An Update on Research Issues in the Assessment of Birth Settings: Workshop Summary (2013)
Chapter: Front Matter
AN UPDATE ON RESEARCH ISSUES
IN THE ASSESSMENT OF BIRTH SETTINGS
WORKSHOP SUMMARY
Leslie Pray, Rapporteur
Board on Children, Youth, and Families
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE AND
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
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This activity was supported by Grant No. P3020147 between the National Academy of Sciences and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The views presented in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the activity.
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PLANNING COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH ISSUES IN THE ASSESSMENT OF BIRTH SETTINGS: A WORKSHOP1
MAXINE HAYES (Chair), State Health Officer, State of Washington, Department of Health
SHERIN U. DEVASKAR, Professor of Pediatrics and Executive Chair, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
ELLEN HODNETT, Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty in Nursing, University of Toronto
HOLLY POWELL KENNEDY, Helen Varney Professor of Midwifery, School of Nursing, Yale University
THOMAS C. RICKETTS, Professor of Health Policy and Administration and Social Medicine, Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
JEANNETTE A. ROGOWSKI, University Professor in Health Economics, School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
DIANE L. ROWLEY, Professor of the Practice of Public Health, Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BENJAMIN P. SACHS, Senior Vice President and Dean, James R. Doty Distinguished Professor and Chair, School of Medicine, Tulane University
IOM Staff
SHEILA MOATS, Study Director
JULIA HOGLUND, Research Associate (from May 2013)
DOUGLAS KANOVSKY, Senior Program Assistant
PATRICK BURKE, Financial Associate (until January 2013)
FAYE HILLMAN, Financial Associate (from January 2013)
PAMELA ATAYI, Administrative Assistant
KIMBER BOGARD, Director, Board on Children, Youth, and Families
1 Institute of Medicine planning committees are solely responsible for organizing the workshop, identifying topics, and choosing speakers. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the rapporteur and the institution.
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Reviewers
This workshop summary has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published workshop summary as sound as possible and to ensure that the summary meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this summary:
Kimberly Gregory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Amy J. Levi, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Dale Reisner, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle
Marla E. Salmon, University of Washington
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they did not see the final draft of the workshop summary before its release. The review of this workshop summary was overseen by Hugh H. Tilson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health. Appointed by the Institute of Medicine, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this
summary was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this workshop summary rests entirely with the rapporteur and the institution.
Contents
3 Assessment of Risk in Pregnancy
4 Birth Settings and Health Outcomes: State of the Science
6 Data Systems and Measurement
7 Costs, Values, and Reimbursement Issues Associated with Various Birth Settings
9 Workshop Reflections: Moving the Research Agenda Forward
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