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{"title":"The Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health 2016–2025: Advancing Through Growth and Change","authors":"Melissa D. Avery CNM, PhD","doi":"10.1111/jmwh.70004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.70004","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In 2025, we celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) and the seventieth anniversary of the <i>Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health</i> (<i>JMWH</i>), as we publish the seventieth volume of <i>JMWH</i>. <i>JMWH</i>, the official journal of ACNM, began as the <i>Nurse-Midwife Bulletin</i> in 1955, then the <i>Bulletin of the American College of Nurse-Midwifery</i> in 1956, the <i>Bulletin of the American College of Nurse-Midwives</i> in 1969, when ACNM changed its name, and the <i>Journal of Nurse-Midwifery</i> in 1973.<span><sup>1</sup></span> Today, we celebrate the <i>Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health</i>, so named in 2000.</p><p>The only midwifery journal in the United States, <i>JMWH</i> publishes research and other scholarly articles to support the profession and practice of midwifery. Our authors are primarily midwives and from the United States. However, increasingly midwife authors are from countries outside the United States. Authors also represent nurses, including advanced practice nurses, as well as physicians, social workers, public health professionals, dentists, psychologists, pharmacists, and others. Although maintaining a strong focus on midwifery research, practice, policy, and education in the United States, <i>JMWH</i> is truly an international and interprofessional journal. <i>JMWH</i> leadership participates in the International Academy of Nursing Editors and was pleased to be included in their inaugural group of 13 journals named to the <i>Nursing Journal Hall of Fame</i> for achieving at least 50 years of sustained excellence in publication.</p><p>Two major changes occurred since the previous <i>JMWH</i> history update was published in 2015.<span><sup>2</sup></span> The first was a change to the cover of <i>JMWH</i> in 2019, the first since 1979. The purpose of the cover change was to better reflect the current profession, including our scope of practice as well as ACNM's commitment to inclusion and respect for diverse identities.<span><sup>3</sup></span> The second change was a complete transition in the editorial leadership of <i>JMWH</i>.<span><sup>4</sup></span> December 2021 marked the retirement of then editor-in-chief Frances E. Likis, who was named Editor Emeritus by the ACNM Board of Directors. Deputy Editors Tekoa King and Patricia Aikins Murphy also retired from their positions in Fall 2021. Following a 4-month editorial transition, Melissa Avery became editor-in-chief of <i>JMWH</i> in January 2022. Ira Kantrowitz-Gordon, who had assumed a one-year position as deputy editor in 2021, joined the new senior leadership team with Linda Hunter, who joined as deputy editor in Fall of 2021.</p><p>The number of manuscripts submitted to <i>JMWH</i> continues to increase. The number of new manuscripts submitted in 2016 was 355, increasing to 627 in 2020 when many journals received more manuscripts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Remaining steady after the height of t","PeriodicalId":16468,"journal":{"name":"Journal of midwifery & women's health","volume":"70 4","pages":"541-544"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jmwh.70004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144869968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Taking Care of Your Health","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/jmwh.70000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.70000","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Taking care of your health is one of the most important things that you can do for yourself. If you are in good health, then you can take care of those who need your help. The more we know about our health, the better we can prevent certain health conditions or find them early. This handout reviews the health screenings and vaccines that are recommended for adults of all ages.</p><p>You can discuss how often you should be seen for a health check-up and which tests would be helpful for you with your health care provider. Screening tests give you information about your overall health. Vaccinations recommended for healthy people who have received the recommended childhood vaccinations are also listed. Your health care provider may offer some screening tests earlier than recommended, depending on your health history, family history, or if you are having symptoms of a health problem.</p><p>The recommendations in this chart are general suggestions. It is important to discuss the tests and vaccines with your health care provider. Recommendations by your health care provider depend on your personal health history. Your health care provider may suggest more frequent testing or more tests if you have a family history or personal health history that suggests you have a higher chance of getting cancer or other diseases.</p><p><b>Health Screenings and Immunizations for Women</b>\u0000 \u0000 </p><p>Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 8.8</p><p>Approved June 2025. This handout replaces “Taking Care of Your Health” published in Volume 62, Issue 3, May/June 2017.</p><p>This handout may be reproduced for noncommercial use by health care professionals to share with patients, but modifications to the handout are not permitted. The information and recommendations in this handout are not a substitute for health care. Consult your health care provider for information specific to you and your health.</p>","PeriodicalId":16468,"journal":{"name":"Journal of midwifery & women's health","volume":"70 4","pages":"681-682"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jmwh.70000","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144869182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Staying Healthy While You Are Pregnant","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/jmwh.70001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.70001","url":null,"abstract":"<p>If you are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant soon, you have a great opportunity to start making healthy lifestyle changes. Eating a well-balanced diet, setting a healthy weight gain goal, avoiding harmful substances, getting 7–8 hours of sleep, exercising regularly, taking a daily prenatal vitamin and having regular prenatal checkups all help keep you healthy in pregnancy. Staying healthy in pregnancy helps your baby have a healthy start. It also decreases your chance of complications in pregnancy and increases the chance you will have a healthy birth.</p>","PeriodicalId":16468,"journal":{"name":"Journal of midwifery & women's health","volume":"70 4","pages":"683-684"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jmwh.70001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144869183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Systematic Reviews to Inform Practice, July/August 2025","authors":"Nena R. Harris CNM, PhD, FNP-BC, CNE,&nbsp;Abby Howe-Heyman CNM, PhD","doi":"10.1111/jmwh.70002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.70002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16468,"journal":{"name":"Journal of midwifery & women's health","volume":"70 4","pages":"664-679"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144869640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Research and Professional Literature to Inform Practice, July/August 2025","authors":"Amy Alspaugh CNM, PhD, MSN","doi":"10.1111/jmwh.13785","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.13785","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16468,"journal":{"name":"Journal of midwifery & women's health","volume":"70 4","pages":"658-663"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144870071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Thank You to 2024 Peer Reviewers","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/jmwh.13778","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.13778","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16468,"journal":{"name":"Journal of midwifery & women's health","volume":"70 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jmwh.13778","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144300182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Complementary and Integrative Therapies in Midwifery Practice (2025-001JMWH)","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/jmwh.13775","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.13775","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16468,"journal":{"name":"Journal of midwifery & women's health","volume":"70 3","pages":"526-527"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jmwh.13775","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144300503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"2024 Outstanding Peer Reviewer Award","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/jmwh.13779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.13779","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16468,"journal":{"name":"Journal of midwifery & women's health","volume":"70 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jmwh.13779","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144300505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Author Response: Policy Context Matters for Midwifery","authors":"Emily C. Sheffield MPH,&nbsp;Julia D. Interrante PhD, MPH,&nbsp;Katy Backes Kozhimannil PhD, MPA","doi":"10.1111/jmwh.13764","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmwh.13764","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The authors thank Ms. DeLuca for engaging with our recent article and emphasizing the role of interprofessional collaborations and training to improve rural midwifery care access.<span>¹</span> We agree and see this as both a policy and research issue. The questions raised are timely, as recent research has shown continued labor and delivery unit closures disproportionately impacting rural US hospitals,<span>²</span> further limiting rural residents’ access to local perinatal care.</p><p>The letter's author highlights numerous factors that may inhibit the growth of rural midwifery, including workforce shortages of other types of perinatal care clinicians, geographic barriers to care, and a lack of infrastructure to incorporate the midwifery model in established practices. Underpinning each of these barriers is the impact that state-level midwifery practice legislation has on the growth of the midwifery care workforce.</p><p>The American College of Nurse-Midwives has identified numerous state policies governing certified nurse-midwife and certified midwife (CNM/CM) practice that can expand the midwifery workforce. These include licensure policies for different types of midwives, Medicaid reimbursement parity between midwives and physicians, and whether midwives have the authority to prescribe medications and admit patients to hospitals without physician oversight.<span>³</span> Researchers have demonstrated such policies’ potential impacts. States with independent practice legislation for CNMs have more practicing midwives per 1,000 births and fewer counties without midwives compared to those that require CNMs to hold practice agreements with supervising physicians.<span>⁴</span></p><p>Enabling CNMs/CMs to practice independently may have particularly salient effects on the perinatal care workforce in rural areas. Though CNMs/CMs can provide safe, high-quality care within their scopes of practice without physician oversight,<span>⁵</span> requiring physician supervision may restrict midwives’ ability to provide care in rural areas,<span>^{3, 4}</span> even if they desire a rural practice, because clinicians like obstetrician-gynecologists are more concentrated in urban areas.<span>⁵</span> In contrast, independent practice legislation may enable CNMs/CMs to practice in communities that otherwise have shortages of perinatal care providers or are longer distances from high-volume or higher acuity clinical settings.</p><p>Similar policies that reduce restrictions for certain types of midwives, such as certified professional midwives (CPMs), may be particularly resonant in rural areas. CNMs/CMs are more likely to be concentrated in urban areas,<span>^{3, 5}</span> while a greater proportion of rural births are attended by CPMs and other types of midwives compared to CNMs/CMs.<span>⁶</span> Further, as CPMs and other types of midwives are more likely than CNM","PeriodicalId":16468,"journal":{"name":"Journal of midwifery & women's health","volume":"70 3","pages":"524-525"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jmwh.13764","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144228086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Letter to the Editor: The Availability of Midwifery Care in Rural United States Communities","authors":"Myra DeLuca CNM, MSN","doi":"10.1111/jmwh.13763","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmwh.13763","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;To the Editor:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In “The Availability of Midwifery Care in Rural United States Communities,” Sheffield et al state that 75% of rural hospitals that recently closed their maternity services had no midwifery care component present.&lt;span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt; The article was informative and eye-opening.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The findings that rural birthing people have obstacles to obtaining maternity care and even more difficulty having choices in their care providers highlight an important area for further research that, understandably, was not within the scope of this study to explore. The article inspired further thinking about the reasons for the lack of midwifery care in rural America.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Educational, legislative, and economic barriers inhibit the growth of midwifery, especially in rural communities, where more than one-third of the rural counties lack trained perinatal providers.&lt;span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2, 3&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Midwives may face unique difficulties with interprofessional collaboration due to health care provider shortages or maldistribution of the providers who are available as consultants. Lengthy geographic distance to access care is also an inherent barrier to rural health care. Finally, established institutions may lack the infrastructure to integrate midwives into their systems.&lt;span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Due to these barriers, and because of the tremendous shortage of perinatal resources available in rural communities, further studies looking at other potential barriers to midwifery care are warranted, especially in rural communities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One factor that researchers could examine is whether current or past interprofessional relationships between physicians and midwives affect the availability of midwifery care to rural birthing people. For midwifery to reach the full potential impact possible, midwives must be well-supported and integrated into health care systems and teams everywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Further research on interprofessional collaboration could create opportunities for innovative strategies for meeting the needs of rural communities. This could begin with resident physician education that focuses on integrating midwives into physicians’ early careers by using experienced midwives as teachers in residency programs. Midwives work closely with resident physicians at my practice setting, teaching hands-on skills and running simulations together. Reading this article has made me curious about the potential long-term consequences of a teaching strategy like this. Some research already focused on this type of interprofessional education model showing greater collaboration as a result. The recently published article, “Certified Nurse-Midwives as Teachers: Expanding Interprofessional Collaboration Learning Opportunities for Medical Students on the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship,” is an exemplar; however, research on this topic is limited.&lt;span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Given the findings of the Sheffield et al article, including the number of close","PeriodicalId":16468,"journal":{"name":"Journal of midwifery & women's health","volume":"70 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jmwh.13763","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144228087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}