Global Quality Maternal and Newborn Care
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Global Quality Maternal and Newborn Care
Instructors: Michelle Telfer
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There are 8 modules in this course
This course is designed for administrators, advocates, policy makers, clinicians, and service users. It will give you the background, recommendations, and tools you need to address issues related to high quality maternal and newborn care in your own setting. In particular, you will learn about the evidence behind implementing the midwifery model of care as a means to advancing the health and wellbeing of mothers and babies globally. The modules in this course are structured around the Quality Maternal and Newborn Care Framework, first published in the landmark 2014 Lancet Series on Midwifery. You will learn from nearly 20 expert contributors as they discuss their research and personal experiences in low, middle, and high resource settings.
This module covers maternal and newborn health and wellbeing in a changing world. You will learn where we are and where we are going.
What's included
9 videos6 readings2 assignments
9 videos•Total 53 minutes
- Welcome to the Course•3 minutes
- Meet Your Instructors•2 minutes
- Sustainable Development Goals•6 minutes
- Maternal Mortality •8 minutes
- Maternal Mortality in the United States•6 minutes
- Global Stillbirth•7 minutes
- Stillbirth•11 minutes
- Child Survival: Neonates & Children Under 5•3 minutes
- Early Breastfeeding Initiation •7 minutes
6 readings•Total 55 minutes
- Welcome to Module 1•10 minutes
- GHM: Listening to the Baby’s Heart During Labor•10 minutes
- GHM: Is Your Baby Getting Enough Milk?•10 minutes
- References and Further Reading•5 minutes
- More About the Course•10 minutes
- Health Outcomes in Your Area•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 30 minutes
- Module 1 Quiz•15 minutes
- Maternal Health Practice Quiz•15 minutes
This module makes the case for how midwives and the midwifery model of care can improve outcomes for maternal and newborn care.
What's included
7 videos7 readings1 assignment
7 videos•Total 40 minutes
- Quality Maternal & Newborn Care: The Lancet Series on Midwifery•9 minutes
- What is a midwife?•6 minutes
- Midwifery Model of Care: Philosophy •6 minutes
- Midwifery-Led Models of Care•3 minutes
- The Expanded View of Midwifery •4 minutes
- Midwifery Care as Justice Work•9 minutes
- Quality Maternal & Newborn Care: Key Takeaways•2 minutes
7 readings•Total 70 minutes
- Welcome to Module 2•10 minutes
- What is a traditional midwife?•10 minutes
- GHM: Postnatal Care of the Mother and Baby •10 minutes
- Mary Renfrew: Explaining the QMNC framework •10 minutes
- References and Further Reading•10 minutes
- More to Watch•10 minutes
- Ask Stakeholders to Define Midwifery •10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Module 2 Quiz•30 minutes
This module follows the evidence regarding practice categories. You will learn about the spectrum of services that should be provided to effectively deliver care to mothers and babies.
What's included
6 videos4 readings1 assignment
6 videos•Total 44 minutes
- Too Little Too Late & Too Much Too Soon•11 minutes
- Quality Care: Practice Categories•5 minutes
- Evidence-Based Care Guidelines•5 minutes
- Birth Setting •7 minutes
- The Built Birth Environment•13 minutes
- Birth Setting & Empowerment•4 minutes
4 readings•Total 40 minutes
- Welcome to Module 3 •10 minutes
- GHM: Positions for Birth•10 minutes
- References and Further Reading•10 minutes
- Find Maternity Services in Your Area•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Module 3 Quiz•30 minutes
This module discusses care that is available accessible and acceptable. You will learn about continuity and how services can be integrated across communities and facilities.
What's included
8 videos5 readings1 assignment
8 videos•Total 56 minutes
- High Quality, Low Cost, Collaborative Care•11 minutes
- The Role of Midwifery•5 minutes
- Cambodia Case Study•10 minutes
- Integrative Midwifery Care: Rural Northern Uganda•8 minutes
- Integrating Midwives in the United States•9 minutes
- Gender Inequality•2 minutes
- Africa Case Study•6 minutes
- Care Organization: Network Integration (aka Networks of Care)•3 minutes
5 readings•Total 50 minutes
- Welcome to Module 4•10 minutes
- GHM: Home Visit for the Mother and Newborn•10 minutes
- References and Further Reading•10 minutes
- More to Watch•10 minutes
- Develop a Case Study•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Module 4 Quiz•30 minutes
This module covers an important theme of respect for all those involved in a birth - from the individual to the provider to the families and communities.
What's included
7 videos4 readings1 assignment
7 videos•Total 29 minutes
- Meeting the Needs of Individuals: Respect •11 minutes
- Identifying Disrespect at the Provider-Level•2 minutes
- Addressing Disrespect at the System-Level•3 minutes
- Meeting the Needs of Providers: Barriers •4 minutes
- Meeting the Needs of Families and Communities: Culture•5 minutes
- Culturally-appropriate Training Examples•3 minutes
- Care Values: Women-Centered Action Plans•2 minutes
4 readings•Total 40 minutes
- Welcome to Module 5•10 minutes
- GHM: Respectful Care•10 minutes
- References and Further Reading•10 minutes
- Conduct a Needs Assessment •10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Module 5 Quiz•30 minutes
This module expands on the notion that birth should be a positive experience. You will learn how to strengthen a woman's capacity for a normal physiological birth.
What's included
8 videos5 readings1 assignment
8 videos•Total 68 minutes
- Care Philosophy: What Matters to Women•13 minutes
- Emerging Science: Epigenetics and Birth•9 minutes
- Interventions at Birth•8 minutes
- Interventions at Birth and the Infant Microbiome•6 minutes
- Supporting Biological Processes and Implementing Change•6 minutes
- Uninterrupted Skin-to-skin Contact•11 minutes
- Building Capacity through Positive Birth Experience•5 minutes
- Care Philosophy: Creating Positive Birth Experiences •9 minutes
5 readings•Total 50 minutes
- Welcome to Module 6•10 minutes
- GHM: Continuous Skin-to-Skin Care•10 minutes
- GHM: Giving Good Care During Labor•10 minutes
- References and Further Reading•10 minutes
- Evaluate the Care Values in a Clinical Setting•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Module 6 Quiz•30 minutes
This module covers how to build up skilled and competent midwifery workforce.
What's included
5 videos4 readings1 assignment
5 videos•Total 50 minutes
- Care Providers: Enabling the Workforce•2 minutes
- Scaling Up Midwifery Care: Impact and Cost•8 minutes
- Building Midwifery Workforce in India•16 minutes
- Building Midwifery Workforce in Africa•13 minutes
- Strengthening Quality Midwifery Education •11 minutes
4 readings•Total 40 minutes
- Welcome to Module 7•10 minutes
- GHM: Best Practices: Labor, Birth and Early Postpartum•10 minutes
- References and Further Reading•10 minutes
- Measure the Midwifery Workforce in your Area•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Module 7 Quiz•30 minutes
This module highlights how governments and non-profits can design policies that improve maternal and newborn health.
What's included
4 videos9 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
4 videos•Total 47 minutes
- Evidence in Practice: Our Approach to Policy•13 minutes
- Evidence in Practice: Midwives & Policy•11 minutes
- Advocacy Spotlight: UNFPA•11 minutes
- Advocacy Spotlight: White Ribbon Alliance•13 minutes
9 readings•Total 90 minutes
- Welcome to Module 8•10 minutes
- Evidence In Practice: Toward an Integrated Approach•10 minutes
- UNFPA State of the World's Midwifery Report•10 minutes
- Advocacy Spotlight: What Women Want Campaign•10 minutes
- GHM: Caring for Yourself and Your Baby After Birth•10 minutes
- References and Further Reading•10 minutes
- Join Us!•10 minutes
- Find Allies and Partners•10 minutes
- Advocate for Change in Your Community •10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Module 8 Quiz•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Share Your Work•10 minutes
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Reviewed on Oct 17, 2021
Very detailed course with excellent information on quality of care with examples and videos. Pace of lectures is very good. Thank you to all the lecturers
Reviewed on Feb 18, 2025
A very comprehensive and informative course. Focuses on the real world situations.
Reviewed on Aug 29, 2023
It was a wonderful experience to look at maternal and newborn care from the community perspective at the primary health care level. The videos were easy to understand by all.
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