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Is Your Perinatal Practice Mother‐Friendly? A Strategy for Improving Maternity Care
Author(s) -
Hotelling Barbara A
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
birth
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.233
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1523-536X
pISSN - 0730-7659
DOI - 10.1111/j.0730-7659.2004.00293.x
Subject(s) - maternity care , childbirth , nursing , medicine , health care , family medicine , pregnancy , political science , biology , law , genetics
The purpose of the questionnaire, “Is Your Perinatal Practice Mother‐Friendly?” is to provide health practitioners with an evidence‐based tool that can be used to improve maternity care. The Mother‐Friendly Childbirth Initiative is a consensus document promoting a wellness model of maternity care that was developed by the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) and ratified by major childbirth organizations and leading authorities in maternity care. By complying with the “Ten Steps of Mother‐Friendly Care,” a hospital or practice can be designated as “mother‐friendly.” The questionnaire enables health care providers to apply the Ten Steps to their maternity practice or services.