Development of a co-designed, evidence-based, multi-pronged strategy to support normal birth

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Allen, Jyai
Toohill, Jocelyn
Creedy, Debra K
Callander, Emily J
Gamble, Jenny
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2022
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Australia's caesarean section (CS) rate has been steadily increasing for decades. In response to this, we co-designed an evidence-based, multi-pronged strategy to increase the normal birth rate in Queensland and reduce the need for CS. We conducted three workshops with a multi-stakeholder group to identify a broad range of options to reduce CS, prioritise these options, and achieve consensus on a final strategy. The strategy comprised of: universal access to midwifery continuity-of-care and choice of place of birth; multi-disciplinary normal birth education; resources to facilitate informed decision-making; respectful maternity care and positive workplace culture; and establishment of a Normal Birth Collaborative.

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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© 2022 The Authors. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Paediatrics

Public health

Reproductive medicine

Midwifery

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Life Sciences & Biomedicine

Obstetrics & Gynecology

caesarean section

maternity

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Allen, J; Toohill, J; Creedy, DK; Callander, EJ; Gamble, J, Development of a co-designed, evidence-based, multi-pronged strategy to support normal birth, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2022

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