Innovations for Strengthening Global Midwifery

Abstract

Innovation has the potential to transform midwifery by empowering midwives, by providing solutions for issues in midwifery regulation, practice and education and by improving the quality of care to midwifery service users. This chapter provides some exciting examples and case studies of innovations in midwifery. It explains the concepts of responsible innovation in health, frugal innovation and disruptive innovation and provides guidance for midwives who wish to turn their ideas into innovations. It highlights some lessons in midwifery innovation from the COVID-19 pandemic, summarises key principles and makes recommendations for policy and practice.

Efektifitas the Safe Delivery App (SDA) secara Blended Learning terhadap Pengetahuan Bidan

“…Menanggapi pandemi COVID-19 global, Maternity Foundation, University of Copenhagen, dan Laerdal Global Health in ICM, dan UNFPA bekerjasama dalam mengembangkan inovasi teknologi digital berbasis android, yaitu The Safe Delivery App (SDA) (Kemp, Maclean, & Moyo, 2021). SDA merupakan aplikasi smartphone yang berisikan informasi dan keterampilan untuk tenaga bidan terlatih, dapat diakses langsung dan cepat, serta berdasarkan pedoman klinis berbasis bukti up-to-date tentang Kedaruratan Obstetri Dasar dan Neonatal Care atau Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) (Kemp et al, 2021;Khatun, Jhumu, Gregson, & Kemp, 2020;Thomsen et al, 2019). Bidan sebagai tenaga kesehatan garis depan berisiko tinggi terhadap penularan Corona Virus Desease (Covid-19), sehingga pentingnya peningkatan kapasitas diri dan pelatihan yang diperoleh melalui aplikasi SDA (Thomsen et al, 2019).…”