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Assessing Health Outcomes by Birth Settings

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Regional focus

North America

Topics

The March 2018 omnibus appropriations bill, led by Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) and Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), included language calling on the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to request that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conduct the study that resulted the report Birth Settings in America: Outcomes, Quality, Access, and Choice (2020).

The ad hoc committee of experts convened by the National Acadmies authored the report, which examines the evidence on health outcomes across birth settings, particularly with regard to subpopulations of women. (See full statement of task below.)

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Events

Birth Settings in America: Opportunities for Home and Birth Center Settings

  • June 18, 2020
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
  • Webinar
  • Past

Birth Settings in America: Outcomes, Quality, Access, and Choice (2020), a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, identifies ways to improve childbirth services acr...

Birth Settings in America: Opportunities for Hospital Settings

  • May 27, 2020
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
  • Webinar
  • Past

Public Webinar Birth Settings in America: Outcomes, Quality, Access, and Choice (2020), a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, identifies ways to improve childbir...

Assessing Health Outcomes by Birth Settings - Report Release Webinar

  • February 6, 2020
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (EST)
  • Webinar
  • Past

Please join us for a public webinar to learn about the new National Academies' report Birth Settings in America: Outcomes, Quality, Access, and Choice. The webinar will include an overview of the stud...
Meetings

Assessing Health Outcomes by Birth Settings Meeting 4

  • August 12 - 13, 2019
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

Assessing Health Outcomes by Birth Settings Meeting 3

  • June 27 - 28, 2019
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

Assessing Health Outcomes by Birth Settings: Virtual Meeting

  • May 28, 2019
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (EDT)
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

Assessing Health Outcomes by Birth Settings Meeting 2

  • April 9 - 11, 2019
  • Meeting
  • Past

The committee held its second meeting April 9-11, 2019, in Washington, D.C. During the committee’s public-information gathering session, the committee heard about: perspectives on the childbirth expe...

Assessing Health Outcomes by Birth Settings Meeting 1

  • February 19 - 20, 2019
  • Meeting
  • Past

The committee held its first meeting February 19-20, 2019, in Washington, D.C. The committee reviewed the study process and timeline; undertook a bias, conflict of interests, and confidentiality discu...
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