Midwifery Care: Improvement of Maternal and Newborn Health

Dear Colleagues,

Midwifery care has an essential contribution to high-quality maternal and newborn services. To ensure high-quality and safe care of reproduction and early life, especially for expectant and new parents during the perinatal period, midwives engage in a variety of healthcare interventions every day taking decisions based on their knowledge, clinical expertise, and professional judgment. According to research, midwife-led care models promote maternal and newborn infant health and are linked to advantages such as a rise in spontaneous vaginal deliveries, a decrease in the need for instrumental births, a rise in breastfeeding rates, etc.

In order to further develop new midwifery care approaches in clinical settings and communities, directed by research outcomes, and reinforce the midwifery care quality worldwide, this Special Issue of Healthcare aims to emphasize the a) assessment of existing midwifery-led models and compare them with new ones, b) measurement of the effectiveness of midwifery-interventions for timely prevention or management of complications in reproductive period, c) assessment of women and partners’ needs, experiences and satisfaction from midwifery practice, d) research of best midwifery practices that enhance the understanding of the interaction between mother’s psychosocial/physical health and newborn/infant’s health, e) highlight of recent advances and challenges in the provision of midwifery care.

We look forward to receiving your contributions on the above topics.

Dr. Maria Dagla
Dr. Ewa Andersson
Dr. Maria Iliadou
Guest Editors

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