Contents

Contributors

Foreword by Michael C. Lu, MD, MS, MPH

Preface

Acknowledgments

Charlotte's Story

Starting Point Comments From Vera Keane, CNM, MA, FACNM

Comments From Carmen Strickland, MD

Share The CenteringPregnancy® Model: The Power of Group Health Care

SECTION I: The CenteringPregnancy® Model

1. The Origins of CenteringPregnancy®

2. Making the Case for Centering Group Health Care

3. CenteringPregnancy® Group Care

4. Why Circles Work

5. CenteringParenting®: From Pregnancy Through Postpartum and Beyond

6. Facilitation: The Art and the Power

SECTION II: Centering Healthcare™: Transformative Change

7. Implementing Centering Group Care

8. Transformative Change

9. Spread of the Model to Other Health Populations

SECTION III: The Centering Healthcare™ Model: Making Change Sustainable

10. Making Change Sustainable: The Role of Policy and Advocacy

Lisa Summers

11. Growing Edge: Exploration of Innovation

A. CenteringPregnancy With Mindfulness Skills: Enhancing the Thread of Presence

Nancy Bardacke and Larissa G. Duncan

B. Centering Health and Oral Health: Moving Toward Healthy Women and Healthy Families

Sally H. Adams and Lisa Chung

C. Does CenteringPregnancy Promote Maternal Health Literacy?

Sandra A. Smith

12. Adapting CenteringPregnancy®-Based Group Antenatal Care Globally

Kathleen F. Norr and Crystal L. Patil

13. Moving Forward Into the Mainstream

Bibliography

Appendix A Pilot Study of CenteringParenting® in Two Public Health Clinics: Calgary, Alberta

Appendix B Field Notes From The Netherlands, Nepal, and Malawi/Tanzania

Field Notes: Introduction of Centering Healthcare in the Netherlands

Marlies Rijnders

Field Notes: CenteringPregnancy-Based Group Antenatal Care in Achham District, Nepal

Sheela Maru

Field Notes: Malawi and Tanzania

Crystal L. Patil and Kathleen F. Norr

Index