The Birth Place Research Quality Index is a reliable, pragmatic tool to systematically appraise the quality of research on place of birth.
A Birth Place Research Quality Index (ResQu Index) was developed comprising 27 scored items that are summed to generate a weighted composite score out of 100 for studies comparing planned place of birth.
We undertook a formal, rigorous process to develop and validate
a Birth Place Research Quality Index that provides a reliable means of assessing the quality of research on place of birth.
Presentations and representation at meetings related to
birth place research and knowledge translation.
I want to draw your attention to
The Birth Place Research Quality Index (ResQu Index), an index that can be used to assess the quality of studies about the place of birth.
The Birth Place Research Quality Index (ResQu Index) was designed to provide a reliable instrument to rate the quality of primary research that examines the impact of place of birth to maternal and newborn outcomes.
Not exact matches
, and by working to lower the occurrence of unwanted pregnancies in the first
place — which means better sexual health education in schools, funding for
birth control measures and education about using that
birth control, promoting
research into methods of safe male
birth control, and creating an environment where the women in your life can come to you to discuss safe sexual choices.
And so I learned that the hospital is not an evil
place (though choose your hospital wisely if youâ $ ™ re planning to
birth there), that I am stronger than I thought (I sort of want to cross-stitch â $ œ12 hours on pit with not pain medsâ $ into a pillow), and that even though it can sometimes appear as though they are, medical professionals are NOT the enemy (butâ $ ¦ do your
research!
Presently she is doing
research on women's choices and decision - making in midwifery care, e.g. with regard to birthing positions and
place of
birth.
They continue to work together in Task Forces on strategic initiatives that will increase access to safe, respectful, affordable maternity care; improve inter-professional education; and enable patient - responsive and population - specific
research on maternal choice, experience and outcomes related to
birth place.
It is a reliable and practical tool that can be used to rate the quality of
research that examines the effects of
birth place on health outcomes.
The resulting 9 Common Ground Statements describe a maternity care environment that respects a woman's autonomy, reduces health disparities, supports cross-professional collaboration and communication, promotes physiologic
birth, expands
research that includes the woman in defining the elements of «safety», and accurately assesses the effects of
birth place on outcomes and experience.
In fact, for many prospective adoptive and
birth parents, it's the first
place they look when they're
researching or starting the process.
More
research is warranted into the safety of alternative
places of
birth within Australia.
More
research is warranted into the safety and costs of alternative
places of
birth within Australia.
When a woman can start her pregnancy and
birth journey from a positive
place it gives her more space for growth and
research.
For a better understanding regarding the choice for
place of
birth and the consequences of that for pregnancy and childbirth, future
research should focus more on these characteristics and attitudes.
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Birth Without Fear is an amazing place to gain support from other mama's and to learn how to «birth without fear» through research and facts and NO JUD
Birth Without Fear is an amazing
place to gain support from other mama's and to learn how to «
birth without fear» through research and facts and NO JUD
birth without fear» through
research and facts and NO JUDGING.
They stated that more
research is needed to ascertain the safety of alternative
places of
birth within Australia.
Women and their partners should be advised that the risk of PPH is higher among
births planned to take
place in hospital compared to
births planned to take
place at home, but that further
research is needed to understand (a) whether the same pattern applies to the more life - threatening categories of PPH, and (b) why hospital
birth is associated with increased odds of PPH.
The
research involved the largest population cohorts comprehensively examined to date for an association between breast feeding outcomes and
place of
birth in low risk pregnancies.
At the Normal
Birth Conference, she presented information about The
Birth Place Lab and the
research tools that are available at the website.
When you do the
research yourself, you'll find the most scientific
birth is the least technological, that midwife - assisted
birth is actually associated with safer outcomes than obstetrician - assisted
birth, and that countries with lower fetal and maternal mortality rates are also
places where medicine is not a for - profit institution.
Analysis of Maternal and Fetal Outcomes by
Birth Place — Members of the Research and Data task force are making plans for an analysis of maternal and fetal outcomes by birth place in the US, comparing existing MANAStats data on home and birth center births with a matched cohort of low risk women who planned a hospital delivery (total sample size ~ 80,
Birth Place — Members of the Research and Data task force are making plans for an analysis of maternal and fetal outcomes by birth place in the US, comparing existing MANAStats data on home and birth center births with a matched cohort of low risk women who planned a hospital delivery (total sample size ~ 80,
Place — Members of the
Research and Data task force are making plans for an analysis of maternal and fetal outcomes by
birth place in the US, comparing existing MANAStats data on home and birth center births with a matched cohort of low risk women who planned a hospital delivery (total sample size ~ 80,
birth place in the US, comparing existing MANAStats data on home and birth center births with a matched cohort of low risk women who planned a hospital delivery (total sample size ~ 80,
place in the US, comparing existing MANAStats data on home and
birth center births with a matched cohort of low risk women who planned a hospital delivery (total sample size ~ 80,
birth center
births with a matched cohort of low risk women who planned a hospital delivery (total sample size ~ 80,000).
Further
research will be necessary to determine how much of the difference in outcome can be attributed to obstetric history and how much to the chosen
place of
birth.
The MANAstats registry contains high - quality data that uses the gold standard — the medical record — instead of
birth certificate data, which
research shows is unreliable for studying intended
place of
birth and newborn outcomes.
We developed this instrument to conduct an extensive systematic review of the literature on outcomes related to
place of
birth, within a larger
research project [blinded].
Place of
birth research has been plagued with controversy over study design, variables to be measured, cohort definition and other factors specific to this context.
Existing
research appraisal tools do not always capture important elements of study design that are critical when comparing outcomes by planned
place of
birth.
Some items in the Index relate to rigour common to all
research studies, addressing issues such as clarity of key terms, definitions of the «intervention» (i.e.
place of
birth), integrity of data, appropriateness of sample size and selection, transparency of methods and comparability of cohorts.
A growing volume of academic literature and media attention has focused on
research about
birth place.
This study was designed to address the need for a standardised system for evaluating
research on the safety of
birth place.
A significant error in some published
research on
birth place is amalgamating data from unplanned home
births (without skilled
birth attendants) with data from planned
births at home or in
birth centres within integrated systems.
The ResQu Index is a reliable instrument to evaluate the quality of design, methods and interpretation of reported outcomes from
research about
place of
birth.
«Probably the biggest
research gap is actually for the
places where preterm
birth is highest, which is southern Africa, but where the risks are different — there we have almost no C - section, no smoking, no big problems with diabetes and obesity,» she says.
Research shows that
placing a newborn on a mother's chest immediately after
birth, also known as kangaroo care, can have benefits for both mom and baby.
Research in Motion had earlier issued an update in response to the first version of the Dingleberry rooting tool which had patched the loop hole that led to the
birth of the Dingleberry in the first
place.
Research from Harvard's sociology department found that declining fertility may not be linked to
birth control use, but rather to gender role stereotypes
placed on women.
Epidemiological
research on parent — child conflict in the United States: subgroup variations by
place of
birth and ethnicity, 2002 — 2013.