Dr Belinda Maier
Dr Belinda Maier - Midwife & Midwifery Adviser to the Chief of Nursing Officer in Queensland
Belinda is a passionate midwife of over 20 years experience in wide ranging models of care including homebirth, lactation consultancy, Midwifery Group Practice, delivery suites, birth centers, as a lecturer in various universities, student mentor and remote community work. She has four fabulous children and a great partner who is a stay at home dad. She is committed to National Maternity Reform and is determined to be a part of making it work for women, midwives and families. Her current role is as Midwifery Advisor to the Chief Nursing Officer in Queensland. She misses her SA mums and families terribly!
Topic - Woman Centred Care
Midwives managing woman centred care provision within institutionalised health frameworks can be innovative, frustrating, empowering and limiting. This presentation will discuss the various ways that midwives provide care for women in hospital systems focusing on ways to improve the centredness of the woman in the care provided. She will discuss various models of midwifery care but will mainly discuss how 'routine' fragmented systems of hospital care can be managed to ensure women receive appropriate, positive and satisfying care, with less interventions and healthier outcomes.
