| Birth Settings in America: Outcomes, Quality, Access, and Choice Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences Engineeri (Author), Health and Medicine Division (Author), Division of Behavioral and Social Scienc (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309669820 ISBN-13: 9780309669825 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $71.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Medical | Pediatrics |
| LCCN: 2020934621 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9.6" (1.30 lbs) 265 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The delivery of high quality and equitable care for both mothers and newborns is complex and requires efforts across many sectors. The United States spends more on childbirth than any other country in the world, yet outcomes are worse than other high-resource countries, and even worse for Black and Native American women. There are a variety of factors that influence childbirth, including social determinants such as income, educational levels, access to care, financing, transportation, structural racism and geographic variability in birth settings. It is important to reevaluate the United States' approach to maternal and newborn care through the lens of these factors across multiple disciplines. Birth Settings in America: Outcomes, Quality, Access, and Choice reviews and evaluates maternal and newborn care in the United States, the epidemiology of social and clinical risks in pregnancy and childbirth, birth settings research, and access to and choice of birth settings. |