The National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM) is a professional association committed to significantly increasing women’s access to quality maternity care by supporting the work and practice of Certified Professional Midwives.NACPM’s purpose is to contribute to a new era in maternity care by inspiring and engaging CPMs to be an organized force for change.
NACPM:
- Advocates for CPMs to the public, to state and federal legislators and to health care policy makers
- Addresses barriers to practice for CPMs including reimbursement and advocacy for a path to licensure for CPMs in all 50 states
- Secures a “seat at the table” for CPMs in the larger maternity care world by representing CPMs in national coalitions and to other national organizations
- Participates on behalf of CPMs in key national collaborations to improve maternity care
- Provides clinical practice resources and support to CPMs
NACPM now has chapters. Click here for information about organizing a chapter of NACPM in your state.
Click here to read the history of NACPM.
The Home Birth Consensus Summit took place October 20-22, 2011. Click here to read about the exciting results of this historic event!
Representative Roybal-Allard read the consensus statements into Congressional record on Wednesday, November 16th and released a press statement.
You can view the YouTube video of her statement HERE.
Symposium 2012
CPMs and Midwifery Educators: Contributing to a New Era in Maternity Care
March 16-19, 2012 - Airlee Center, Warrenton VA
The first national symposium to focus exclusively on the future of maternity care, CPMs and midwifery education is only five months away! You are invited to register now to receive the early-bird discount and to save your place at this historic meeting.
The symposium is designed to bring our leading midwives and advocates together to learn what's on the horizon from experts in health policy, maternity care, and professional education. Topics range from innovative models of care to building interprofessional collaboration to workforce planning to the latest in distance learning. There will be ample opportunities to share information about federal, state, and community-level initiatives and then to plan action steps based on what we've learned. Click here to learn more>
MAMA Campaign is working is to increase women’s access to midwives and to quality, affordable maternity care by securing federal recognition of Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs). Have you joined yet? Click here for more information. Please join us today!
Home Birth: An Annotated Guide to the Literature. Published by the Division of Midwifery in the Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia in collaboration with the American College of Nurse-Midwives and the Midwives Alliance of North America. Please share!
Medscape: Planned Home vs Hospital Birth: A Meta-Analysis Gone Wrong
CDC Report - Home Births up 20% from 2004 to 2008 - Click here for an article in USA Today.
RECENT NEWS! CPM Bill Introduced: A Milestone for Midwives and Mothers! Read the NACPM Alert about HR 1054.
Read a pdf of the latest NACPM printed Newsletter.
Click here for a list of archived newsletters and alerts.
Welcome to our web site. We hope you find it full of useful information, and we welcome your input.
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Noteworthy
Available for download - CPM Issue Brief - Certified Professional Midwives in the US
Primary Midwifery Links
Citizens for Midwifery (CfM)
Midwives Alliance of N. America (MANA)
MANA Statistics Project
Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC)
North American Registry of Midwives (NARM)
International Center for Traditional Childbearing (ICTC)
