The Home Birth Summits: Finding common ground to transform policy and practice

Other Titles

Alternative practices in women's health

Abstract

The Home Birth Summits in the U.S. included all home-birth stakeholders to achieve the goal of finding common ground. The nine common ground statements that resulted have begun a transformation of policy and practice. This session will discuss the process of finding common ground and the outcomes that were achieved.

Authors

Judith A. Lothian

Author Details

Judith Lothian, PhD - Chairperson, Graduate Department, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, USA

Sigma Membership

Gamma Nu

Lead Author Affiliation

Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, USA

Type

Presentation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Common Ground, Home Birth Policy, Planned Home Birth

Recommended Citation

Lothian, Judith A., "The Home Birth Summits: Finding common ground to transform policy and practice" (2017). INRC (Congress). 369.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/inrc/2017/presentations_2017/369

Conference Name

28th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Dublin, Ireland

Conference Year

2017

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