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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care

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Published on: February 16, 2011

How Well Do Your Provider's Practices Match the Evidence?

Barbara A Hotelling¹

¹BARBARA HOTELLING is an independent childbirth educator and doula in Rochester Hills, Michigan. She has served as president of Lamaze International, president of DONA International, and chair of the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services.

The Journal of Perinatal Education

|September 5, 2008

Summary

Expectant parents can now compare routine childbirth interventions with their provider

Keywords:

Listening to Mothers II childbirth routine interventions

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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care

Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care

Published on: February 16, 2011

Area of Science:

Maternity care
Evidence-based practice
Childbirth interventions

Background:

Routine interventions during childbirth are common.
Variations exist in the usual care provided by different maternity services.
Informed decision-making requires understanding expected intervention rates and their evidence.

Purpose of the Study:

To provide expectant parents with a tool to compare expected routine interventions.
To contrast evidence-based intervention occurrence with usual care.
To empower parents in choosing their provider and place of birth.

Main Methods:

Utilizing data from the Listening to Mothers II survey for intervention occurrence.
Incorporating evidence from the Cochrane Collaboration and Coalition for Improving Maternity Services for harm/benefit analysis.
Presenting information in a comparative handout format.

Main Results:

A handout comparing evidence-based intervention rates with usual care is available.
The handout facilitates comparison based on provider and place of birth.
Evidence on harm and benefit is synthesized for routine interventions.

Conclusions:

The handout supports informed decision-making for expectant parents.
It promotes understanding of evidence-based care versus usual practice.
Empowering parents to make choices aligned with their birth preferences.