Activities of midwives in the comprehensive support of families with children:

<p>　This study aimed to clarify the actual activities of and issues related to the activities of midwives in the comprehensive support of families with children. The content of 38 documents containing reports from specific municipalities was analyzed. Codes for midwives' activities were created and aggregated into subcategories and categories by affiliated institution, and classified them by public project.</p><p>　There were 39 codes for the activities of midwives affiliated with municipalities, which were grouped into five categories, including “whole maternal and child health services”, “individual consultation” and “home visits”. There were 57 codes for the activities of midwives at medical institutions, which were summarized into six categories, including “postpartum care”, “participation in local collaboration systems” and “information sharing with public health nurses in charge”. Activities of midwives fell under categories including antenatal and postnatal support projects, postnatal care projects and childcare support visiting projects.</p><p>　Midwives joined public health nurses and other professionals in support activities provided by municipalities, and were expanding opportunities to provide midwifery care based in medical institutions as part of local collaborative systems. However, the actual situation of support specific to midwives in sharing roles with other professionals and interprofessional collaboration could not be fully clarified.</p>