Maternity Care: Building Relationships Really Does Save Lives (FutureLearn)

You’ll learn about organisational healthcare models, and what you and your local community can do to contribute to the transformation of maternity care globally.

What topics will you cover?

• The current state of maternity care and its effect on women, babies and families, as well as midwives, other health professionals, and the health service
• The case for reform – why moving to a relationship-based maternity care model significantly improves outcomes across all areas
• The evidence behind the efficacy of relationship-based maternity care – it really does save lives
• What relationship-based care involves - the overarching principles and what it means in the context of maternity care
• An outline of the relationship framework (organisational model) that best facilitates quality relationship-based care
• Demonstrations of relationship-based maternity care in practice
• Affecting change from a grassroots level - the power of individuals and groups
• How you can help – practical ways to help make relationship-based care available in your area

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

• Summarise the key problems in the current provision of maternity care.
• Explain what a relationship framework for maternity services is.
• Justify why a relationship framework for maternity services can produce better outcomes for mother, baby, maternity care providers, and society.
• Describe the organisational model that can facilitate relationship-based care for maternity services.
• Develop a plan for action you or your community could implement to begin to affect change in this area.