Managing Labour to Promote Physiologic Birth
Overview
There is no standard definition of labour onset. Without such a definition, there is no benchmark against which to evaluate length and patterns of labour, including dystocia (prolonged, non-progressive labour), the leading indication for primary CS. As well there are major discrepancies in standards for diagnosis of dystocia in Canada, the US, and the UK. Our research cluster will explore clinical algorithms to define labour onset and indicators of developing dystocia that can may serve as “early warning systems” to create opportunities for early intervention. Accurate methods of predicting CS among healthy women are non-existent. Mobilization, managing the physical and psychosocial environment, and use of nonpharmacologic pain management techniques are commonly used among midwives to promote physiologic birth but have not been rigorously evaluated. We will identify opportunities to evaluate cost-effective, low technology methods to increase rates of healthy normal birth.
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Role and Department |
Affiliated Institution |
Email |
Vedam, Saraswathi |
Professor, Midwifery, Principal, Birth Place Lab |
University of British Columbia |
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Name |
Role and Department |
Affiliated Institution |
Email |
Brunton, Ginny |
Associate Professor |
Ontario Tech University |
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Downe, Soo |
Professor, Midwifery Studies |
University of Central Lancashire |
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Elliott, Dana |
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Dana Elliott Physiotherapy |
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Gross, Mechthild |
Professor and Director, Midwifery Research and Education Unit |
Hannover Medical School |
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Grylka-Baeschlin, Susanne |
Professor and Head of Research Institute of Midwifery and Reproductive Health |
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences |
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Hundley, Vanora |
Professor of Midwifery, Centre for Maternal and Perinatal Health |
Bournemouth University |
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Janssen, Patti |
Professor, School of Population and Public Health |
University of British Columbia |
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Jevitt, Cecilia |
Director Midwifery, Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine |
University of British Columbia |
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Kotaska, Andrew |
Generalist Obstetrician/Gynecologist |
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Levett, Kate |
Senior Research Fellow and NHMRC ECR Fellow, School of Medicine |
University of Notre Dame Australia |
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McCutcheon, Jen |
Consultant in Global Public Health and Retired Physiotherapist |
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Salomons, Emilie |
Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine |
OAK Integrative Health |
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Spiby, Helen |
Lead, Maternal Health and Wellbeing Research Group, Professor in Midwifery, School of Health Sciences |
University of Nottingham |
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Tilden, Ellen |
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Nurse-Midwifery Department, and School of Medicine, OBGYN Department |
Oregon Health and Science University |
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