MID101 Assignment: Women-Centred Care Concept Map and Essay

This assignment presents a comprehensive summary of a concept map and essay focusing on women-centred care and its relationship with midwifery services. The introduction defines a concept map and its utility in illustrating relationships between ideas, specifically in the context of women-centred care. The main body delves into the core principles of women-centred care, highlighting the holistic approach to maternity care, encompassing social, economic, spiritual, cultural, and physical needs. It emphasizes the benefits of midwifery practices, such as improved partnership, continuity of care, and reduced intervention rates. The essay also discusses the role of midwives in preparing the birth environment, providing education, and offering guidance to ensure the well-being of both mother and child. The conclusion reinforces the importance of continuous care and the positive outcomes associated with women-centred practices, supported by references to relevant literature. The summary underscores the significance of addressing the unique needs, expectations, and aspirations of women to ensure optimal care for both mother and baby.

Women centred care
concept map and essay

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
A concept map is a visual diagram with the help of which the relationship among the
different concepts and idea can be established. It facilitates easy understanding as the key words
are presented within the boxes and then they are connected with the arrows and this makes the
person understand the relation among the two ideas. Concept map are used in different field for
instructional purpose. In this report the concept diagram is used and with the summary of this
report it will becomes to understand the relation between the women centred care and the
midwifery services. In addition to this various aspects related to the women centred care are
discussed along with their positive outcomes. Apart from this the adverse possible outcomes are
discussed where women are not centred.

CONCEPT MAP
MAIN BODY
Women centred care is a concept which is related holistic care of the women. Midwifery
practices are related to care of the women when they are pregnant, at the time of childbirth and
even in early parenting years. They educate the women in living a healthy life by adopting
better schedules and lifestyle choices (Chapman and Charles, 2018). The women centred care
term is generally used to describe the philosophy related to the maternity care in which the
social, economic, spiritual, cultural and physical needs are identified and considered. The
fundamental principles which these concept focus upon are the birth of the child and the tenure
of the pregnancy of the women. The midwifery practices offer various benefits to women by
developing a better partnership with them. Due to this the continuity of the care and the
partnership a professional friendship is developed among them which sure that better care is
provided to the women. This reduces chance of any mis-happening and complexity of needs at
the time giving birth to the baby. Also with this health of the baby and the mother can ensured as

they manage the midwifery continuously monitors the progress of the baby and the problems that
are faced by the women. As per on the study it was found that with better midwifery services to
the women the rate of intervention can be reduces in comparison to the one who get standard
maternity care. On the basis of the concept map so develop the role that midwifery practices and
professional plays in the women centred care can easily be understood (Brady, 2019). It includes
preparing the birth environment as the midwives has understanding the issues and problems
so faced by the women throughout their pregnancy due to which they make all the necessary
arrangement which may require at the time of giving birth to the baby. As the midwives be in
touch with the women throughout so they give them all the necessary education regarding the
process so that they do not face and issues. Also they provides them various guidance such as
better diet, proper exercises, regular checkups and many more with the help of which they ensure
goods health of both the baby and the mother. It reduces the intervention rates. In addition to
this, the partnership is developed among the two which offers mental peace and better cares to
the women in each and every aspect. But the women who are not centred faces various issues at
the time of giving birth to the baby and also it has impact on the health of the women and the
child, also the rate of intervention increases in such cases which increases risk for them
(Anderson, 2016).
CONCLUSION
It is concluded from the above report that it is important to ensure continuity of care of the
women as with this the better health and chance of various issues can be reduced efficiently and
it is supported by the midwifery practices. It is identified that with the help of women centred
need the unique need of the women can be considered along with their expectations as well as
aspiration. The physical, social, cultural and spiritual needs can be addressed so that they can
better care can be ensured for both the women and the child.

REFERENCES
Books & Journals
Anderson, B.A., and et. al., 2016. Best practices in midwifery: Using the evidence to implement
change. Springer Publishing Company.
Brady, S., and et. al., 2019. Woman-centred care: An integrative review of the empirical
literature. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 94. pp.107-119.
Chapman, V. and Charles, C. eds., 2018. The midwife's labour and birth handbook. John Wiley
& Sons.
Fox, D., Sheehan, A. and Homer, C., 2017, January. Birthplace in Australia: Supporting woman
centred care in homebirth transfer. In International Confederation of Midwives
Congress.
Wallström, S. and Ekman, I., 2018. Person-centred care in clinical assessment.