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American College of Nurse-Midwives . 2015. Reducing primary cesareans . Silver Spring, MD: American College of Nurse-Midwives,

Annotation: This website provides tools for optimizing the outcomes of labor safely and reducing the risk of primary cesarean delivery among lost-risk women. The site describes the American College of Nurse-Midwives' Healthy Birth Initiative: Reducing Primary Cesareans Project; presents statistics on primary cesarean sections; and links to additional resources and tools to help reduce non-medically indicated cesarean sections, share decision-making with patients, promote and support physiologic birth; and improve the quality of maternity care. Clinical guidelines for the care of women during each stage of labor are also provided.

Contact: American College of Nurse-Midwives, 1209 12th Street, SW, Suite 600 , Washington, DC 20024-2188, Telephone: (240) 485-1800 Secondary Telephone: (240) 485-1813 Fax: (240) 485-1818 E-mail: Web Site: http://www.midwife.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Cesarean sections, Childbirth, Guidelines, Midwifery, Prevention, Safety, Social support, Vaginal birth
   

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