I am looking for list of scholarships/grants/loans (in other words,
money) available to a European Union citizen (Netherlands) to study
midwifery in the United States.

The student has her bachelor's degree (from Russia), and wishes now to
pursue a degree in mid-wifery.  There are limited schools out there
for this subject, but she's found one in El Paso, Texas called
"Maternidad La Luz."  She's a great person, smart, hard-working, but
she doesn't have the money to study in the states.

Her relevant details (let me know if you need more?):

Russian born
Dutch citizen for the past 11 years
B.S. in science
35 years old, female.
Wishes to matriculate either in the spring or fall of 2006.

I am looking for scholarships that would be available for her either
from the States, or Europe, or the Netherlands (or anywhere else in
the world that would support her).  In the list of scholarships, I
hope there is included at least the following information:
1. Name of the scholarship
2. Deadline
3. Money amount
4. Application materials (where to get, what to submit)

It is hard to find scholarships for international students.


Thanks, google answers is awesome.

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Clarification of Question by mehtasachin569-ga on 04 Jan 2006 02:33 PST

...I'm wondering why I havn't received an answer yet - have I been
assigned a researcher?  If it helps, for my questions, the
scholarships don't have to relate to midwifery - just international
studies?  Does this help?

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Request for Question Clarification by hedgie-ga on 26 Jan 2006 07:06 PST

Hi:
"have I been assigned a researcher?"

            It does not work that way.
 Researchers pick the questions they think they can answer and ..


  You got quite a few 'free' suggestions in the comments. 
  If you feel you need more, please repost your questions and
  I will answer (best I can) - with no guarantee of success ..


 I would suggest she first looks at (site and book)

http://www.unesco.org/education/studyingabroad/index.shtml

It worked for me - long time ago -in similar situation ..

Hedgie

I notice on the FAQs that a working knowledge of Spanish is a
requirement since 95% of the clients speak Spanish.
http://www.maternidadlaluz.com/faqs.sstg

Your friend will also apparently need a car.

Midwifery in the Netherlands seems to be a more accepted and
recognized profession, hence a more logical place to learn it.  But I
guess the person has good reasons to want to study it in the States.

http://www.acegraphics.com.au/articles/smulders02.html
http://www.churchilltrust.com.au/Fellows%20Reports/Holland%20Janine%201999.pdf
http://www.midwiferytoday.com/international/Netherlands.asp

Thanks for the info.  She wants to study in the states to be closer to
me. :)She hopes to make her beginning spanish better by studying in El
Paso.

Do you have any information on the market for midwifery in the states,
i.e. california?  Do people actually use their services? (as you can
tell, I don't know much about it)

And I wonder why no researcher has got back to me?

mehtasachin569, 

"I wonder why no researcher has got back to me?" 

I cannot speak on behalf of all Researchers. I began to research for
your question, having some experience in this area of international
education. All I could find was the Fulbright scholarships, which are
obviously not meant for people planning to later live in the United
States.

AH, well, that is a very good reason.  There are other places in the
States to learn midwifery:
http://programs.gradschools.com/usa/midwifery.html

Here are sites by state on the subject:
http://www.123gold.com/midwife/#top

And here is some more information.  The site mentions there being 4000
midwives in USA:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/medicine/midwifery/united-states/

And this is the (or a) professional organization:
http://www.acnm.org/
http://www.narm.org/htb.htm
Of course, the people in the professional are all very positive about
the practice.  This book seems to give a more overall picture:
http://www.icea.org/MI9711rev.htm

http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/12/09/a1.midwives.1209.p1.php?section=cityregion
http://www.seattlemidwifery.org/action_progress.htm
http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/advocacy.html
http://www.naturalchildbirth.org/natural/resources/global/global14.htm
http://www.itvs.org/bornintheusa/childbirth.html

The last site mentions that only 7% of US births in hospitals are by
midwives and many fewer at home.

http://130.88.13.169/browse/subject-listing/WQ160.html

I'll stop throwing sites at you.  I think you are right to ask about
opportunities in the profession.  It seems like it has a lot of
competition from the doctors and hospitals.
A very personal comment:  I could imagine that pregnant women would
prefer to choose a midwife with whom they felt they had much in
common.  I am sure that your friend is very empathetic, but her not
being an American could make it more difficult for her to find
clients.
That relates to your question about people actually using midwives.

Regards, Myoarin

This site has scholarship listings that seem to match, but not much specific info:

http://www.iefa.org/search/

This site seems to be a paid service -- are they worth it?

http://www.scholarshipexperts.com/

Have to keep looking... I think I'm just not using the search terms
and I'm getting lost in all the cyver trash out there...

I suggest that you check with the 
American College of Nurse-Midwives:
http://www.acnm.org/

Also check with individual program to which you plan to attend.

Managed care in the USA affects all aspects of health care.  In
populated areas of California, there is often a glut of doctors, and
the physicians often try to keep the pregnant patients for their own
practices.  There are a few midwifery practices, often serving inner
city poor.  There are some homebirth practices.  Most midwives in
California work in hospital based practices however.

In rural areas, it is easier for a midwife practice to survive, due to
physician shortage.

In certain areas of Europe midwifery is more common than in the USA.