Fw: new resources underscore cesarean concerns

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Fw: new resources underscore cesarean concerns

 

 

 

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Carol Sakala

Carol Sakala

Saturday, November 19, 2005 10:14 AM

new resources underscore cesarean concerns

 

 

Dear Friends,

 

Maternity Center Association (MCA), the oldest national organization

advocating on behalf of mothers and babies (established 1918), has prepared

two web pages in response to the recent release of the record-setting 2004

U.S. cesarean rate of 29.1% by the National Center for Health Statistics.

 

The first page points to important health and financial costs associated

with increasingly casual use of major abdominal surgery in a primarily

healthy population. It raises concerns about factors that are driving the

steady increase in the national cesarean rate. And it addresses the fallacy

of the common assumption that cesareans with no sign of a medical need on

birth certificates were initiated by mothers themselves. The URL for this

page is:

 

http://www.maternitywise.org/cesarean_response.html

 

The second page is a brief, clear overview of Maternity Center Association's

advice for pregnant women about cesarean section, vaginal birth, and vaginal

birth after cesarean (VBAC). This page can be found at:

 

http://www.maternitywise.org/cesarean_advice.html

 

This work is a component of MCA's ongoing national program to promote

evidence-based maternity care.

 

We would be grateful if you would inform colleagues and friends about these

resources.

 

 

Best wishes,

Carol Sakala

 

 

Carol Sakala, PhD, MSPH of Programs

Maternity Center Association

281 Park Avenue South, 5th Floor

New York, NY 10010

 

(212) 777-5000 x5 phone

sakala

http://www.maternitywise.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

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