International Journal of Health Governance: Volume 23 Issue 1

Good maternity care governance is a global issue

Fiona MacVane Phipps

Governance for maternal and neonatal health

Susan Crabtree, Hilary Clare Tolley

The purpose of this paper is to report on a postdoctoral research study examining the importance of multi-level leadership and health governance for ensuring the implementation of…

Improved management of stillbirth using a care pathway

Antony John Tomlinson, Elizabeth Martindale, Karen Bancroft, Alexander Heazell

Each year approximately 3,200 women have a stillbirth in the UK. Although national evidence-based guidance has existed since 2010, case reviews continue to identify suboptimal…

Reaching women with perinatal mental illness at the booking-in appointment

Emma Haynes

The purpose of this paper is to look at the positive future gains of reaching women with perinatal mental illness at the first midwifery booking-in appointment, a unique…

What price a welcome? Understanding structure agency in the delivery of respectful midwifery care in Uganda

Louise Ackers, Hannah Webster, Richard Mugahi, Rachel Namiiro

The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of research on mothers and midwives’ understanding of the concept of respectful care in the Ugandan public health settings. It…

When the scars begin to heal: narratives of obstetric violence in Chiapas, Mexico

Jenna Murray de Lopez

The purpose of this paper is to examine how obstetric violence is embodied and understood by the women who experience it, how it impacts on maternal subjectivity and what the…

“Lost births,” service delivery, and human resources to health: Bringing maternal primary health care back to Canada’s North

Melissa Cora Cardinal

The purpose of this paper is to advocate for improved service delivery of maternal-newborn care in northern Indigenous communities. This is done through critical examination of…

Developing a national standard for midwifery mentorship in Uganda

Joy Kemp, Elizabeth M. Bannon, Mercy Muwema Mwanja, Deusdedit Tebuseeke

The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of a national standard for midwifery mentorship in Uganda, part of a wider project which aimed to develop a model of…