Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
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
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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 03, 2012 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
Maternal Mortality through the Lens of Psychosocial TheoryThe quandary of pregnancy-related death in our country is a complex one with numerous variables at play. Breaking this public health challenge into two broad categories, systems and individuals, allows us to apply the constructs of a
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
December 22, 2011 | by: Henci Goer, BA
The other day, while looking through my issues of Birth for something else, I ran across a commentary* written by Lamaze teacher Betsy Adrian on why she was leaving the field after five years. She writes:I realize now that my feelings of burn-out are much more than simply boredom with repeating myse
December 20, 2011 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
As someone who is knowledgeable about pregnancy and birth, I often hear from far-flung friends and relatives who have questions. The questions run the gamut: Can I take this medication?, Do I really need to be induced?, What does this test result mean? But I hear in these questions a much more
December 06, 2011 | by: Henci Goer, BA
As Kimmelin Hulls recent blog post reported, we have another study to add to the short list (de Jonge 2009); Janssen 2009) of studies of: 1.planned home birth, 2. with a qualified home birth attendant, 3. in women eligible for home birth at labor onset etc.
November 30, 2011 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
[Editor's note: Amy Romano recently shared the following thoughts on Childbirth Connection's Transforming Maternity Care site. Those of you who missed reading Amy's review of a recent study pertaining to the maternal emotional outcomes associated with preterm birth will surely benefit
November 29, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
The much-anticipated Planned Place of Birth study out of the UK emerged last week in the British Medical Journal. As I complete a Biostatistics course for my Masters of Public Health ~ Maternal & Child Health program, I have to admit: this study, including the wealth of data contained herein, is
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