Certified Nurse‐Midwife Practice Authority as a Structural Determinant of Maternal Health
CURISA M TUCKER, JENNIFER BAUMSTARK · 2026
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Description
Curisa Tucker and Jennifer Baumstark link midwife practice rules to maternal health across US states in a paper from two thousand twenty-six. Certified nurse-midwives give proven maternity care, yet half the states deny them independent practice. Rules may act as a structural driver of health gaps.
The team classified all fifty states by practice authority and compared midwife density with a maternal vulnerability index. States with independent practice held far more midwives per capita. A mediation check found about a quarter of the rule effect ran through workforce supply, and the rest was direct. New federal funding now rewards states for looser rules. The authors urge both reform and workforce investment.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | CURISA M TUCKER, JENNIFER BAUMSTARK |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |