Focus Scope

Optimal Journal of Midwifery Research and Innovation (OJMRI) is a peer-reviewed open-access journal dedicated to advancing midwifery science, professional practice, education, and innovation. The journal provides a scholarly platform for researchers, educators, practitioners, and professionals to disseminate evidence-based knowledge, research findings, and innovations that contribute to the development of midwifery globally.

OJMRI focuses on research, reviews, and scholarly discussions related to the advancement of midwifery through the following areas:

1. Essential Competencies for Midwifery

The journal welcomes studies related to the development, implementation, and evaluation of essential midwifery competencies, including clinical skills, professional knowledge, ethical practice, decision-making, evidence-based care, and competency development to improve the quality of midwifery services.

2. Midwifery Education

This area covers research and innovations in midwifery education, including curriculum development, teaching and learning strategies, simulation-based education, assessment methods, competency-based education, digital learning, and approaches to strengthening midwifery students’ professional preparation.

3. Continuity of Midwifery Care Model of Practice

The journal welcomes research and scholarly works related to continuity of care models in midwifery practice, including woman-centered care, partnership approaches, integrated maternal and reproductive health services, community-based care, and models that improve maternal and newborn health outcomes.

4. Midwifery Leadership

This scope includes research and discussions related to leadership development in midwifery, professional governance, management of midwifery services, policy development, advocacy, decision-making, and strategies to strengthen the role of midwives in healthcare systems.

5. Midwifery Enabling Environment

OJMRI welcomes studies exploring factors that support effective midwifery practice, including workplace environment, professional support systems, health service organization, workforce development, quality improvement, safety culture, and policies that enable midwives to provide optimal care.

6. Midwifery Commitment to Gender Equality and Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI)

The journal encourages research and scholarly works addressing gender equality, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion within midwifery practice, education, and healthcare systems. This includes women's rights, respectful maternity care, culturally responsive care, equitable access to healthcare services, and efforts to reduce disparities in maternal and reproductive health.

OJMRI welcomes various types of manuscripts, including original research articles, systematic reviews, literature reviews, case studies, and other scholarly works that contribute to the advancement of midwifery knowledge, professional development, and innovation.

Through rigorous peer review and commitment to academic integrity, OJMRI aims to support the growth of evidence-based midwifery practice and contribute to improving health outcomes for women, newborns, families, and communities at national and international levels.