Mary Barger

Midwife, researcher, epidemiologist, ICM ESC co-chair. Being born is 'important' especially when, how, and where.

[Isaac G. Bryan @ib2_real]

Counties across California are stealing the survivor benefits of children in foster care who have lost their parents.

It’s legal, but it’s wrong.
We have a bill to finally end this practice.

[American College of Nurse-Midwives @ACNMmidwives]

Oregon State University researchers have conducted the largest study of water births to date and found they were associated with better overall outcomes than non-water births. Read the article here:
https://t.co/xu9IhlvQqj

[Lucinda Canty PhD, CNM, FAAN, FACNM, Nurse-Midwife @LucindaCantyPhD]

Supporting a young nursing scholar @Tumilara_Amoo, a PhD student at UCONN School of Nursing. She is studying Black women and breast-feeding. Please support this important work.

[Dave 💙 @drfrocester]

I had the privilege of handing over a Patient Diary to a recovering Covid pt yesterday.

This is patient care at it’s best.

I don’t think I have ever appreciated how important they are for patients, their family & staff.

Extracts shared with full permission.

@MichaelRosenYes

[Mary Barger @birthngal]

Racial disparities in Maternal MOrtalityhttps://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306375#.YSaqwmxoXG8.twitter
Kudos to Marian MacDorman and Gene Declercq @BirthNumbers for drilling down into the actual causes of why mom die. Now let's find some interventions.

[Kate Simpson, PhD, RNC, FAAN @KateRSimpson]

So sad…and preventable.

[Amy Romano @midwifeamy]

1 week until we launch Improving Drills in Community Birth Settings. #Midwives - it is time to step up our commitment to safety in home and birth center birth. Let's do it together! More info 👇 https://t.co/t7DucpKFnS #StepUpTogether

[Hannah Dahlen AM @hannahdahlen]

These are so fun to get as an academic. They are predatory publishers so should always be ignored but they make me chuckle 🤭

[Michael McConnell @HomelessnessSD]

This is violence 👇👇👇
https://t.co/623yH0yGAx

[Ginger Breedlove PhD, CNM @GingerBreedlove]

✨Launching The Proforma for Midwife Start Ups©, an interactive financial tool to determine budget, profit/loss & other forecasting metrics for your business plan proposal.

Midwives, if interested in owning own practice or birth center visit Grow Midwives https://t.co/xeqqQKofTw

[Mary Barger @birthngal]

@Senator_Hurtado How can we improve birth outcomes for people of color without comprehensive maternity and infant support? Holding up SB65 is unacceptable. #PassSB65

[Mary Barger @birthngal]

.@SenToniAtkins Black and Indigenous maternal deaths are far above the State’s average. We need to invest in holistic maternal healthcare to ensure that every birthing person has access to the resources and support they need during their perinatal care. #PassSB65

[Mary Barger @birthngal]

No better way to celebrate Int Women’s Day with publication of a clear agenda to end racial disparities in women’s health #BridgetheChasm

[lois mccloskey @loismccloskeybu]

Commentary: https://t.co/b6Th7rYfTY

[Old account. Follow @RobMeyerson @RobGMeyerson]

Funny how people always say “avoid that like the plague” and then the plague shows up and millions of people do very little to avoid it.

[Michael Mina @michaelmina_lab]

Test positivity is not a metric with any universal meaning. It is very sensitive to small shifts in testing.

It crept into policy making months ago - for reasons I’ve yet to understand.

But it really must be interpreted ONLY if you know the denominator characteristics

[Karen A Scott MD MPH FACOG @RJEpiOBWarrior]

All I want for Christmas is for you to stop replacing racism w/ bias. That’s like replacing cake w/cupcake. Let’s deal w/ the whole and not incremental pieces & parts. You’ve sliced & decorated it w/bright icing & sprinkles that you erased our feelings of terror & horror. #Racism

[Angela Brown @DrAngelaBrown]

Women who receive midwife-led continuity of care (MLCC) provided by professional midwives, educated and regulated to international standards, are 16% less likely to lose their baby and 24% less likely to experience pre-term birth. https://t.co/RF6ZrgwjFW

[CNMA Midwives @cnmamidwives]

.@MarchofDimes: "Midwifery-led models of care have proven to improve outcomes for socially at-risk communities...lower rates of preterm birth, low birth weight and Cesarean delivery and reduced racial disparities for Black & Hispanic women." https://t.co/hKKEOedwOk