Midwife facts for kids
A pregnant woman receives an ultrasound examination from a midwife sonographer
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| Names | Midwife |
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Occupation type
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Professional |
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Activity sectors
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Midwifery, obstetrics, newborn care, women's health, reproductive health |
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| Competencies | Knowledge, professional behaviour and specific skills in family planning, pregnancy, labour, birth, postpartum period, newborn care, women's health, reproductive health, and social, epidemiologic and cultural context of midwifery |
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Education required
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Fields of
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hospitals, clinics, health units, maternity units, birth centers, private practices, home births, community, etc |
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Related jobs
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obstetrician, gynecologist, pediatrician |
A midwife is a professional in midwifery. Their education and training equips them to recognise the variations of normal progress of labor, and understand how to deal with deviations from normal.
Images for kids
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The 112 countries containing member associations of the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) in 2017
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Two French midwives (sages-femmes)
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Tanzanian midwife weighing an infant and giving advice to the mother
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US Navy midwife checks on a woman
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A male midwife in Oslo, Norway
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Pharaoh and the Midwives, James Tissot c. 1900
See also
In Spanish: Obstetricia (matronería) para niños
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