ISSN 1172-6970 (print copy)
ISSN 1172-9457 (electronic copy)

Issue 5 (February 2010)

Issue 4 (November 2009)

Issue 3 (August 2009)

Issue 2 (May 2009)

Issue 1 (February 2009)

Journal Information

Aims

Subscriptions

Back Issues

Information for Authors

Reference Style

Submissions

Copyright

Publisher Contact Information

Journal Information

Birthspirit Midwifery Journal is published quarterly in February, May, August and November. It focuses on the regeneration and furthering of knowledge that promotes, supports and protects the healthy (on all levels) continuum of pregnancy, labour and birth, breastfeeding and early mothering.

Aims

The journal aims to provide a forum for sharing practice wisdom, experience and reflection. This may be through research reports, literature reviews and critiques, practice stories, debate, poems, ‘case’ studies, birth stories, photographic essays, drawings, tips, letters, book reviews, and news and events.

The journal will be of interest to midwives and midwifery students, childbirth educators, doulas, lactation consultants, maternity managers, and other maternity and newborn health professionals, as well as pregnant and/or breastfeeding women and their families.

Subscription 2010

Payment may be made by secure online credit card, or, if you are in New Zealand, by cheque or online banking.

One year online subscriptions:

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Subscription includes postage. Institutional denotes libraries, universities, colleges, schools and hospitals.

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Back Issues

Back issues can be purchased from this form. On-line ordering of back issues will be available soon.

Information for Authors

Original submissions are welcomed. Your submission should not be offered elsewhere while being considered for publication in Birthspirit Midwifery Journal.

Articles can be sent at any time but the following dates are the latest that they can be received for the corresponding Issue:

Friday, 5 March 2010
6th Issue (May 2010)

Friday, 7 May 2010
7th Issue (August 2010)

Friday, 6 August 2010
8th Issue (November 2010)

To ensure that journal content is accessible to a wide range of readers and reflects the ‘with woman’ relationship midwives share with women, women-friendly language should be used and clear definitions given to academic concepts. Language should also be proactive in recognising the autonomy of women.

As a general guide, articles may be 500 - 3000 words, for example, feature articles (1500 -3000 words), practice stories (800 - 1200 words) and practice wisdom and tips (500 - 800 words).

Text needs to be formatted in Word 97-2003 (*.doc). Headings should be used where necessary. The article should have a title page with author name(s) and contact details. Photographs, drawings, images or charts should be ‘jpeg’ or ‘gif’ files labelled in order as they are referred to in the text such as, ‘Figure 1’, ‘Figure 2’ and so on. The appropriate label in the text, for example, ‘(Figure 1)’ will ensure correct placement of the jpeg or gif file in the text by the publisher. Permission to use any photographs, images and/or drawings must be gained before they are submitted.

Reference Style

Citation-Sequence referencing is used, that is, a number refers the reader to the reference list for this and further information on the source. Each new source is allocated a number when referred to for the first time. This same number will be used for subsequent references to that same source. The following examples indicate the format to be used when making up the reference
list which will appear at the end of the article:

Journal paper
1. Williams J, Mitchell M. Midwifery managers’ views about the use of complementary therapies in the maternity services. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice 2007;13(2):129-135.

Book
2. Banks M. Home birth bound: mending the broken weave. Birthspirit: Hamilton, 2000.

Edited book
3. Stewart M, ed. Pregnancy, birth and maternity care: feminist perspectives. Books for Midwives: London, 2004.

Paper on website
4. Wickham S. Vitamin K - an alternative perspective. In: AIMS Journal. Vol. 13, 2001; Accessed September 3, 2008. Available at: http://www.aims.org.uk/Journal/Vol13No2/vitk.htm.

Chapter in edited book
5. Tully L, Daellenbach D, Guilliland K. Feminism, partnership, and midwifery. In: R Du Plessis, L Alice, eds. Feminist thought in Aotearoa New Zealand:connections and differences. Oxford University Press: Auckland, 1998; pp. 245-253.

Submissions

Submissions should be sent as email attachments to the Editor at editor@birthspirit.co.nz with ‘Birthspirit Midwifery Journal submission’ in the subject line. The email accompanying the submission must include your name, postal and email address and phone numbers. Please include a small biography, your qualifications and a high quality passport sized colour photograph.

Your email will be acknowledged within 3 working days. Therefore, if you have not received confirmation of receipt within this time please try again (or contact the Editor at telephone (64) 7 8564612).

The process of reviewing a submission takes up to six weeks from being received and author(s) will be notified following this.

In submitting your article to Birthspirit Midwifery Journal you grant Birthspirit Ltd the right to publish and republish the item in any media. This means that you may reproduce your own article (or an amended version of it) following publication in the journal but you should acknowledge its original publication in Birthspirit Midwifery Journal.

Please feel welcome to contact the Editor at editor@birthspirit.co.nz for further information.

Copyright

All intellectual property rights belong exclusively to Birthspirit Ltd. No excerpts of this journal may be reproduced in any form without express permission, except in the following circumstances:

• An individual who has a current individual subscription may print or reproduce a single copy of a paper for use in practice and/or private study.
• An educational institution with a current institutional subscription may print or reproduce multiple copies of a paper under the following conditions:
  - No charge to students or staff is made for reproduced materials.
  - Adherence to national and international copyright laws and institutional copying regulations is maintained.
• Authors may reproduce their own work but need to acknowledge original publication in Birthspirit Midwifery Journal.

All other requests to reproduce excerpts of the journal should be addressed to the publisher at maggiebanks@birthspirit.co.nz.

Publisher Contact Information

Birthspirit Ltd
15 Te Awa Road
RD 3
Hamilton 3283
New Zealand

Email: maggiebanks@birthspirit.co.nz
Web: www.birthspirit.co.nz

Ph: 64 7 856 4612
Fax: 64 7 856 3070