Presents the International Confederation of Midwives' position statement regarding collaboration and partnership building for continuity of care for childbearing women.
States that reducing maternal and child death tolls depends largely on every mother and every child having the right to access to health care from pregnancy through childbirth, the neonatal period and childhood.
Provides information about maternal and child health in Canada in the context of the global situation and the issues of concerns to the World Health Organization.
Examines current research in the subfields of anthropology and related disciplines on the biocultural process of breastfeeding and broader questions of infant and young-child feeding.
Looks at the surveillance of Canadian perinatal care, including abortion, teen pregnancy, pregnancy in older women and multiple births. (From Women's Health Surveillance Report: A Multidimensional Look at the Health of Canadian Women)
Defines Mother-Friendly care, an evidence-based mother-, baby-, and family-friendly model or care that focuses on prevention and wellness as the alternatives to high-cost screening, diagnosis, and treatment programs. PDF required to read.
Defines, in Czech, Mother-Friendly care, an evidence-based model of care that focuses on prevention and wellness as the alternatives to high-cost screening, diagnosis, and treatment programs.
Presents ten questions for prospective mothers to ask of their chosen birth center, hospital, or home birth service, in order to determine whether the people assisting her in her birth support the philosophy of Mother-Friendly care. PDF required to read.
