Maria Openshaw, RN, MS
Volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor
Family Health Care Nursing
School of Nursing

I am a Certified Nurse-Midwife who has practiced midwifery in the U.S. and Malawi in a variety of birth settings. I am the Midwifery Advisor for the UCSF Global Action in Nursing, a global nursing workforce project with sites in Malawi, Liberia and Sierra Leone. I am the former Director of Midwifery for this project, which is now led by expert in-country midwives. I am also an Assistant Clinical Professor (without salary) at UCSF School of Nursing.

Awards

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• The Jeanne Rous Award, UCSF, 2014

Education & Training

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• M.S. Midwifery and Women's Health University of California, San Francisco 09/2014
• A.B. Latin American Studies; Spanish Bowdoin College 05/2008

Interests

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• Health & Birth Equity
• Global Nursing Workforce Development
• Midwifery Education
• Quality of Care
• Reproductive Health

Websites

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• Global Action in Nursing (gainproject.ucsf.edu)

Publications (7)

Top publication keywords:
Depressive DisorderHealth FacilitiesMalawiMentorsSocioeconomic FactorsDisastersDepressionAge of OnsetMexicoUrban PopulationMidwiferyBereavementTrauma and Stressor Related DisordersBankruptcyViolence

• Exploring the long-term impact of a nurse-midwife mentorship intervention in Neno district, Malawi: a secondary data analysis of maternal and neonatal complications.
  BMC global and public health 2024 Rouse M, Mphande I, Mwale N, Kapira S, Sayenda M, Mvula MG, Openshaw M, Kapito E, Kutsamba M, Maweu D, Mitchell A, Dandu M, Muller A, Blair AH, Baltzell K
• Assessing Combined Longitudinal Mentorship and Skills Training on Select Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Rural and Urban Health Facilities in Malawi.
  Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society 2022 Blair AH, Openshaw M, Mphande I, Jana O, Malirakwenda R, Muller A, Rankin S, Baltzell K
• Medicalização do parto: Saberes e práticas. Eds: A. Pereira Rodrigues, F. Loureiro Silva, L.A. Teixeira, M. Fisher Nucci
  Capítulo 8: Onde “longe demais para andar” encontra com “muito, cedo de- mais”: vida de mães à beira da transição obstétrica 2021 Maria Openshaw
• Underreporting of maternal and neonatal complications: A comparison of information in maternity registers and client charts at a rural community hospital in Malawi
  International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences 2021 Kapito E, Chirwa E, Maluwa A, Kachimanga C, Openshaw M, Rankin S, Rose S, Muller A, Baltzell K
• International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
  The impact of longitudinal nurse-midwife mentorship on reducing maternal and neonatal complications in rural Malawi: the Global Action in Nursing (GAIN) Project 2020 Openshaw M, Kapito E, McMahon C, Kachimanga C, Rose S, Wroe E, Blair A, Baltzell K, Mhango M
• A Pilot Study of Palliative Care Provider Self-competence and Priorities for Education in Kenya.
  Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association 2015 Sedillo R, Openshaw MM, Cataldo J, Donesky D, Boit JM, Tarus A, Thompson LM
• Childhood trauma is associated with depressive symptoms in Mexico City women.
  Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health 2015 Openshaw M, Thompson LM, de Pheils PB, Mendoza-Flores ME, Humphreys J