MIDUS program Resources

Australian College of Midwives - Information on National Registration

NICE Antenatal Care Guidelines 

National Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Drug Use during Pregnancy, Birth and the Early Development Years of the Newborn
 
The Remote Area Nursing Emergency Guidelines (Western Australia)
 
The Remote Health ATLAS  (Northern Territory)
 
King Edward Hospital (WA) Clinical Practice Guidelines
 
AIHW Report - Family violence amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
 
Report Maternal Deaths in Australia 2003-2005 (direct link to pdf)
 
WHO - The World Health Report 2005 - Make Every Mother & Child Count
 
Health Infonet - Summary of Australian Indigenous Health
 
Primary Clinical Care Manual (QLD)
 
Statewide Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Guidelines (QLD)
 
Evidence-based Midwifery-led Guidelines in Labour (UK)
 
The Cochrane Database
 
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Maternal Mortality in 2005: Estimates Developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Bank
 
Australian Indigenous Health
 
New Zealand Nursing Council
 
International Group for Indigenous Health Measurement
 
Postnatal Mental Health of Women Giving Birth in Australia 2002-2004
 
Drug Use Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (direct link to pdf)
 
Expenditures on Health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
 
Risky business: contested knowledge over safe birthing services for Aboriginal women (online article)
 

AIHW - International Group for Indigenous Health Measurement Canberra 2006 (direct link to pdf)

 
Cultural safety and maternity care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians (Women and Birth article that can be downloaded as a pdf)
 
Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2005
 
WHO Materials for Teachers of Midwifery: Midwifery Education Modules 2nd Edition
 
Australia's Mothers and Babies Report
 
ANMC National Competency Standards for the Midwife and other available ANMC publications
 
Risk factors for first trimester miscarriage - results from a UK-based - population-based case-control study (direct link to pdf)
 
Fetal Development - the Critical Stages (University of New South Wales)
 
Iodine Supplementation: The benefits for pregnant and lactating women in Australia and New Zealand - The Australian Thyroid Foundation Newsletter Article (direct link to pdf)
 
Review of the foetal effects of perinatal alcohol exposure (direct link to pdf)
 
WHO - Promoting optimal fetal development
 
Oral Health During Pregnancy (AAFP article)
 
What do Aboriginal Women Think is Good Antenatal Care? (Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health publication)
 
Iodine deficiency in pregnancy and the effects of maternal Iodine supplementation on the offspring (AJCN article)
 
Standard Antenatal Check (The Royal Women's Hospital, Victoria Australia)
 
Postnatal Depression and the EDS (Beyond Blue Information)
 
Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control Protocols
 

Antenatal Shared Care Guidelines for General Practitioners (WA)

 
Management guidelines for Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease
 
Diagnosis and Management of Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Australia (National Heart Foundation of Australia and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand - direct link to pdf) 
 
Management of Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy (Medscape article)
 
VBAC or Repeat Caesarean Section 
 
Guideline on Perinatal Oral Health Care (American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry) (direct link to pdf)
 
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
 
National Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Drug Use During Pregnancy, Birth and the Early Development Years of the Newborn
 
Mental Health First Aid
 
The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne Australia - Clinical Practice Guidelines 
 
SOMANZ (The Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand) - Guidelines for the Management of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy - (direct link to pdf)
 
The Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society
 
Umbilical Cord Complications
 
Uterine Rupture in Pregnancy
 
The Royal College of Midwives (UK) Practice Guidelines - here you can download Evidence-based guidelines for midwifery-led care in labour

MIDIRS Informed Choice leaflets for purchase provide evidence based information on which to base your practice
 
RANZCOG Fetal Surveillance Education Program - This link gives you information on the education programs offered by RANZCOG
 
The Royal College of Midwives (UK) Campaign for Normal Birth
 
Improving Maternity Services in Australia - The Report of the Maternity Services Review
 
Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand - Clinical Practice Guideline for Perinatal Mortality
 
UNICEF and WHO Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative
 
Baby-friendly Health Initiative Australia
 
The Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) Neonatal Guidelines