Midwifery group practice workforce in Australia: A cross-sectional survey of midwives and managers.

Background: Despite robust evidence on the benefits of midwifery group practice (MGP), there remains difficulties with implementing and sustaining the model. However, contemporary data on the MGP workforce and how each model has been operationalised are limited. This constrains an understanding of the factors that help or hinder implementation and sustainability of MGP.

Academic mothers, professional identity and COVID-19: Feminist reflections on career cycles, progression and practice.

Based on a collection of auto-ethnographic narratives that reflect our experiences as academic mothers at an Australian university, this paper seeks to illustrate the impact of COVID-19 on our career cycles in order to explore alternative feminist models of progression and practice in Higher Education. Collectively, we span multiple disciplines, parenting profiles, and racial/ethnic backgrounds. Our narratives (initiated in 2019) explicate four focal points in our careers as a foundation for analyzing self-definitions of professional identity: pre- and post-maternity career break; and pre- and post-COVID-19 career.

Management and sustainability of midwifery group practice: Thematic and lexical analyses of midwife interviews.

Background: Although there is high-level evidence supporting positive perinatal outcomes for midwifery group practice (MGP) care, not all women can access this model due to a failure to implement or sustain it. The way that MGPs are managed could be an important factor in whether they are successful in the long-term.

Aim: To explore what determines optimal management of MGP in Australia, and the influence it has on sustainability of MGP.

Leadership and management in midwifery-led continuity of care models: A thematic and lexical analysis of a scoping review.

Objective: Although midwifery-led continuity of care is associated with superior outcomes for mothers and babies, it is not available to all women. Issues with implementation and sustainability might be addressed by improving how it is led and managed - yet little is known about what constitutes the optimal leadership and management of midwifery-led continuity models.

Design: Following a systematic search of academic databases for relevant publications, 25 publications were identified.

The HIVE: a co-created art installation about health.

Objectives: We consider how artists explore complex health issues in a large-scale, collaborative art installation.

Study Design: This article describes - The HIVE - an arts-based knowledge translation (ABKT) initiative through which artists collaborated with researchers, service providers, health consumers, and carers affiliated with a major translational health research centre in Australia.

Methods: We present a case study that draws on artist statements and visual documentation to evoke the different facets of the initiative.