“Those of us who are lucky enough to have paid family leave through our employers — which is just 13 percent of U.S. workers — have the security that comes with knowing we can stay home when a baby is born or a loved one needs care without our income plummeting or our jobs disappearing,” said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Recent data show that mothers themselves may already think what the Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing report suggests. The series of Listening to Mothers (LtM) studies, a nationally-representative survey of childbearing women, shows a shift in mothers’ attitudes towards normal physiologic birth.
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
“Access to paid leave within that company is so bifurcated between upper management and everyone else. And that’s what we’re seeing in the U.S. as well,” Vicki Shabo, vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families, said.
When working with the National Partnership for Women & Families, the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers University found families, businesses, and the public all benefit from paid parental leave. Generous leave led to “greater labor force attachment; increased wages for women, reduced spending in the form of employee replacement costs; and reduce public assistance, such as food stamps.”
Christine Bechtel, advisor to the National Partnership for Women & Families, made the case for patient control of their own data. “The fact is, as the patient, I am the only one present at all of my healthcare encounters – so I can potentially amass more data, more quickly and more comprehensively than any single healthcare entity can today because I know where it all is,” she said.
Written Statement of Christine Bechtel, Advisor, National Partnership for Women & Families. Submitted to the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee Hearing: Health Information Exchange: A Path Towards Improving the Quality and Value of Health Care for Patients
Witnesses for Wednesday’s Senate HELP hearing on health information exchange have been announced. They include Cerner Chief Executive Neal Patterson; Christine Bechtel, advisor to the National Partnership for Women & Families; Tom Payne, board chair-elect of the American Medical Informatics Association; and Craig Richardville, chief information officer of the Carolinas Healthcare System in Charlotte.
(Statistics provided by Childbirth Connection, a program of the National Partnership for Women & Families)
“We want to get as much information from tracers by July 4″ to show that there is demand, said one movement leader, Christine Bechtel, former vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, and still an advisor to that organization.
According to a recent report from the National Partnership for Women & Families, 33 states are currently enforcing at least one of four different types of “bad medicine” laws — unnecessary ultrasound requirements, biased counseling sessions, mandatory waiting periods, and regulations on the abortion pill — that aren’t grounded in any scientific evidence.
“And that’s why I announced today, during a speech at the National Partnership for Women and Families’ annual luncheon, that Care.com is proud to support these important pieces of legislation,” said Sheila Lirio Marcelo, founder, chairwoman and CEO of Care.com.
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Hundreds of activists and supporters from the women’s, congressional, legal, health, labor, civil rights and other communities turned out to help the National Partnership for Women & Families honor two remarkable leaders today: U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas...
“Harnessing the power of technology to improve health and care doesn’t have to be complicated; you don’t need the latest Fitbit, Apple Watch or GoogleGlass for technology to make an impact on your life. Every day, patients and families around the country use digital health data in less flashy but effective ways to help them manage their health or care for a loved one,” said Dena Mendelsohn, health policy analyst at Consumers Union, and Erin Mackay from the National Partnership for Women & Families.
National Partnership for Women & Families Annual Luncheon is Thursday, June 4
“Companies that violate labor laws will face consequences,” said Debra Ness, executive director of the National Partnership of Women and Families. “That, in turn, will help prevent millions of workers from being subject to harmful or unlawful treatment,” Ness said. Her group has campaigned for the new rules, because they would especially help underpaid woman workers.
Consumer Partnership for eHealth Files Comments on Proposed Stage 3 Meaningful Use Requirements
(Statistics provided by the National Partnership for Women & Families)