QMNC Sessions @ ILBRC 2025

Published on September 5, 2025

QMNC: Measuring Quality of Care - Andrew Symon, Elysse Prussing, Allison Cummins
11:30 - 12:30 Monday, 15th September, 2025 Rowan 2 -- Symposium

55 Indicators and measures that assess quality maternal and newborn care in all settings.
Andrew Symon1, Elysse Prussing2, Allison Cummins2

56 Developing the Quality Maternal and Newborn Care Framework as a data collection tool
Andrew Symon1, Elysse Prussing2, Allison Cummins21University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom. 2University of Newcastle Australia, Newcastle, Australia

57 QMNC Research Registry of Tools and survey of the QMNC membership
Florence Darling1, Qorinah Adnani2, Melissa Cheyney3, Saraswati Vedam4

58 A scoping review to identify factors that influence and monitor home births in low to middle income countries
Amir Ali Samnani1, Lorena Ibarguen2, Allison Cummins3, Melissa Cheyney41

Sharing knowledge production through a writing workshop - Elysse Prussing
11:30 - 13:15 Tuesday, 16th September, 2025 Maple Suite

Elysse Prussing1, Lorena Ibarguen2, Allison Cummins1


QMNC Research Alliance: Changing the Culture of Knowledge Production
15:45-17:10 Tuesday, 16 September, 2025, Rowan 2

Melissa Cheyney1, Micknai Arefaine2, Jeanette McCulloch3

Being in an international Community of Practice of Early Career researchers in maternity care
14:45 - 15:15 Wednesday, 17th September, 2025 Woodland 1
Quality Maternity and Newborn Care (QMNC) Research Fellows & Co-ordinator Dr Tekla Shiindi-Mbidi

'The Lancet Series 10 years on' - Holly Kennedy
15:45 - 16:45 Wednesday, 17th September, 2025 Woodland 1 -- 

121 Symposium Overview
Holly Kennedy1, Mary Renfrew2

122 The Quality Maternal Newborn Care Framework: A Systematic Scoping Review
Tekla Shiindi-Mbidi1, Bahareh Goodarzi2, Melissa Cheyney3, Berit Mortensen4, Allison Cummins5, Allison McFadden6, Andrew Symon6, Holly Powell Kennedy7, Michelle Telfer7, Linda Schoonmade2

123 The Lancet Series on Midwifery: A bibliometric and content analysis of its influence on the research agenda 
Cristina Mattison1, Yoko Shimpuku2, Holly Powell Kennedy3, Michelle Telfer3, Mary Renfrew4

124 From evidence to transformative action: the global impact of the 2014 Lancet Series on Midwifery 
Mary Renfrew1, Fran McConville2

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