Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
May 01, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
If you havent checked out the Every Mother Counts website, youve GOT to get over there! This organization is geared toward raising awareness about world-wide maternal mortality, as well as supporting the achievement of the fifth Millennium Development Goal: Improve Maternal Health.
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May 01, 2011 | by: Liz M. Demaere, RN,BN, LCCE
[Editor's note: This post was gifted to us by Nan Strauss, Researcher, Amnesty International USA. Thank you, Nan, for compiling this halting list of numbers for us.]The U.S. Maternal Health Care Crisis: 14 Numbers You Need to KnowMother's Day is Sunday, May 8. At Amnesty International US
April 28, 2011 | by: Walker Karraa, PhD
Join me in this amazing opportunity to learn about culturally competent maternity and postpartum care for Muslim women. Educator and postpartum mental health advocate Hajara Kutty shares invaluable religious and cultural context for birth and postpartum care in Islamic families.
Walker: Tell us about postpartum care in Muslim families. In your experience, how is a woman supported by her family when she comes home? Are postpartum doulas ever employed?Hajara: From a purely religious standpoint, postpartum women are exempt from performing the five daily prayers and are
April 27, 2011 | by: Liz M. Demaere, RN,BN, LCCE
[Editor's note: This second segment of Ms. Magan's Legal Corner Q&A, focusing on informed consent, makes a great resource for childbirth professionals to share with their clients in the event that questions surrounding hospital policies/procedures comes up]
April 26, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
The Spring (20.2) issue of the Journal of Perinatal Education is already upon us, and this months Continuing Education Module is by our own Judith Lothian, PhD, RN, LCCE, FACCE.In her article, Lamaze Breathing: What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know, Dr. Lothian reviews the history of the
April 21, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
Wednesday night, I attended my first childbirth education class as a student, in nine years. My goal: experience childbirth education as a student again. Whats not to learn by revisiting the classroom as a consumer?Upon arriving at the community lecture room in our local hospital, each
April 20, 2011 | by: Walker Karraa, PhD
Preterm birth estimates are 5-13% and the principal cause of morbidity and mortality for newborns1. 70% of spontaneous preterm births occur with preterm labor and preterm prelabor rupture of fetal membranes2. While medical science continues to examine diagnostic and treatment protocol, the
April 18, 2011 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
At Childbirth Connection, one of our mantras is: A high-quality, high-value maternity care system is within reach, but none of us can do it alone. The Transforming Maternity Care 2020 Vision and Blueprint for Action reports, released last year, involved intense collaborative work by all stakehol
April 14, 2011 | by: Christine H Morton, PhD
Quality measures, transparency, quality improvement these buzz words are proliferating in the blogosphere, reflecting increased activity and interest around improving the quality of health care in the United States. How does maternity care fit into this picture? This blog post series will
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