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Midwifery Working Group
Pursuant to Public Act 23-147, Sec. 15, the Commissioner of Public Health established the Midwifery working group within the Department of Public Health. The group includes several midwives with a variety of training backgrounds, alongside representatives of associated maternity care professions. The group began meeting in October 2023 to discuss hurdles and improvements in birthing care and safety, common needs among the various types of midwives, and ways to coordinate care between midwives and other healthcare professionals.
Group Resources
Midwifery 2024 Legislative Report (forthcoming)
The Midwifery working group currently meets on the first Thursday of each month, from 3:00-4:00pm. All meetings are noticed on the Secretary of State's Public Meeting Calendar in accordance with the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act. Meetings are held on the linked Zoom.
Upcoming meetings:
- Apr 4, 2024 03:00 PM
- May 2, 2024 03:00 PM
- Jun 6, 2024 03:00 PM
- Jul 4, 2024 03:00 PM
- Aug 1, 2024 03:00 PM
- Sep 5, 2024 03:00 PM
- Oct 3, 2024 03:00 PM
- Nov 7, 2024 03:00 PM
- Dec 5, 2024 03:00 PM
Access the full 2024 Meeting schedule here.
| Meeting Date | Information |
| 10/05/2023 | Agenda, Minutes, Recording |
| 11/02/2023 | Agenda, Minutes, Recording |
| 12/07/2023 | Agenda, Minutes, Recording |
| 01/03/2024 | Agenda, Minutes, Recording |
| 02/01/2024 | Agenda, Minutes, Recording |
| 04/04/2024 | |
| 05/02/2024 | Agenda, Minutes, Recording |
The inclusion of the following links and resources on this sit does not constitute DPH endorsement or recommendation.
Connecticut Resources
- 2023 Midwifery Scope of Practice Report
- Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA) Statewide Maternal Health Strategy
General Education
- Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) Patient Safety Bundles
- Home Birth Summit Transfer Guidelines
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Transforming Maternal Health Model
- Niles et al. "Examining respect, autonomy, and mistreatment in childbirth in the US: do provider type and place of birth matter?" May 2023
- Access and integration of midwifery care
- Vedam et al. "Mapping integration of midwives across the United States: Impact of access, equity, and outcomes" February 2018
- Birth Place Lab tool: How does your state rank?
- Zephyrin et al. "Community-Based Models to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes and Promote Health Equity" The Commonwealth Fund, March 2021
- Sandall et al. "Midwife-led Continuity Models Versus Other Models of Care for Childbearing Women" April 2016
- Ranchoff and Declercq, "The Scope of Midwifery Practice Regulations and the Availability of the Certified Nurse-Midwifery and Certified Midwifery Workforce, 2012-2016" July 2019
- Levine et al. "Are perinatal quality collaboratives collaborating enough? How including all birth settings can drive needed improvement in the United States maternity care system"October 2021
- Gregory et al. "Changes in Home Births by Race and Hispanic Origin and State of Residence of Mother: United States, 2018-2019 and 2019-2020" December 2021
- Blix et al. "Transfer to hospital in planned home births: a systematic review" May 2014
Information from Other Jurisdictions
- Hawai'i case challenging a midwifery restriction law
- Smooth Transitions, Washington state quality improvement for out-of-hospital birth transfers