Midwifery Students' Definitions of Normal Labor and Birth: A Study From Five Countries
Despite some differences in maternity care and midwifery education across the five countries, midwifery students develop a comparable understanding of normal labor and birth gained through their education and clinical experiences, which has implications for the future of midwifery practice and identity.
Authors
- Juliet Wood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7033-3201)
- Cindy L. Farley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7606-2609)
- Jalana Lazar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5724-3634)
- Barbara Baranowska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2723-9604)
- Emma Ritchie
- Clare Davison
- Maria Healy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0390-9186)
- Felicity Agwu Kalu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2675-886X)
- Debora Dole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3417-8961)
- International Network Exploring Midwifery Students' Confidence in Physiological Birth
- Maria Węgrzynowska
- Urszula Tataj‐Puzyna
- Jane Fry
Institutions
- Edith Cowan University (AU)
- Queen's University Belfast (GB)
- Georgetown University (US)
- Charles Darwin University (AU)
- Postgraduate School of Molecular Medicine (PL)
- Frontier Nursing University (US)
- Bournemouth University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Birth
- Published
- 2026-02-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.70056
- Primary Topic
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00