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Subject:	Childbirth Connection answers question of why cesarean rate keeps going up
Body:	<div class="NTForums_Quote">Posted By Henci Goer on 06/15/2007 11:02 AM<br><P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT face=Verdana>Below is the e-mail that was sent to me. As usual, Childbirth Connection has done a magnificent job of distilling a simple, clear, persuasive, nonconfrontational response to a complex, controversial question.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT face=Verdana>-- Henci</FONT></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"> <HR> </SPAN> <P></P> <P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT face=Verdana>Dear Friends,<BR><BR>A new web page on the Childbirth Connection website answers the question: Why does the national U.S. cesarean section rate keep going up? The page dispels two myths that continue to arise and identifies interrelated factors that are leading to record-level cesarean rates year after year. Please see </FONT><A title=http://www.childbirthconnection.org/article.asp?ck=10456 href="http://www.childbirthconnection.org/article.asp?ck=10456"><FONT face=Verdana>http://www.childbirthconnection.org/article.asp?ck=10456</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT face=Verdana>The page is available as a PDF handout for journalists, policy makers, students and others (first document in Quick Links box).<BR><BR><BR>Best wishes,<BR>Carol<BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11px"><BR></SPAN><FONT color=#630030><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><B><BR><FONT face=Verdana>Carol Sakala, PhD, MSPH<BR></FONT></B></SPAN></FONT><B><FONT color=#7d7d7d><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px">Director of Programs<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><FONT face=Verdana color=#7d7d7d><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Childbirth Connection<BR>281 Park Avenue South, 5th Floor<BR>New York, NY 10010<BR>T  212-777-5000, x5<BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT color=#0000fd><U><FONT face=Verdana>sakala@childbirthconnection.org<BR></FONT><A title=http://www.childbirthconnection.org/ href="http://www.childbirthconnection.org/"><FONT face=Verdana>http://www.childbirthconnection.org/</FONT></A><BR></U></FONT><BR><FONT face=Verdana color=#7e7e7e> <HR align=center width="95%" SIZE=3> <P></P> <P></FONT></SPAN><FONT color=#7e7e7e><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px">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 for all women and their families.</SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><BR></P></SPAN></div><br><br>
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