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Silver Spring, MD (PRWeb) 10 February 2012

American College of NURSE-Midwives (ACNM) welcomes the leadership of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid innovation CMMI) Strong Start to announce a new campaign that aims to reduce premature births and to offer more than $ 40 million in grant funding to test other types of standard antenatal care.

initiative was announced Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for Health and Family Birth Center in Washington, DC is established by a certified nurse-midwife Ruth W. Lubica the CNM and the EDD, and birth center reduced the preterm birth and improve maternal and neonatal results in inadequate medical areas Washington

strong start to realize your goals gradually increase efforts to implement the strategy has been shown to reduce preterm births, especially by avoiding early voluntary activation for 39 weeks. It will also fund research on new types of prenatal care birth centers, namely, a group of normal antenatal care and maternity care homes that hold promise to remove physical, emotional, psychosocial factors and preterm birth.

glad to CMMI national attention focused on maternal and newborn health care and the methods and results can be improved. This new resource allows midwives and other maternity services to implement strategies that reduce preterm birth in a larger scale, said ACNM President Holly Powell Kennedy, CNM, PhD. ACNM will actively participate in public awareness and encourage members to apply for grants.

ACNM members of the certified nurse-midwives (CNMS) and certified midwives (CMS) are well positioned to participate in this initiative. Earth, download the CNMs and CMS more than 300,000 born each year in hospitals, birth centers and home with proven safety and excellent results.

research supports midwife’s model of care during pregnancy, including birth centers and groups of standard antenatal care. We look forward to working on this program in future public-private partnership, said Kennedy.

For more information, please contact Melissa Garvey and ACNM Communications Manager at (240) 485-1826 or via e-mail at mgarvey (at) acnm (dot) org.

American College of NURSE-Midwives (ACNM) is the professional association representing certified NURSE-midwives (CNMs) and certified midwives (CMS) in the United States. ACNM encourages superior training of midwives and clinical practice and research. With roots dating back to 1929, members of our main providers of care for women throughout the lifespan, with special emphasis on pregnancy, birth and gynecological and reproductive health. ACNM provides research, management and encourages continuing education programs, sets of clinical practice, and creates an intermediary with state and federal agencies and members of Congress to increase the visibility and recognition of midwifery care.

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