This unit introduces students to the interrelationship of midwifery practice, maternity care and public health. The impact of maternity care on maternal and infant health will be discussed within the context of its social determinants. The role of midwifery and maternity care in improving perinatal outcomes for disadvantaged women and families will be discussed and debated. Against these factors the role of midwifery as primary health care will be explored in relation to health promotion and education in pregnancy, birth, parenting and lactation, and fertility regulation. This unit works to put into context for the student, the nature and scope of midwifery practice and places it as... -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr. Mary Anne BiroMs Maureen Miles (Gippsland)
Prerequisites: MID5001 Woman midwife partnerships and normal childbearing + MID5002<br/>Woman midwife partnerships and complex childbearing
