Australian College of Midwives - NSW Branch Incorporated

 Article submission guidelines


Midwifery Matters
Midwifery Matters is the quarterly newsletter of the Australian College of Midwives NSW Branch (ACM NSW Branch). It has a reputation of being a high quality publication and currently has a circulation of approximately 1300 midwives and associates mainly in NSW but also includes other areas of Australia and overseas. Midwifery Matters is the only state newsletter to be of such high standard and print quality. It is recognised as one of the better sources of information on current midwifery issues in Australia.
Midwifery Matters is the NSW Midwives' own magazine. Four issues are published annually: March (Autumn), June (Winter) September (Spring), December (Summer). ACM NSW’s members work in birthing centres, hospital maternity units and private midwifery practice. Some of our members have also been consumers of maternity care. An example of previous articles that have been published can be viewed on our website following this link: http://www.nswmidwives.com.au/newsletter/recentarticles/tabid/72/Default.aspx
Instructions to Authors
Midwifery Matters invites authors to submit articles, papers and correspondence on all facets of the care of women during pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period as well as articles of interest to midwives. Depending on the topic and content, a submission may be reviewed by our office, the Editor and/or the newsletter committee. Examples of articles include clinical updates, review articles, conference reports, and information, book reviews, and local events in your area such as International Midwives Day celebrations.

Article length is preferred at one to two pages (approximately 500-600 words per page). We also welcome and strongly encourage the submission of photos to be included with the article.

Article submission
If you wish to submit an article for inclusion in our newsletter you need to forward an electronic copy in a Microsoft Word document to our office (admin@nswmidwives.com.au ) before the deadline for the next edition. Your submission will be acknowledged and you will be informed of the decision by the committee the suitability of the article and when it is proposed that it will be published.
Midwifery Matters is a newsletter and not a peer reviewed journal. The Australian College of Midwives peer reviewed journal is Women and Birth. For more information please see www.elsevier.com/locate/wombi

2010/2011 Deadlines for submission of material
Issue Content Deadline
June 2010 5th May
Sept 2010 9th August
Dec 2010 3rd November
   
 midwifery matters

 

Midwifery Matters is the quarterly newsletter of the NSW Midwives Association. It has a reputation of being a high quality publication and currently has a circulation of approximately 1100 midwives and associates mainly in NSW but also includes other areas of Australia and overseas. Midwifery Matters is the only state newsletter to be of such high standard and print quality. It is recognised as one of the better sources of information on current midwifery issues in Australia.

Midwifery Matters is the NSW Midwives' own magazine. Four issues are published annually: March (Autumn), June (Winter) September (Spring), December (Summer). NSW Midwives Association's members are qualified midwives working in birthing centres, hospital maternity units and private midwifery practice in all states and territories of Australia. 

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In 2008, Australian midwives supported and cared for the mothers of more than 270,000 babies during their pregnancies, births and the first weeks of life.
  

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Readership
  Maternity Hospitals, Birth Centres etc 269
  Midwife members of the ACM NSW Branch 1138

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For prospective authors wanting to sumit and article or news item into Midwifery Matters, you need to contact the newsletter sub committee through our office.  Please email admin@nswmidwives.com.au

We are always very interested in what is happening in all areas of midwifery and appreciate any input to news items or articles. Related photos are also great to feature in an article.