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AUSER on 5/12/2006 1:08:33 AM |
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How would one go about accumulating data? |
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I apologize, but I don't know anything about proper ways of gathering data. I don't do research; I just collect it. You are right, though, that data collection has to be done properly, or it isn't valid, and then you've wasted a lot of time and effort without getting anything truly useful in return. I would imagine there are courses that teach about how to conduct research if this is something that interests you.
Here is what I think about unassisted home birth: There are things that can go wrong at a birth that can be put right (or stabilized until the mother or baby can be transported to a hospital) by someone who has the skill, knowledge, and certain basic equipment and medications. The research bears this out. There are studies that report higher perinatal mortality rates at home births where there is no qualified attendant compared with when there is. That being the case, why not load the dice in your favor and have a qualified person with you?
On the other hand, conventionally managed hospital birth also poses considerable risks. I can see why a woman would choose to run the risks of unattended home birth in communities where no qualified home-birth attendant is available rather than subject herself to the risks she would run if she has no option for safe, effective care in the hospital.
The situation with VBAC is another example. Many women with prior cesareans now face the appalling choice to submit to major surgery or have the baby at home, often with no home birth pracititoner present because of the devastating consequences for the practitioner in the current climate should it be discovered that she is attending VBACs.
-- Henci
P.S. I deleted the empty message, but just so you know, people can delete or edit their own posts. Click on the post, click on the "edit" option, and there is a drop-down list on the message that includes "delete." By: Henci Goer |
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