The CenteringPregnancy Model: The Power of Group Health Care

Written by two distinguished leaders in midwifery, this text provides a comprehensive examination of an effective model of group care. This book describes basic tenets of the Centering Healthcare model, which brings together cohorts of people with similar health care needs in a group setting for care. Chapters discuss the landscape leading to the model's development, its use in clinical practice, and its widespread and continuing growth as an effective alternative to traditional care.

Interspersed with comments and stories from Centering participants and health care professionals, the chapters emphasize the power of facilitative leadership that encourages behavior change and personal empowerment. Applicable in most health care settings, domestically and around the world, this book will be an invaluable resource for use by clinicians, administrators, researchers, educators, and others who are eager to improve outcomes from health care delivery.

KEY FEATURES:

• Describes the theoretical foundations of the Centering Healthcare model
• Documents the importance of the Centering model components to achieve improved health care and reduced cost
• Discusses the impact of evidence-based research on providers, administrators, and policy makers
• Demonstrates the validity and applicability of the model to a variety of health care populations, both domestic and international

Sharon Schindler Rising, MSN, CNM, FACNM, is a certified nurse-midwife who established the graduate nurse-midwifery program and the Childbearing Childrearing Center at the University of Minnesota. She is the founder and president emeritus of the Centering Healthcare Institute, Inc. (CHI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health by transforming care through Centering groups.

Charlotte Houde Quimby, MSN, CNM, FACNM, served as chair of the department of Maternal Newborn Nursing and chief nurse-midwife at Yale New Haven Hospital. She developed the nurse-midwifery service at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and was a faculty member at Dartmouth Medical School, where she continues as an adjunct faculty of Community and Family Medicine.