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The Carola Warburg Rothschild Award
 Established in 1997, this award pays tribute to one of the great leaders of Childbirth Connection, Carola Warburg Rothschild. Carola Rothschild began her association with Childbirth Connection during World War II as a lab technician at the Berwind Clinic, a home-birth clinic run by Childbirth Connection in New York City. She went on to be a volunteer leader at Childbirth Connection for more than forty years, and to serve as Childbirth Connection's President from 1951 to 1964. This award recognizes individuals who - like Carola Rothschild - have made outstanding contributions to the health and well-being of women and families. Please contact Childbirth Connection for information on how to nominate individuals for this award. Award Recipients:
2008
President, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Colorado
Read a short bio for Donna L. Lynne 
2007
Choices in Childbirth
2005
2003
Kitty Ernst
John Kennell, MD and Marshall Klaus, MD
2002
2001
1998
Byllye Y. Avery
Jo Ivey Boufford, MD
1997
Ruth Watson Lubic
Alice Stone Ilchman
Most recent page update: 6/29/2009
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Childbirth Connection is a national not-for-profit organization founded in 1918 as Maternity Center Association. Our mission is to improve the quality of maternity care through research, education, advocacy and policy. Childbirth Connection promotes safe, effective and satisfying evidence-based maternity care and is a voice for the needs and interests of childbearing families.
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News and Features
"2020 Vision" and "Blueprint for Action" Reports Available
Leaders from across the U.S. health care system have prepared several reports for improving the maternity care system.
Learn about Transforming Maternity Care project 
Read the "2020 Vision"
Read the "Blueprint for Action"
Read the Consumer Workgroup report
Help implement Blueprint recommendations
Rising Maternal Mortality
Analysis of maternal mortality data for the state of California, with 14% of the nation's births, strongly suggests that maternal mortality is increasing in tandem with rising rates of cesarean section and obesity.
Read article about maternal mortality in California
Read companion Q&A
Maternity Care Fact Sheet Available
A new fact sheet (12/09) summarizes U.S. maternity care trends and figures from the latest federal reports. The fact sheet updates background information in the 2008 Milbank Report on Evidence-Based Maternity Care.
Get the fact sheet
Read Evidence-Based Maternity Care
US Cochrane Center (USCC)/Consumers United for Evidence-based Healthcare (CUE)
Visit the USCC/CUE website for the latest pregnancy and childbirth systematic reviews.
Maternity Care, a Major Segment of Health Industry, Must Be Overhauled for Health Care Reform to Succeed
As competing interests work out the particulars of health care reform, Childbirth Connection reminds the nation that rapid gains in the quality, cost, and value of maternity care are achievable.
Read the press release (PDF)
National Policy Symposium Honors Childbirth Connection's 90th Anniversary
Nearly 250 leaders deliberated about Transforming Maternity Care in Washington DC in April 2009.
Learn about symposium, next steps
See 90 years of milestones for women and families (PDF)
Seton Family of Hospitals Receives First Maternity Quality Matters Award
Childbirth Connection presented its inaugural Maternity Quality Matters Award to an organization that is achieving significant gains for women and newborns.
Learn more about award winner
Maternity Care Priorities in Health Care Reform
Childbirth Connection has issued a statement about health care reform priorities for a high quality, high value maternity care system.
Read the statement (PDF)
Evidence-Based Maternity Care Report Released
A major new report takes stock of the U.S. maternity care system and finds great opportunities for improvement. Childbirth Connection collaborated with the Reforming States Group and the Milbank Memorial Fund to develop the report.
Learn more, get the report
Read companion USA Today article
Read the USA Today article
Read the Consumer Reports story
Take the Consumer Reports quiz
Read Our Bodies Our Blog entry
Help Transform Maternity Care! Please join our efforts to make quality maternity care a top national priority. Your support will help make the transformation possible. View 2009 Supporter Roster
New Mothers Speak Out National Report ReleasedThe latest report in Childbirth Connection's Listening to Mothers series is now available. Get an eye-opening look at the reality of life as a mother of young children in the United States, based on national surveys conducted by Harris Interactive. Learn more, get the report Read the Wall Street Journal story and listen to the podcast Download Quick Facts (PDF)
"I treat my children the way I wish them to treat me. I am always respectful of their feelings and needs. Motherhood is a rough road and requires a lot of patience but the rewards are well worth the pains."
-Listening to Mothers® survey participant
Every woman has the right to freedom of movement during labor, unencumbered by tubes, wires, or other apparatus. She also has the right to give birth in the position of her choice.
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