Tools for Advocacy
Key fact sheets, policy statements, and documents that advocates find useful in promoting and talking about midwifery.
| About MANA’s Homebirth Study by CfMMANA Home Birth Data 2004-2009: Consumer Considerations By: Lauren Korfine, PhD READ MORE |
| Homebirth Study One-page Fact SheetNew home birth study from the MANA Statistics Dataset shows that Planned Home Birth with Skilled Midwives is Safe for Low-Risk Pregnancies READ MORE |
| Transforming Maternity Care- Payment ReformOne of the biggest opportunities for reducing healthcare costs is improving the quality of maternity care. For most businesses, childbirth and newborn care is the largest or second largest (after heart care) category of hospital expenditures, and it’s by far the largest category of hospital expenditures for state Medicaid programs, so even small improvements can result in large savings. READ MORE |
| Policymakers Can Make a DifferencePolicymakers can help promote safe, healthy childbirth experiences for women and babies in the United States with wiser use of resources.A fact sheet from the National Partnership for Women and Families READ MORE |
| Social Media & NetworkingIn the 21st century, it is clear that if the midwifery profession hopes to reach the next generation of childbearing age women, we need to be online to meet them READ MORE |
| Blueprint for ActionChildbirth Connection took the lead in engaging multiple stakeholders from across the U.S. healthcare system to design a framework for revamping maternity care in the United States and advancing healthcare reform in this arena. READ MORE |
| Midwives Save LivesInternational Confederation of Midwives infographic on the importance of increasing the global midwifery workforce. READ MORE |
