Contrasting Birth Preferences to Practices in El Paso, Texas

Autor: Rachel S. Curtis, Regina Vadney, Carina Heckert, Cathy Román
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Global Women's Health, Vol 3 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2673-5059
DOI: 10.3389/fgwh.2022.830512
Popis: Despite calls for increased access to midwifery and a reduction in unnecessary labor interventions by the World Health Organization, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists, and the American Public Health Association, for many birthing parents in the United States, this model remains out of reach. Only 10% of U.S. births are attended by midwives, and in Texas, which leads the nation in maternal morbidity and mortality, that number is
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