This report finds that the country’s maternity care system is missing opportunities to provide better care and use resources more wisely by routinely intervening in labor and delivery in ways that interfere with, instead of promoting, supporting and protecting, innate...
Why the Affordable Care Act Matters for Women: Health Insurance 101
FACT SHEET | Women need the right tools and information to access affordable, quality care and make the best health care choices for their families and for themselves.
Why the Affordable Care Act Matters For Women: Choosing a Health Plan 101
FACT SHEET | Many women have questions about health insurance, the new insurance marketplace, and how to choose the best health plan for themselves and their families. While every family will have unique health care needs, the following information can help women make...
Cesarean Prevention Recommendations from Obstetric Leaders: What Pregnant Women Need to Know
To help pregnant women prepare to talk with their maternity care providers and make good care decisions, this guide summarizes the new recommendations.
Creating a Consumer Advisory Council
FACT SHEET | The inclusion of patients and consumer leaders in health care quality improvement initiatives can help ensure that projects meet their goals.
Cochrane Review: Continuous Support for Women during Chilbirth (2013)
This 2013 systematic review of the research literature concludes that all women should have continuous support during labor.
Listening to Mothers III: New Mothers Speak Out Major Findings (2013)
REPORT | This report follows up with 1,072 women who participated in the Pregnancy and Birth survey. This document summarizes major findings from the survey.
Listening to Mothers III: New Mothers Speak Out (2013)
REPORT | This report follows up with 1,072 women who participated in the 2012-2013 Listening to Mothers III Pregnancy and Birth survey.
Listening to Mothers III: Pregnancy and Birth Major Findings (2013)
REPORT | This report explores women's experiences from before pregnancy through the months after birth. Funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the survey polled 2,400 women who gave birth in U.S. hospitals from 2011 to 2012. Major survey findings show that a medically...
Listening to Mothers III: New Mothers Speak Out Methodology (2013)
This report follows up with 1,072 women who participated in the Listening to Mothers III: Pregnancy and Birth survey. This is the survey methodology.
Listening to Mothers III: Methodology (2013)
METHODOLOGY | This report explore women's experiences from before pregnancy through the months after birth. Funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the survey polled 2,400 women who gave birth in U.S. hospitals from 2011 to 2012. This is the survey methodology.
Listening to Mothers III: Pregnancy and Birth (2013)
This report explores women's experiences from before pregnancy through the months after birth. Funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the survey polled 2,400 women who gave birth in U.S. hospitals from 2011 to 2012. Major survey findings show that a medically...
Listening to Mothers III: New Mothers Speak Out Questionnaire
Listening to Mothers III: New Mothers Speak Out Questionnaire
Listening to Mothers III: New Mothers Speak Out Survey Instrument (2013)
This report follows up with 1,072 women who participated in the Listening to Mothers III: Pregnancy and Birth survey. This is the survey instrument used for New Mothers Speak Out.
Listening to Mothers III: Pregnancy and Birth Questionnaire
Listening to Mothers III: Pregnancy and Birth Questionnaire
Listening to Mothers III: Survey Instrument (2013)
This report explore women's experiences from before pregnancy through the months after birth. Funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the survey polled 2,400 women who gave birth in U.S. hospitals from 2011 to 2012. This is the survey instrument.
Listening to Mothers III: Data Briefs (2013)
These data briefs provide an in-depth look at highly important topics covered by Listening to Mothers III, a report that surveyed women's experiences from before pregnancy through the months after birth. Funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the survey polled 2,400...
Banning Coverage of Abortion in Multi-State Insurance Plans: Moving in the Wrong Direction
FACT SHEET | The “Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-State Exchange Plans Act” or “SAFE Act” (H.R. 346), and the Senate version of this badly misnamed legislation, the “Preventing the Offering of Elective Coverage of Taxpayer-Funded-Abortion Act of 2013” or “PROTECT Act”...
The Cost of Having a Baby in the United States
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | This study updated a 2007 Thomson Healthcare report of maternity costs using the mothers’ medical and drug claim records and estimated the costs of the first three months of a newborn’s life with newborn claim records (newborn costs) identified in...