Resources and Links 

MFM Articles...

"Weaving a Cultural Exchange: Midwives Working Together"
by MFM Founder, Jennifer Houston, CNM, January 2000 Midwifery Today

Home Birth Paper
by MFM Founder, Jennifer Houston, CNM, Spring 1998 Midwifery Today

Midwives for Midwives: Protecting the Sacred Circle
by
Jennifer Houston and Lesley Raunig, Spring 2000 Midwifery Today

Obstetric and Perinatal Outcomes of a Professional Midwifery Service in Guatemala, by Amy Michelle Romano, May 2004 (MFM Volunteer)

A Midwifery Model for Training Traditional Midwives in Guatemala: A Report from the Field, by Jennifer Foster, CNM, MPH, PhD; Angela Anderson, CNM, MSN; Jennifer Houston, CNM, MS; and Maya Doe-Simkins, BA, MPH. Published in Midwifery

 

The MFM Monitoring & Evaluation Final Report by Gal Frenkel (MFM Volunteer) and Virginia Lamprecht,RN, BSN, MSPH, MA; MFM Board member 
 
References

Glei, D.A., N. Goldman, and G. RodrÃ-quez. (Forthcoming). Utilization of
Care During Pregnancy: Does Obstetrical Need Matter? Social Science and Medicine.

Goldman, N. and D.A. Glei. (2003). Evaluation of Midwifery Care: Results from a Survey in Rural Guatemala. Social Science and Medicine 56(4):685-700.

Goldman, N., D.A. Glei, A. Pebley, and H. Delgado. (2001). Atencion
Prenatal en Guatemala Rural: Resultados de la Encuesta Guatemalteca de Salud Familiar.
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Instituto de Nutricion de Centro America y Panama (INCAP).

Glei, D.A. and N. Goldman. (2000). "Understanding Ethnic Variation in Pregnancy-Related Health Care in Rural Guatemala." Ethnicity and Health 5(1):5-22.

Glei, D.A. (2001). The integration of traditional and biomedical care
during pregnancy and birth in rural Guatemala. Dissertation. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University.

About Guatemala…

Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) Guatemala Fact Sheet

Seva Foundation

About Midwifery…

American College of Nurse Midwives

Midwives Alliance of North America

Midwifery Today Magazine

MidwifeInfo, an all-around midwifery site.

Midwifery Today's International Alliance of Midwives

International Confederation of Midwives

American College of Nurse-Midwives International Health Committee

 About Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health…

The Safe Motherhood Initiative, a global effort that aims to reduce deaths and illnesses among women and infants, especially in developing countries.

POPLINE , abstracts of articles on population, family-planning, fertility, maternal and child health, with a primarily international focus.

The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, an international coalition of organizations and individuals formed to promote increased public awareness of the need to make pregnancy and childbirth safe for all women in developing and developed countries.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services, founders of the mother friendly hospitals initiative.

The International Childbirth Education Association

Hesperian Foundation, publishers of books and other educational resources for community-based health care.

Rebozoway.org, an International project dedicated to the encouragement of in-arms parenting

About Pregnancy and Childbirth…

Journeying Through Pregnancy and Birth, audio tape for relaxation/visualization. Proceeds benefit MFM.

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