• CfM Resolution
• Safe Motherhood Quilt Project

• American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)
• ACNM Certification Council (ACC)
• Certified Midwife (CM)
• Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM)
• Certified Professional Midwife (CPM)
• Citizens for Midwifery
• Direct-Entry Midwife (DEM)
• International Confederation of Midwives (ICM)
• International Definition of a Midwife
• Lay Midwife
• Licensed Midwife (LM)
• Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC)
• Midwives Model of Care
• North American Registry of Midwives (NARM)
• Preceptor

• Direct-Entry Midwifery State-by-State Legal Status
• Find a Midwife in your Area
• For Sale by MANA
• Home Birth References
• International Midwives Day Materials
• Join MANA
• Midwifery Reader's Bibliography
• Press Officer
• MANA Statistics Project

Organizations or projects closely related to MANA -

• Citizens for Midwifery (CfM)
• Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery
• International Center for Traditional Childbearing (ICTC)
• Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC)
• North American Registry of Midwives (NARM)

• American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)
• American Public Health Association (APHA)
• Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM)
• Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS)
• Doula World
• InterNational Association of Parents and Professionals for Safe Alternatives in Childbirth (NAPSAC)
• International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN)
• International Confederation of Midwives (ICM)
• Midwives Information and Resource Service (MIDIRS)
• National Association of Childbearing Centers (NACC)
• National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM)
• Safe Motherhood Quilt Project
• Universal Health Care Action Network (UHCAN)

The following pages are within the MANA Members Only area accessible only to MANA members.

MANA Division of Research Reports and Information including:

The Safety of Out-of-Hospital VBAC, Assessing the Quality of the Evidence; MANA Division of Research; Wendy Hughes, SDM

MANA Division of Research Advisory Panel

MANA Division of Research Research Agenda

Questions and Answers about the MANA Division of Research

The Division of Research (DOR)

• How and why was the MANA Division of Research created?
• How are decisions made on the DOR?
• Who is on the DOR coordinating committee?
• What is the DOR's Advisory Panel?
• What is the DOR’s Research Agenda?
• What are the DOR's data collection goals?
• What is “surveillance” (and are they out to get me)?
• What is the Deep Review?
• How can I get involved with the DOR?

Research about Midwifery

• What are the best sources for studies about midwifery?
• What are the best sources for studies about normal birth?
• What are the best sources for studies about home birth?
• How can I get the most up-to-date information about clinical issues?
• What is evidence-based care?

The MANA Birth Data

• What is MANA's history with data collection?
  • Data collected during the 1990s
  • Data collected during the year 2000
  • Data collected during the years 2001-2004
  • Prospective data collected since the web system became operational
  • Implications of the web-based data collection system
• What data has been entered into MANA's web system?
• What are the advantages of MANA's web system for data collection?
  • Midwives can access their own data and stats
  • State midwifery organizations can access their aggregate statistics
  • Research can be done more quickly, on more complete data
  • More research, within and outside the midwifery community, can be done
  • The new data format has many advantages over EPI5
• What does the data import process consist of?
• What does the data entry process for 2001-04 data consist of?
• How was the web system conceived, funded and created?
• What were the reasons for creation of the web system?
• How is data protected on the web?
• Who has access to birth data?
• What is the relationship of the DOR with the CPM2000 Study?
• Why was the data form layout re-done in 2004?
• How can I become a statistics contributor?
• How can I get information about the practice of midwives in my state or province?
• How can I obtain information about clinical issues from the database?

Learning about Research

• How can I learn more about how research is conducted?

Pdf files of past MANA Newsletters

A Midwifery Discussion Forum

A Midwifery Chat Area

Midwifery Practice Documents (in progress)

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