Childbirth practices have altered almost beyond recognition in the past 100 years.
looks into Greek, Roman and Jewish childbirth practices 2,000 years ago.
Please follow through on the twenty-seven other childbirth practices that you're not doing.
There is a potential flaw in Atul Gawande's BetterBirth Project, which seeks to spread safer childbirth practices through neonatal intervention ("Slow Ideas," July 29th).
This is motivated by pique at abortion providers; but much of this funding actually supports contraception availability and safe childbirth practices.
The piece describes childbirth practices in ancient Rome as well as the role of Ovid's family – particularly his mother – in his writing and his life.
In the hopes of spreading safer childbirth practices, several colleagues and I have teamed up with the Indian government, the World Health Organization, the Gates Foundation, and Population Services International to create something called the BetterBirth Project.
Background: The reliable availability of health technologies, defined as equipment, medicines, and consumable supplies, is essential to ensure successful childbirth practices proven to prevent avoidable maternal and newborn mortality.
Aisha Hassan, head of the Kano state chapter of a Nigerian-wide Muslim women's group called Fomwan, says that religious leaders have been essential in delivering public health messages to community members who have been the most resistant to changing their childbirth practices.
Ariel Levy's article on the rape case in Steubenville, Ohio, reveals some troubling issues about justice in the Internet era ("Trial by Twitter," August 5th).… There is a potential flaw in Atul Gawande's BetterBirth Project, which seeks to spread safer childbirth practices through neonatal intervention ("Slow Ideas," July 29th).
The sea change in hospital childbirth practices drew on many social currents of the 1960s and '70s, including the natural childbirth movement, the women's movement and an anti-authoritarian climate, said J. Kevin Nugent, the director of the Brazelton Institute, a child and family research center founded by Dr. Brazelton at Boston Children's Hospital.
