informed consent to clients, quality assurance, health services planning, and educational projections.
The MANA Birth Data
What kind of data has been entered into MANA's system?
Data about general demographic characteristics of women choosing midwifery care and/or out-of-hospital birth; current health status; pregnancy and general health history; prenatal care by midwives; data about situations involving consultations or transfer or care to other providers in pregnancy, labor or postpartum; labor and birth care; postpartum and newborn care; maternal and newborn outcomes; intended and actual place of birth.
The first MANA Data entry cycle began at the end of 2004 and will continued through the end of 2008. mid-2009. Another cycle of data collection will begin began at that time. Data collected prior to 2004 is not available through MANA.
Data collected by the MANA Statistics Project is available to researchers.
At this time data from 2004 through 2007 is available.
Data from 2008-2009 will be available in the spring of 2010.
The MANA Division is Research is also accepting applications for data access for prospective studies.
For descriptions of the datasets, the policies and procedures governing data access, and other supplemental material, click here for the Handbook for Researchers. The Assurances form is here, the Applicant Information form is here, and the Application Checklist is here.
Completed forms and additional material must be submitted to the Administrative Director of the MANA Division of Research via email.
There is a non-refundable $50 application fee. Details are in the Handbook and on the application checklist.
Contributors and organizations of contributors (such as state professional midwifery associations) may access summary statistics on their own data at any time.
The MANA Division of Research operates under the principles of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR).
For further information on access to MANA data, please contact research@mana.org.
How can I become a statistics contributor?
Any midwife may contribute data to the MANAStats system. Because the data collection is prospective, she must agr ee to log all her clients early in care so that no outcomes are missed. For further information, go to manastats.org.
Please send all inquiries about participating in the MANA Statistics Project to:
P.O. Box 6310
Charlottesville, VA 22906
E-mail us with any questions or comments about participating in the MANA Statistics Project at
statistics@mana.org.
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