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New Waterbirth Practice Template Adds to Growing Body of Waterbirth Resources

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Thursday, December 1, 2016 - 12:00am
Author: 
MANA Community Manager

A new resource providing guidance on hydrotherapy in labor and birth is now available, thanks to a consensus of maternity care experts, including Midwives Alliance of North America. The resource, A Model Practice Template for Hydrotherapy in Labor and Birth, is a part of a growing body of resources for providers working with families considering hydrotherapy.

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Honoring Ellen Harris-Braun

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Wednesday, November 9, 2016 - 10:38am

The entire community of the Midwives Alliance of North America is mourning the loss of Ellen Harris-Braun, CPM, and the Director of Database Development for the Midwives Alliance Division of Research. You can learn more about her life and her contributions to her friends, family, and the profession at her obituary here. We asked some of her colleagues at MANA to share with us recollections of time with Ellen, as a way to honor her and share with you our love for her.

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#MANA16 Sage Femme & Sapling Award Winners

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Wednesday, October 26, 2016 - 3:06pm
Author: 
MANA Community Manager

Each year MANA presents the Sage Femme award to honor a Grand Midwife, past or present, who has practiced the art of midwifery over many years and whose wisdom, perseverance and dedication serves as an inspiration to all midwives now and into the future. The Sapling award is presented each year to a new midwife who has shown exceptional passion and leadership as she continues her journey of learning and service to families and birth.

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Your Birth Photos Featured On the MANA Website!

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Wednesday, September 7, 2016 - 3:01pm
Author: 
MANA Community Manager

MANA's getting a new look, and we'd love your pictures to be a part of it. Read on to learn how to share your images with the MANA website.

The MANA website is getting a makeover, and we would love to feature your birth images! The MANA website receives thousands of views each month, and we hope your images will be a part of it. Sharing your photos is one way that you can support midwifery.

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New CPM Legislation: Good For Maine? Guest Opinion by Jill Breen, CPM, CLC

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Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 10:22am
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Jill Breen CPM, CLC

 

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Women Are Choosing Home Birth: The Infant-Maternal Health Care System in the U.S. Owes Them A Safe Option

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Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 10:19am

 

In the face of increasing home birth rates and declining maternal health outcomes in hospitals, society owes it to families to ensure safe birth options, regardless of the setting.

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Validating MANA Stats 4.0: The Largest Available Dataset on Physiologic Birth in the US

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Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 7:30pm

 

More than 50,000 cases of midwifery-led care will now be available to researchers thanks to the validation of the MANA stats 4.0 dataset. This key achievement makes MANA Stats by far the largest available dataset on physiologic birth and midwife-led care in the United States. Of particular interest to researchers is that MANA stats is based on medical records, which are considered to be the "gold standard" of health care research.

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Meet the Midwives Alliance Division of Research (DOR)

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016 - 10:23pm
Author: 
Bruce Ackerman HBD
Ellen Harris-Braun CPM

The Midwives Alliance Division of Research (DOR) is a volunteer group comprised of clinicians, academics, research and policy experts, and database developers. Together they work to increase knowledge about midwifery care and help midwives become more fluent in conducting research, critically appraising the available data, and incorporating the best available research findings into their practice. 

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Midwives Alliance Announces the International Center for Traditional Childbearing (ICTC) joining US MERA

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016 - 10:22pm

Midwives Alliance is very happy to announce the International Center for Traditional Childbearing (ICTC) will be joining the United States Midwifery Education Regulation & Association (US MERA) coalition of midwifery organizations.

Nov 9, 2011 Meeting with MANA and ACNM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nov 9, 2011 Meeting with MANA and ACNM

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Integrating Data from the New Waterbirth Study into Care: An Evidence-informed Practice Framework

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Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 9:39am

A new study on the safety of waterbirth was released in the Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health on January 20, 2016, authored by MANA Division of Research Coordinator Council members, Drs. Marit Bovbjerg, Melissa Cheyney, and Courtney Everson. This study used data from the MANA Stats project (2004 to 2009) and reported on neonatal and maternal outcomes for 6,534 babies born underwater in home and birth center settings.

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