7th International Conference of the German Society of Midwifery Science (DGHWi) and 1st Midwifery Education Conference (HEBA-Paed)
German Association of Midwifery Science (DGHWi)
German Midwifery Association (DHV)
08.02. - 10.02.2024, Berlin
Welcome
The 7th International Conference of the German Society for Midwifery Science (DGHWi) has the motto ‘Ways to sustainability in midwifery’ and will take place on February 8th and 9th 2024 at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Berlin (Evangelische Hochschule in Berlin – EHB).
To facilitate a seamless international exchange and foster cross-border professional discussions, all presentations will be simultaneously translated into both German and English. Colleagues who are unable to attend in person in Berlin will be able to participate via a live stream in the Audimax.
On February 10, the HEBA-Paed will follow, the 1st Midwifery Education Conference. This event is organized by DGHWi in collaboration with the German Midwives’ Association (DHV).
We would like to thank the organising teams and all the members who supported the DGHWi Presidium and the editorial team in organising the Call for Abstracts, evaluating the submitted abstracts, creating the programmes, and finally, making all the preparations for the 7th International Conference and the HEBA-Paed.
The EHB has taken on the hosting of the conference. Our contact person there is Professor Melita Grieshop, the head of the Midwifery Science B.Sc. programme at EHB.
This conference volume is published as a supplement to the Journal of Midwifery Science. The main part of the supplement includes all submitted and accepted abstracts, covering presentations, short talks, workshops, and posters. All abstracts have undergone a blinded peer-review process. The abstracts are organised separately according to the conference sections. At the end of the conference proceedings, all authors, along with a brief bio, are listed alphabetically.
7th International Conference of the German Society of Midwifery Science
This year’s keynote speaker is Billie Hunter, who will speak about ‘Sustainable midwifery: Taking the long view’. Billie Hunter has worked in education and research. She is a professor emeritus for midwifery science at the University of Cardiff, Wales professor at Surrey University, UK, and an adjunct professor at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
In the editorial (and appendix) of the supplement, Professor Barbara Dorothea Fillenberg, President of the DGHWi, and Dr. Astrid Krahl, Vice President of the DGHWi, addresses the conference participants.
You will find official greetings from Professor Melita Grieshop (#1) from the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Berlin (Evangelische Hochschule in Berlin, EHB), from Viktoria Vivilaki (#2) as President of the European Midwives' Association, Ulrike Geppert-Orthofer (#3), President of the German Midwives’ Association (DHV), by Ilona Strache (#4), Chair of the Federation of Independent Midwives in Germany (Bund freiberuflicher Hebammen in Deutschland, BfHD), Ursula Jahn-Zöhrens (#5), Co-Chair of the Board of the Society for Quality in Out-of-Hospital Midwifery (Gesellschaft für Qualität in der außerklinischen Geburtshilfe, QUAG), Grit Kretschmar-Zimmer (#6), Chair of the Midwifery Community Support Association (Hebammengemeinschaftshilfe, HGH), Professor Jörg Mehrpohl (#7), director of Cochrane Germany, Professor Barbara Schmalfeldt (#8), President of the German Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, DGGG), Professor Mario Rüdiger (#9), President of the German Society of Perinatal Medicine (Deutsche Gesellschaft für perinatale Medizin, DGPM) and Professor Wolfgang Lütje (#10), President of the German Society of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für psychosomatische Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, DGPFG).
1st Midwifery Education Conference (HEBA-Paed)
The keynote speaker is Professor Claudia Hellmers with her presentation on „Rückblick und aktueller Stand der Akademisierung in Deutschland“ (‘Review and current status of academisation in Germany’). Claudia Hellmers is professor of midwifery science und representative for midwifery studies (B.Sc.) at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, faculty of Economics and Social sciences. Since 2012 she is also visiting professor at the University of Witten-Herdecke, faculty of health, department of nursing science.
In the editorial of the supplement, Professor Karolina Luegmair of the Katholische Stiftungshochschule München (KSH München) University of Applied Sciences, and Professor Nicola H. Bauer of the Institute of Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Cologne and the University Hospital Cologne, addresses the conference participants.
You will find official greetings from the German Society for Midwifery Science (DGHWi) and the German Midwives Association (DHV) (#1) from Professor Lea Beckmann, advisor for the education sector of the German Midwives Association (DHV) and Professor Barbara Fillenberg, president of the German Society for Midwifery Science (DGHWi), and for the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Berlin (Evangelische Hochschule in Berlin - EHB) (#2) from Professor Melita Grieshop.
