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A Novel Method for Involving Women of Color at High Risk for Preterm Birth in Research Priority Setting
Published on: January 12, 2018
The power of numbers: transforming birth through collaborations
1BARBARA A. HOTELLING is a perinatal nurse and nurse practitioner at the Department of Family Medicine of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill. She has served as President of Lamaze International, President of DONA International, and Chair of the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services.
Abstract:
Collaborative efforts and coalitions have replaced exclusivity as birth organizations and individuals unite to humanize birth and provide women with transparency of information about maternity care providers and facilities and about access to the midwifery model of care. The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services and the upcoming 2010 "Mega Conference" to jointly celebrate the 50th anniversaries of Lamaze International and the International Childbirth Education Association serve as excellent examples of collaborative efforts to support natural, safe, and healthy birth practices as well as women's choices in childbirth. Childbirth educators are encouraged to learn from and support national coalitions devoted to improving maternity care and to use local resources to develop their own collaborative efforts on behalf of childbearing families.
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