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Childbirth Connection is often consulted by the media for its expertise on maternity care issues. Below are some recent headlines. Childbirth Connection also writes a quarterly column on the latest in evidence-based maternity, newborn and women's health care. It is published by both Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing and Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health. Nursing News, by Jennifer Larson, August 20, 2010
Safety After the C-Section
San Gabriel Valley Tribune, by Jim Steinberg, Augst 4, 2010 New C-Section Policy: Better For Women?
Salon, by Tracy Clark-Flory, July 22, 2010 New York Times, by Denise Grady, July 21, 2010
NYC's Rising Black Maternal Mortality Unexplained
Womens eNews, by Malena Amusa, April 18, 2010 Back-to-basics childbirth University of California, Irvine, by Laura Rico, April 2010 Better Births, Lower Costs FitPregnancy February/March 2010 C-Section Rates Are at All-Time High: U.S. Has About 1.4 Million Cesarean Births Each Year WebMD Health News, by Salynn Boyles, March 23, 2010 Transforming Maternity Care - A Blueprint for Action Medscape Today, by Katharine M. Hikel, MD, March 12, 2010 Too Many Women Dying in U.S. While Having Babies Time, by Jennifer Block, March 12, 2010 Panel urges more choice in birth after C-section LA Times, by Shari Roan, March 11, 2010 Birth center set to open in area St. Louis Post-Dispatch, by Michele Munz, March 11, 2010 Panel Urges New Look at Caesarean Guidelines New York Times, by Denise Grady, March 10, 2010 How childbirth caused my PTSD Salon, by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, February 17, 2010 Why You Don't Want a C-Section FitPregnancy, by Suzanne Schlosberg, Dec/Jan 2010 Pregnant Women Deserve Options Ventura County Star, by Mary Anne Vernallis-Strohsahl, February 13, 2010 It's Now More Dangerous to Give Birth in California Than It Is in Kuwait or Bosnia: Pregnancy-related deaths rise in California, but state officials have held onto report Alternet, by Nathanael Johnson, February 2, 2010 Group Offers 11 Ways to Improve Maternity Care Quality, Value HealthLeaders Media, by Janice Simmons, January 29, 2010 Fewer Options for Moms Seeking Natural Births: Midwives are protesting the shuttering of Manhattan's only natural birth center that served women on Medicaid CityLimits.org, by Lindsey McCormack, November 16, 2009 Op-Ed: Putting maternity care to work in health care reform Augusta Free Press, by Maureen P. Corry, October 15, 2009 Mom won't be forced to have C-section CNN.com, by Elizabeth Cohen, October 15, 2009 Informed Consent Massage Today, by Elaine Stillerman, September 2009 Surge in C-sections pinned to changes in health, legal and cultural attitudes Wicked Local Brockton, by Jessica Scarpati, July 13, 2009 Cost of Medicine: Are High-Tech Medical Devices and Treatments Always Worth It? U.S. News and World Report, by Katherine Hobson, July 10, 2009 Pressure From Above The Journal of Perinatal Education, by Debby Amis, Spring 2009, Volume 18, Number 2 Our Bodies Ourselves Endorses Single Payer Health Care Our Bodies Ourselves, June 15, 2009 Mothers' death rates under scrutiny Poughkeepsie Journal, by Mary Beth Pfeiffer, June 14, 2009 C-sections, birth costs up in Central Florida Orlando Business Journal, by Melanie Stawicki Azam, June 11, 2009 South Florida C-Section rates too high Examiner, by Deborah Shlian, June 9, 2009 Study: Maternity leave offers economic benefits The Miami Herald, by Brett Graff, June 8, 2009 Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report: Los Angeles Times Examines Increase in Caesarean Births, Related Rise in Risk, Cost KaiserNetwork.org, May 19, 2009 Maternity Care, a Major Segment of Health Industry, Must Be Overhauled HealthNewsDigest.com, May 18, 2009 Childbirth: Can The U.S. Improve? C-sections are expensive. Doctors ask if we are doing too many. Los Angeles Times, by Lisa Girion, May 17, 2009
Bills to "protect" women who seek abortions ignore the needs of women going to term Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, by Irene Ordower and Lynn M. Paltrow, May 6, 2009 Modern Medicine Increasingly Intervenes in the Birth Process Poughkeepsie Journal, by Mary Beth Pfeiffer, March 29, 2009 Birth by Surgery: The Skyrocketing Cesarean Rate Poughkeepsie Journal, by Mary Beth Pfeiffer, March 29, 2009 The childbirth care paradox affects everyone PressDemocrat.com, March 8, 2009 Better Childbirth? Lower Costs? Midwives Deliver StarTribune.com, by Jennifer Block, December 30, 2008 Midwives Deliver: America needs better birth care, and midwives can deliver it Los Angeles Times, by Jennifer Block, December 24, 2008 How to Know When You're Really Ready to Go Back to Work parenthood.com, by Dierdre Wilson C-Section Rates Up Across NYC; Average Approaching 31% newspacenyc.org Milbank Memorial Fund, "Evidence-based Maternity Care: What It Is and What It Can Achieve" kaiseredu.org, To find this article select November 2008 from the pulldown Choices in Childbirth: A Statement by Physicians, Midwives and Women's Health Advocates who Support Safe Choices in Childbirth Our Bodies, Ourselves, November 24, 2008 National Quality Forum Convenes Movement to Transform Healthcare uk.sys-con.com, November 17, 2008 National Quality Forum Endorses National Consensus Standards for Perinatal Care uk.sys-con.com, October 28, 2008 C-Section Rates Continue to Rise Atlanta Holistic Parenting Examiner, by Suzanne Taylor, October 27, 2008 Listen to the show featuring Carol Sakala on the Evidence-Based Maternity Care report (Note: This is a podcast, and will start playing upon downloading) WBAI, New York - 99.5 FM Pacifica Radio, October 24, 2008 The Midwife Option Concord Monitor, October 23, 2008 Evidence-Based Maternity Care Report Released National Advocates for Pregnant Women, October 18, 2008 Report Addresses the Scientific Basis for Maternity Practice MCH Alert, October 17, 2008 Use Of Evidence-Based Maternity Care; Presidential Nominees' Health Care Proposals; Charity Hospitals' Community Benefits Examined MediLexicon News, October 16, 2008 Use Of Evidence-Based Maternity Care; Presidential Nominees' Health Care Proposals; Charity Hospitals' Community Benefits Examined MedicalNewsToday.com, October 16, 2008 Report Examines Use of Evidence-Based Maternity Care Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, October 15, 2008 Childbirth Connection Report Reveals Serious Problems in Maternity Care Quality and Value PTSD After Childbirth, October 10, 2008 Serious Problems In Maternity Care Quality and Value, Cesarean Section and Other Interventions Overused Medical News Today, October 9, 2008 Study: High-tech interventions pushing up childbirth costs FierceHealthcare.com, by Anne Zieger, October 9, 2008 Pregnancy and Childbirth | Medically Unnecessary Procedures Drive Rising Childbirth Costs NationalPartnership.org, October 9, 2008 Childbirth Connection Report Reveals Serious Problems in Maternity Care Quality and Value pharmacychoice.com, October 8, 2008 Childbirth Connection Releases Report on Evidence-based Maternity Care Our Bodies Ourselves, October 8, 2008 Study: High-tech Interventions Deliver Huge Childbirth Bill USA Today, by Rita Rubin, October 8, 2008 Maternity-care Failings Can Be Remedied with Cost-saving Fixes USA Today, by Rita Rubin, October 7, 2008 Maternity Program Savings: $52,000 Per Stay; Healthy Triplets: Priceless Employee Benefit News, by Leah Carlson Shepherd, October 1, 2008 Moms, Docs Spread the Word on PTSD After Childbirth (Click on the Video) cbs2chicago.com, by Anne State, September 19, 2008 National Survey Results Reveal Netagive Trends in Women's Postpartum Experiences Lamaze.org, August 12, 2008 Study Indicates Higher Incidence of Childbirth-Related PTSD Than Previously Thought MedicalNewsToday.com, August 6, 2008 Many Women Struggle With Challenge of a Newborn HealthDay.com, by Steven Reinberg, August 6, 2008 Many New Moms Have Health/Mental Problems UPI.com, August 6, 2008 Birth Trauma: Stress Disorder Afflicts Moms fpamed.com, by Rachel Zimmerman, August 5, 2008 Republished from The Wall Street Journal "New Mothers Speak Out" Report Paints a Troubling Picture of American Women in Postpartum Period MarketWatch.com, August 5, 2008 Many Women Struggle with Challenge of a Newborn Empowher.com, August 5, 2008 Republished from The Washington Post Birth Trauma: Stress Disorder Afflicts Moms The Wall Street Journal, by Rachel Zimmerman, August 5, 2008 Many Women Struggle With Challenge of a Newborn Washington Post, by Steven Reinberg, August 5, 2008 Trauma in the Delivery Room: Childbirth-Related PTSD Gaining Recognition FOXNews.com, Excerpted from The Wall Street Journal, by Rachel Zimmerman, August 5, 2008 Trying to Take Back Childbirth ABC News, by Susan Donaldson James, July 28, 2008 Doctors Ignore Evidence: AMA Seeks to Deny Women Choices in Childbirth (PDF) mana.org, President's Editorial in response to the American Medical Association Resolution 205 on Home Deliveries, July 11, 2008 Big Medicine's Blowback on Home Births Los Angeles Times, by Jennifer Block, July 9, 2008 Informed Choice: The Gold Standard Public Health Doula, Andrew Kotaska, July 7, 2008 The Myth of the Elective C-Section RHRealityCheck.org, by Miriam Perez, July 7, 2008 Childbirthconnection.org - Maternity Care Services KillerStartups.com, June 21, 2008 C-section rate alarming 30 percent: Private hospitals prefer cesarean operations for higher gains The Islamabad News, by Muhammad Imran Khan, June 1, 2008 It's your birth -- show up for it! Coastal Point, by Monica Fleming, May 15, 2008 Birth options: Moms-to-be demanding more choices on how, where to give birth (N/A Online) Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record, April 9, 2008 New York Times Examines Conflict Between Doulas, Lactation Consultants; Physicians, Nurses, Parents Daily Women's Health Policy Report, April 2008 CUE Video Describing Activities :: Features Our Executive Director, Maureen Corry Consumers United for Evidence-based Health Care (CUE) is a pioneering effort to improve consumers' ability to engage in and demand high quality health care. CUE started in 2003 as a partnership between consumer health advocacy groups and scientists involved in evidence-based health care. Most recent page update: 8/24/2010
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