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"Weaving
a Cultural Exchange: Midwives Working Together"
by MFM
Founder, Jennifer Houston, CNM, January 2000 Midwifery Today
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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
A report of a midwifery model for training traditional midwives in Guatemala by Jennifer Foster, CNM, MPH, PhD,*, Angela Anderson, CNM, MSN, Jennifer Houston, CNM, MS, Maya Doe-Simkins, BA, MPH. Published in Midwifery
MIDWIVES FOR MIDWIVES IN GUATEMALA: WEAVING TRADITIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL MIDWIFERY Jennifer Foster CNM, PhD; Jennifer Houston MS, CNM; Virginia Lamprecht, RN, MPH, MA, Angela Anderson MSN, CNM; Gal Frenkel, MPH; Jessica Cohen,
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.
Pan-American
Health Organization (PAHO) Guatemala Fact Sheet
Seva
Foundation
American
College of Nurse Midwives
Midwives
Alliance of North America
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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