Silvia Höfer
Silvia Höfer (* 1956 ) is a German midwife and author .
Career
Silvia Höfer studied journalism, English, German and philosophy in Cologne and Bonn from 1976 to 1979. After a traineeship at the British Broadcasting Corporation and two years as an editorial assistant at Westdeutscher Rundfunk (Frauenfunk), she began training as a midwife at the midwifery school of the women's clinic in Berlin-Neukölln under the direction of Erich Saling in 1981 . In 1982 she and her colleagues founded the Berlin-Charlottenburg Birth House Association , from which the first birth house in Germany emerged. In 1984 she worked as a delivery room midwife in the University Hospital Pulsstraße of the Free University of Berlin . She then worked for five years as a freelance midwife in obstetrics at Christian Steinke's anthroposophically oriented birthing practice in Berlin-Zehlendorf . From 1985 to 1989 she supported maternity wards and hospitals in South India and Sudan with her work as part of the German Development Service. She has taught at midwifery schools and at the Royal College of Midwives in London. She moderated and gave lectures at scientific congresses. Medical proofreading, including for Berlin Verlag, supplemented her field of work. After two years as Vendeuse Confirmée A in the Berlin boutique of the CHANEL fashion house in 1997/98, she founded the outpatient birthing practice FERA on the grounds of the Wenckebach Hospital in Berlin-Tempelhof together with doctors and midwives . She has been working as a freelance midwife in Berlin since 2003.
From 2002 to 2006 she was a member of the expert group “Quality Assurance in Freelance” of the German Midwives Association. Since 2005 she has been the author of textbooks, guides and non-fiction books as well as scientific articles and as a guest on radio and television programs. The frequently cited scientific article New evidence for the Theory of the Stork , which she published under her maiden name Silvia Verleger together with Thomas Höfer and Hildegard Przyrembel, appeared in January 2004 in the journal Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology . In 2009 she joined the women's health network as an expert in the Berlin Midwives Association in the reproductive health group. She is also a member of the scientific advisory board of the journal Hebammenforum , a monthly specialist journal of the German Midwives Association. She gives lectures and readings at home and abroad. The Elisabeth Ruge Agency has represented the exploitation of her literary works in relation to all publication media since 2014.
Publications (selection)
- Silvia Höfer: Don't worry, be happy. Let parents become - let alone be parents. Herder Verlag , 1st edition 2015
- Silvia Höfer: 10 tips for a relaxed pregnancy. Kreuz Verlag , 1st edition 2015
- Alenka Scholz, Silvia Höfer: My pregnancy in pictures. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag , 1st edition. 2014
- Silvia Höfer: Quickfinder - Pregnancy. Gräfe und Unzer Verlag, 1st edition 2013 as print run and e-book
- Silvia Höfer, Nora Szász: Midwives health knowledge. Gräfe und Unzer Verlag, 1st edition 2006, and as a new edition expanded by 80 pages in 2012 as a print edition and e-book
- Silvia Höfer: Quickfinder Baby's first year. Gräfe und Unzer Verlag, 1st edition and as an e-book 2012
- Silvia Höfer, Nora Szász: JSEM V TOM! Rady pro nastávající maminky. Vašut Publishing House, Prague, 1st edition 2010
- Silvia Höfer: zoek & vind baby`s first jaar. Verlag Inmerc bv, Utrecht / Antwerpen, 1st edition 2010
- Silvia Höfer: El primer año del niño. Ediciones Medici Publishing House, Barcelona, 1st edition 2010
- Silvia Höfer: Pierwszy rok dziecka. Publishing house Hachette Polska, Warszawa, 1st edition 2011
literature
- Silvia Höfer: Only breast milk for six months (PDF document; 96 KB)
- Silvia Höfer, Josefine Remus: Caesarean section: Yes! No! Maybe? (PDF document; 2.6 MB)
- Silvia Höfer: Which recommendations on breastfeeding duration are convincing? (PDF document; 274 KB)
Web links
- Literature by and about Silvia Höfer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website from Silvia Höfer
- Website of the birthplace of Charlottenburg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sabine Beikler: Wenckebach Hospital: Pregnant be looked after. October 6, 2001, accessed October 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Thomas Höfer, Hildegard Przyrembel, Silvia Verleger: New evidence for the Theory of the Stork. In: New evidence for the theory of the stork. Retrieved October 2, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Höfer, Silvia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German midwife and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1956 |