If you look regularly at the web pages from the Maternity and Midwifery Forum you will know there are articles relevant to midwives, students and maternity workers. You may not know that during term time two new ones appear weekly. They are released via a newsletter that will come into your inbox on a Tuesday, where you will also receive information about the different events happening each week such as Midwifery Hour and the different festivals. And YOU could write an article!
What do we publish?
We publish topics that are relevant to midwifery and maternity services, both in the UK and globally. There is a selection of previous articles below:
Political concerns: Discussion on midwifery political issues in Ireland– Mary Brosnan, Director of Midwifery and Nursing, The National Maternity Hospital, Dublin
Clinical concerns: HIV in pregnancy– Professor Yvonne Gilleece, Honorary Clinical Professor and Consultant in HIV and Sexual Health
Multidisciplinary team: Role of the consultant obstetrician– Florence Wilcock, Lead Obstetrician for PNMH, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Policy matters: Continuity of carer for maternity – Professor Trixie McAree
Population health– Jen Pountain, Fellow in Population Health, Health Education England
Education experience: Improving student experience – Sheila Brown
Global education: Midwifery course development in Abu Dhabi– Maeve O’Connell
Supporting parents: Improving care for Asylum-seeking parents– Amanda Purdie, Amma Birth Companions
Charity information: Child Bereavement UK
Managing services: Developing Continuity of carer in a trust– Joanne Crawford
Student experience: Experience of autism– Holly Conley-Reid
Global projects: Preventing global deaths of pre-eclampsia– Andrew Shennan, Professor of Obstetrics, King’s College, London
Personal reflections: Becoming a midwife– Nicole Rajan-Brown, Third year student midwife, University of Salford
Research reviews such as this on a waterbirth project– Dianne Garland, waterbirth expert
New research projects: Mum predict study– Stephanie Hanley, researcher
Global experiences: Homebirth in rural Guatemala – Maryla Cross
Commentary on news: Pregnancy cases in court– Jenny Hall, Midwifery Forum and MATFLIX editor
As you can see, we have lots of interesting things to explore and keep you up to date. And we would encourage you to contribute as well.
Each article is anything from 400 -2500 words. When we receive it, we read and edit and return to you for confirmation. We welcome any photos to accompany the article with any permissions attached. We encourage links to any references to keep the article easy to read and any links to your web pages as well.
If you would like more information or would like to send anything please contact Debra at [email protected].
We would love to hear from you.
Here is Dr Jenny Hall, midwifery editor and editor for MATFLIX encouraging everyone to get writing:
Jenny Hall
Editor
Maternity and Midwifery & Midwifery Forum | MATFLIX
August 2023