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Duke Midwifery Service

In 2003, the Duke Midwives established the CenteringPregnancy program at the Durham County Health Department. CenteringPregnancy is a national program for group prenatal care that emphasizes self-assessment, education, and social support, while providing continuity of care to a cohort of 8-12 women with similar due dates. Since 2003, the program at DCHD has grown significantly, offering one new group every month and recently receiving site approval by the Centering Heathcare Institute.

In addition to increased satisfaction, research has shown that women in CenteringPregnancy have 1/3 lower relative risk of having a preterm infant than women in traditional care.

For more information about the CenteringPregnancy program at DCHD, contact Kim Dau at kim.dau@duke.edu.

Please check out the CenteringPregnancy website: www.centeringpregnancy.com

Amy MacDonald, CNM, MSN - Director, Duke Midwifery Service

Department / Division: Obstetrics and Gynecology / Midwifery

Address: DUMC 2818 Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone: 919-684-2471

Office Telephone: 919-668-0011

Fax Telephone: 919-681-7861

Education:

1984 Antioch College

Yellow Springs, OH

Bachelor of Arts in Biological Science

1989 Yale University

Schooling of Nursing

New Have, CT

Diploma in Nursing

1991 Yale University

Graduate Program in Nurse Midwifery

Masters of Nursing

New Haven, CT

Certificate in Nurse Midwifery

Clinical Interests: Centering Pregnancy, healthcare disparities, medical and resident education

Languages: Spanish

Janet Fields , CNM, MSN

Department / Division: Obstetrics and Gynecology / Midwifery

Address: DUMC 2818, Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone: 919-684-2471

Office Telephone: 919-668-0011

Fax Telephone: 919-681-7861

Clinical Interests: International Health

Janice Taleff, CNM, MSN

Department / Division: Obstetrics and Gynecology / Midwifery

Address: DUMC 2818, Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone: 919-684-2471

Office Telephone: 919-668-0011

Fax Telephone: 919-681-7861

Education: BA, Salem College, 1990

BSN, University of North Carolina at Charlotte School of Nursing, 1994

MSN, East Carolina University School of Nursing, 2001

Clinical Interests: Multidisciplinary clinical education; Optimal maternal and fetal positioning for pregnancy and birth; Evidence-based holistic care for women of all ages; Use of technology in clinical practice

Kim Q. Dau, CNM, MSN

Department / Division: Obstetrics and Gynecology / Midwifery

Address: DUMC 2818, Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone: 919-684-2471

Office Telephone: 919-668-0011

Fax Telephone: 919-681-7861

Education: BS, Biology, Duke University, Durham NC, 2001

RN, University of California, San Francisco, 2005

MSN, Nurse-Midwifery specialty, University of California, San Francisco, 2007

Clinical Interests: Centering Pregnancy program; Group prenatal care; Disparities in women’s health

Languages: English, Spanish

Representative publications

Miller S, Turan JM, Dau K, Fathalla M, Mourad M, Sutherland T, et al. Decreasing Maternal Mortality from Hypovolemic Shock in Low Resource Settings: the Non-pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment (NASG), Global Public Health, April 2007; 2(2): 110 -124.

Jenny Cox, CNM, MSN

Department / Division: Obstetrics and Gynecology / Midwifery

Address: DUMC 2818, Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone: 919-684-2471

Office Telephone: 919-668-0011

Fax Telephone: 919-681-7861

Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005; BS Biology

University of Pennsylvania, 1999; BS Nursing

University of Pennsylvania, 2001; MS Nursing

Clinical Interests: Breastfeeding, Reduction in Primary Caesarean Births, Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Intrapartum Use, Perinatal Depression

Mary Ellen Isenhour, CNM, MSN, IBCLC

Department / Division: Obstetrics and Gynecology / Midwifery

Address: DUMC 2818, Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone: 919-684-2471

Office Telephone: 919-668-0011

Fax Telephone: 919-681-7861

Education: 1994 – ADN-Catawba Valley Community College

1995 – BSN-Lenoir-Rhyne College

2002 – MSN-State University of New York @ Stonybrook

Clinical Interests: Caring for women from adolescence through menopause, Protecting normal birth, Breastfeeding women & infants

Patricia Payne , CNM, MPH

Department / Division: Obstetrics and Gynecology / Midwifery

Address: DUMC 2818, Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone: 919-684-2471

Office Telephone: 919-668-0011

Fax Telephone: 919-681-7861

Education:

1970-1974 University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

1976 Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

Masters of Public Health

1986 Medical University of SC

Charleston, SC

Certificate in Nurse Midwifery

Clinical Interests: Prenatal Care, Public Health, Positioning for Labor and Birth, Collaborative Care, Evidence Based Care

Languages: English

Representative publications:

Chetwynd E et al. Fluconazole for postpartum candidal mastitis and infant thrush.
J Hum Lact . 2002.

Likis FE, Petersen R, Clark KA, Payne PA Gynecologic and Contraceptive Services Provided by Certified Nurse-Midwives in North Carolina Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 51:6 410-414 2004.

Jesse, DE., Taleff, J., Payne, P., Cox, R., Steele, L. Reusable Learning Units: An Innovative Teaching Strategy for Online Nursing Education. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship 3:1 2004.

King V, and Payne PA. ALSO Instructor Manual: How to Teach the Birth Crisis Birthstation, ALSO, American Academy of Family Physicians, 1999.

Payne PA, King VA. Model of Nurse-Midwife and Family Physician Collaborative Care in a Combined Academic and Community Setting. Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, Jan/Feb 1998.

Payne, PA. Diabetes and Pregnancy, Module 11. In: Jean Martin, ed. Intrapartum Management Modules. Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins, 1995.

Payne, PA. Breastfeeding and Childbirth Education, in Family Practice Obstetrics, Hanley and Belfus, Inc. 2001.

Payne, PA. and King, VJ. What Midwives Can Teach Family Physicians, in Clinics in Family Medicine, 2001; 3(2):349-364.

Petersen R. Payne P. Albright J. Holland H. Cabral R. Curtis KM. Applying motivational interviewing to contraceptive counseling: ESP for clinicians. Contraception. 69(3):213-7, Mar.

Ratcliffe SD. Baxley EG, Byrd JE, Sakornbut EL, Contributing Co-Author. Family Practice Obstetrics, 3rd Edition, (Childbirth Education, Breastfeeding Promotion, Breastfeeding Management) 2008.