Designing a Midwife-Led Birth Center Program Based on the MAP-IT Model: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed-Methods Study

• Main Authors: Mohaddeseh Bakhshi (Author), Sanaz Mollazadeh (Author), Talat Khadivzadeh (Author), Javad Moghri (Author), Azadeh Saki (Author), Mahboobeh Firoozi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In recent decades, medical supervision of the labor and delivery process has expanded beyond its boundaries to the extent that in many settings, childbirth has become a medical event. This situation has influenced midwifery care. One of the significant barriers to midwives provid...