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		The REDUCE Campaign: Research and Education to Decrease Unnecessary Cesarean Sections Back to main REDUCE Campaign page Want to do something in your community to support the ACNM REDUCE Campaign?  Click here! The REDUCE Campaign, a public service campaign from the American College of Nurse-Midwives and its partners, held a briefing for the media on March 20th, in Washington, D.C.  The links below offer the materials made available to reporters at that event.  For more information about the REDUCE Campaign, click the link above. Media representatives may obtain a 'source list' of experts by sending an e-mail or calling (240) 485-1821. Read more about the briefing and view a photo gallery: ACNM Holds Media Briefing to Call Attention to Cesarean Complications Materials from Briefing: News Release: 'Risks of Cesarean Delivery Are Underreported, Benefits Overstated' March 20, 2006 REDUCE Campaign 'Frequently Asked Questions' ACNM Position Statement: Elective Primary Cesarean Section REDUCE Campaign Talking Points Testimony - Barbara Stratton of Baltimore, Maryland Testmony - Karen Salinetti of Falls Church, Virginia Dr. Peter Bernstein's Presentation 'Complications of Cesarean Delivery' (PDF)  Resources from REDUCE Campaign partner organizations: American Association of Birth Centers "Birth Centers & Midwifery -  A Solution for the Rising C-Section Rate" (March 14, 2006 news release) Coalition for Improving Maternity Services "Elective Cesareans Defy US Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control Goals for Improving Maternal and Infant Health," news release, March 21, 2006 "Increased Cesarean Rates for Low-Risk Women Contradicts National Goals and Guidelines to Improve Maternal and Infant Health" (December 27, 2005 news release) Papers: "The Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative" "The Risks of Cesarean Delivery to Mother and Baby" "Problems and Hazards of Induction in Labor" Citizens for Midwifery "Problems with Cesarean Sections," (March 20, 2006 news release) "Out-of-Hospital Midwifery Care: Much Lower Rates of Cesarean Sections for Low-Risk Women" (March 2006 fact sheet) International Cesarean Awareness Network "ICAN Urges Caution with Use of Cesarean," March 20th news release Lamaze International "Elective Cesarean Sections Create Significant Risks for Maternal and Infant Health" (February 22, 2006 news release) White Papers: "Elective Cesarean Surgery Versus Planned Vaginal Birth: What Are the Consequences?" "The Problem with 'Maternal Request' Cesarean" Resources from Childbirth Connection: "New National Survey Results From Mothers Refute Belief That Women Are Requesting Cesarean Sections Without Medical Reason," (PDF) March 20th news release Read more about new data from Childbirth Connection's Listening to Mothers® survey Download Childbirth Connection's booklet, What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know About Cesarean Section, the only systematic review of the literature a valuable resource for women and health professionals.  Read a CME program at Medscape.com titled 'Complications of Cesarean Deliveries,' by Peter Bernstein, MD, which is based on Childbirth Connection's 2004 systematic review. Read a CME program at Medscape.com titled 'Mode of Delivery and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: a Systematic Review of the Literature on Urinary and Fecal Incontinence and Sexual Dysfunction by Mode of Delivery' co-authored by Michael C. Klein, MD, CFPC, FCFP, FAAP (Neonatal-Perinatal), FCPS, ABFP Other Resources of Note: Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses "National Nursing Organization Urges Caution on Elective C-Sections, Notes Link to Near-Term Births" (January 10, 2006 news release)

   
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