Description
The
A.C.N.M. Foundation, Inc. in partnership with the American College of
Nurse-Midwives and Yale Midwifery Program Faculty have presented the "Honoring Midwifery’s Past and Celebrating Midwifery’s Future" celebration which includes the 36th Annual Therese Dondero Lecture, Reaching Back, Moving Forward -- Together!, Celebrating Midwifery Excellence and more.Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of Honoring Midwifery Legacies:
Therese Dondero Lecture, the Armentia Tripp Jarrett Tribute, and Reaching Back, Moving Forward -- Together, participants will be able to:
1: Describe the historical significance of the full-scope midwifery care demonstration project in Madera County California, 1961-63, which led to the legalization of the practice of nurse-midwifery in California.
2: Identify the methodology used to analyze the outcomes of the Madera County Project, describe the results, and the conclusion that the improvements in prenatal care and reduction in neonatal mortality was attributed to the midwifery care provided.
3: Discuss the implications of the results of this ‘natural experiment’ to the fields of midwifery/maternal child health and the broader significant in public health.
4: Describe the historical context and significance of Armentia Tripp Jarrett’s leadership role in the Madera County Project and her contributions to midwifery care during the pilot demonstration.
5: Identify the importance of Armentia Tripp Jarrett’s 2012 ACNM Hattie Hemschemeyer Award (now the Lifetime Visionary Award) and its impact on representation of Black midwives in leadership roles.
6: Discuss how the innovative approach of the Madera County Project and the pioneering efforts of Armentia Tripp Jarrett continue to influence modern midwifery, particularly in promoting equitable care for marginalized communities, and how current midwives can apply these lessons to their practice.
At the conclusion of Midwifery-Led Community Birth Research: Origins, Challenges and Opportunities, participants will be able to:
1: Describe the historical origins of the ACNM Division of Research and its relevance in guiding midwifery research today
2: Understand the multimethod, multi-perspective research needs to disseminate and elevate the positive outcomes of midwifery in the United States, using the perspective of midwifery-led community birth.
Schedule of Events
Honoring our Midwifery Legacies
Presented by The A.C.N.M. Foundation, Inc.
Legacy of Therese Dondero, CNM, and History of the Dondero Lectureship
Charlotte “Pixie” Elsberry, CNM, MSN, FACNM
36th Annual Therese Dondero Lecture: Epidemiological Study of the Impacts of the Madera County Midwifery Project: Reflections A Half-Century Later
Barry S. Levy, MD, MPH, Past President, American Public Health Association
Dr. Levy authored the seminal publication in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1971 that reported on the impact of services provided in California’s Madera County Project (1961-1963); concluding that it was the midwifery care provided that led to improved outcomes, including neonatal mortality rates and prenatal care uptake. To learn more about Dr. Levy and his career long commitment to studying the health impacts of social injustice, see https://www.drbarrylevy.com/
Tribute to Armentia Tripp Jarrett, CNM, MN, FACNM (1917-2014)
Patricia O. Loftman, CNM, LM, MS, FACNM
Armentia Tripp Jarrett, CNM, MN, FACNM served as the senior midwife in the Madera County Project as the architect of the full scope midwifery model and supervisor of the care provided. Her visionary work resulted in improved outcomes widely reported and legalization of nurse-midwifery in California. She also paved the way for generations of midwives working toward health equity. In 1992, Ms. Jarrett received ACNM’s Hattie Hemschemeyer Award (now Lifetime Visionary Award), becoming the first Black midwife to receive that honor.
Reaching Back, Moving Forward – Together!
Impact of Midwifery Research and Significance of Honoring Midwifery Legacies.
Jessica Brumley, PhD, CNM, FACNM
President, American College of Nurse-Midwives
2024 Dorothea M. Lang Pioneer Awards Presented to:
Phyllis Lynn, CNM, MS, FACNM
Kerri D. Schuiling, PhD, CNM, WHNP-BC, FACNM, FAAN
Celebrating Midwifery Excellence
Presented by ACNM and Yale Midwifery Faculty
- Midwifery-Led Community Birth Research: Origins, Challenges
and Opportunities
- Erin George, PhD, CNM, 2024 Elizabeth Bear Education Leadership Fellow
- DEIB Work in Midwifery Education, Faculty and Clinicals:
Working Towards a More Equitable Future
- Tamika Julien, DNP, CNM, WHNP-BC, CLC, Michelle Palmer, PhD, CNM, CNE, FACNM
- The Third Time’s a Charm: Reintroducing Group Prenatal
Care…Again
- Gina Novick, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN
- Elective Induction vs. Spontaneous Labor: What Do
Childbearing People Tell Us?
- Joan Combellick, PhD, MPH, CNM, FACNM
- Lessons from a Birth Center in Northern Uganda: The QMNC
Framework in Action
- Michelle Telfer, DNP, MPH, CNM, FACNM
This product is for those who have attended the day of events and are looking to gain ACNM CE credits.
Course expiration: October 17, 2026