Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
August 02, 2018 | by: Jill Wodnick, LCCE, CLC
USA Today article which was featured in partnership with the national CBS Television News and reprinted in thousands of local newspapers owned by Gannett publications missed the mark in telling the full story about the current maternal morbidity and mortality situation in the USA.
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February 01, 2018 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Black parents are four times more likely to die in the United States during pregnancy, birth or after birth than white people. Additionally, the majority of these deaths are preventable with proper care and attention during the prenatal and postpartum period.
April 27, 2017 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Lamaze International is delighted to share that they are an official partner with the upcoming March for Moms. You can learn more about this event and how you can get involved on Science & Sensibility.
January 06, 2012 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
This past September, news hit the popular media that several Oregon state hospitals introduced a hard stop on elective deliveriesincluding elective cesarean sectionsprior to 39 completed weeks of gestation, with the potential to decrease the incidence of late term premature birthbirth occurring
January 05, 2012 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
In November, 2011, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released their preliminary National Vital Statistics data for 2010. Included in this data is a minor decrease in cesarean section ratesfrom 32.9 percent in 2009 to 32.8 percent in 2010representing the first drop in this mode of
January 04, 2012 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
According to Glanz, Rimer and Viswanath in Health Behavior and Health Education (2008): Change strategies are most effective and likely to be sustained when they are directed at multiple levels of the organization, while simultaneously taking the external environment into account.
January 02, 2012 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
Last week, we featured the five-part completion of Christine Morton and Kathleen Pine's assessment of the current Maternal Quality Care landscape in the United States. What a great way to close out the year by scrutinizing the measures our nation is taking--at both the federal and community
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