{"title":"Examining Professionalism as a Means of Improving Antenatal Education.","authors":"Kate Luxion, Tonya Daniel, Nancy Bonilla","doi":"10.1891/JPE-2022-0024","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As a childbirth educator (CBE), it is important to maintain an ethical, evidence-based practice. For the Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, this is guided by organizational documents in the form of the standards of practice and the code of ethics. However, these ethics and standards are universally relevant and should be used when considering a contemporary definition of professionalism for CBEs. This article examines professionalism and organizational standards and finishes with vignettes to further explore their application. For parent-centered antenatal education, professionalism should be seen as emphasizing ethics, evidence, and inclusion while moving toward a gold standard for antenatal education.</p>","PeriodicalId":46449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Perinatal Education","volume":"34 2","pages":"108-117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12283105/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Perinatal Education","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1891/JPE-2022-0024","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
As a childbirth educator (CBE), it is important to maintain an ethical, evidence-based practice. For the Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, this is guided by organizational documents in the form of the standards of practice and the code of ethics. However, these ethics and standards are universally relevant and should be used when considering a contemporary definition of professionalism for CBEs. This article examines professionalism and organizational standards and finishes with vignettes to further explore their application. For parent-centered antenatal education, professionalism should be seen as emphasizing ethics, evidence, and inclusion while moving toward a gold standard for antenatal education.
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The Journal of Perinatal Education (JPE) is the leading peer-reviewed journal specifically for childbirth educators. Through evidence-based articles, the JPE advances the knowledge of aspiring and seasoned educators in any setting-independent or private practice, community, hospital, nursing or midwifery school-and informs educators and other health care professionals on research that will improve their practice and their efforts to support natural, safe, and healthy birth. The JPE also publishes features that provide practical resources and advice health care professionals can use to enhance the quality and effectiveness of their care or teaching to prepare expectant parents for birth. The journal''s content focuses on pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period, breastfeeding, neonatal care, early parenting, and young family development. In addition to childbirth educators, the JPE''s readers include nurses, midwives, physicians, and other professionals involved with perinatal education and maternal-child health care.