ULAB Resource Guide
Click on the domain below to the find resources, including sample policies, procedures, evidence, curricula, metrics, and best practice guidelines.
Admission to Hospital in Active Labour
🟠 Does this facility have a written guideline recommending admission to the labour unit only after the spontaneous onset of active labour (at term)?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: NICE Clinical Guideline – Intrapartum Care Clinical guideline by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on Intrapartum care for healthy women and babies. This resource links to the section on definition and admission recommendations for those experiencing the latent first stage of labour. Link: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg190/chapter/Recommendations#latent-first-stage-of-labour
🟠 Does this facility have a written guideline recommending admission to the labour unit only after the spontaneous onset of active labour (at term)?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: ACOG Info Sheet – Interventions Resource by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists outlining reasonable interventions and indicators for the safe prevention of cesarean delivery in the first and second stages of labour. Link:https://ilpqc.org/ILPQC%202020%2B/PVB/Toolkit/PNEM/Did%20You%20Know%206%20is%20the%20New%204.pdf
🟠 Does this facility have a written guideline recommending admission to the labour unit only after the spontaneous onset of active labour (at term)?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: ACOG – Safe Prevention of Primary Cesarean Delivery. Document by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine outlining approaches and interventions aimed at reducing cesarean deliveries Link: https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/obstetric-care-consensus/articles/2014/03/safe-prevention-of-the-
Early Labour Support
🔴 How does this facility support people who arrive at the hospital in early labour and who choose to stay or cannot go home?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: FHA – Labour Information Describes at what point in labour a person should go to the hospital and how to stay comfortable at home beforehand. Link: https://www.fraserhealth.ca/health-topics-a-to-z/pregnancy-and-baby/labour-birth-and-early-postpartum/labour#.YmrlIdrMK5c
🟠 Does this facility provide support to people who return home following an early labour assessment?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Omama – When to Call (Labour) Resource providing a guideline and links to other resources about when to call the health care provider during the progression of labour. Link: https://www.omama.com/en/late-pregnancy/when-to-call-your-health-care-provider.asp?_mid_=96157
🟡 How does this facility support people who arrive at the hospital in early labour and who choose to stay or cannot go home?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Cochrane – Assessment and support during early labour for improving birth outcomes Resource by Cochrane reviewing the efficacy of assessments and interventions at early labour against maternal and neonatal outcome measures. Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6478316/#CD011516-sec-0033
🟡 How does this facility support people who arrive at the hospital in early labour and who choose to stay or cannot go home?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: NWH – Early Labour Lounges Paper discussing the effect and potential benefits of having an early labour lounge to support birthing people during their latent labour phase. Link: https://www.nwhjournal.org/article/S1751-4851(19)30124-2/fulltext
Infrastructure
🔴Does this facility provide the following structural supports?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: ACNM – Hydrotherapy during Labour and Birth Position statement by the American College of Nurse-Midwives outlining evidence-based reasons supporting the use of hydrotherapy during labour and birth. Link:https://www.midwife.org/acnm/files/ACNMLibraryData/PLOADFILENAME/000000000286/Hydrotherapy-During-Labor-and-Birth-April-2014.pdf
Read More 🔴 Does this facility provide materials and supplies that promote undisturbed birth, including.
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: D. Balabanoff – Birth Environment Process e-book arguing for optimising birth environments for undisturbed labour. Link: https://indd.adobe.com/view/3a35bb36-7f43-4e94-b79f-7ce4b989f452
Read More 🔴 Does this facility provide the following structural supports?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Overview of the major hormones released during labour and delivery and the ways in which interventions affect them. Link: https://sarahbuckley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Ecstatic-birth-ebook-w.pdf
Read More 🟡 Does this facility provide the following structural supports?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: JOGC – Water Immersion Paper describing rates of adverse neonatal outcomes for water birth attended by midwives compared to conventional birth. Link: https://www.jogc.com/article/S1701-2163(19)30685-1/pdf
Read More 🟠 Does this facility provide the following structural supports?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: PSBC – Pain Management in Labour Guideline discussing common types of pain management during labour from least to most interventionist. Link:http://www.perinatalservicesbc.ca/Documents/GuidelinesStandards/Maternal/PainManagementGuideline.pdf
Read More Respectful Maternity Care and Freedom from Mistreatment
🟢 Does this facility use a measure of respectful maternity care as part of its quality assurance assessment (i.e. patient reported experience surveys)?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: BPL – Tools Instruments created by the Birth Place Lab aimed at improving the evaluation of perinatal care, the measurement of respectful care, and of provider attitudes to planned home birth. Link: https://www.birthplacelab.org/tools/
Read More 🟢 Does this facility use a measure of respectful maternity care as part of its quality assurance assessment (i.e. patient reported experience surveys)?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: USAID – Respectful Maternity Care Survey report displaying findings and recommendations about the global state of respectful maternity care. Link:https://toolkits.knowledgesuccess.org/sites/default/files/rmc_survey_report_0_0.pdf
Read More 🟢 Does this facility use a measure of respectful maternity care as part of its quality assurance assessment (i.e. patient reported experience surveys)?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: USAID – Respectful Maternity Care Survey report displaying findings and recommendations about the global state of respectful maternity care. Link:https://toolkits.knowledgesuccess.org/sites/default/files/rmc_survey_report_0_0.pdf
Read More 🟢 Does this facility have a formal process for staff to report inequitable, discriminatory, or abusive care?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Report – Complaint Handling Report by the Ombudsperson of British Columbia providing a guide for complaint handling resolution systems within public organizations. Link: https://bcombudsperson.ca/assets/media/OMB-ComplaintsGuide-Dec2020web.pdf
Read More 🟢 Does this facility have a formal process for childbearing people and families to report inequitable, discriminatory, or abusive care?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Reporting Webform CHRC – Discrimination & Harassment Form by the Canadian Human Rights Commission provides for filling out experiences of discrimination and harassment, as well as need-to-know facts about this process. Link: https://www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/en/complaints/make-a-complaint
Read More 🟢 Does this facility have a formal process for childbearing people and families to report inequitable, discriminatory, or abusive care?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Resource Toronto Birth Centre – Feedback portal Resource by the Toronto Birth Centre providing directions to provide a complaint or compliment about experiences birthing at their centre. Link: https://torontobirthcentre.ca/birthing-at-the-tbc/client-and-family-feedback/#complaintscompliments
Read More Access to Midwifery Care
🔵 Are there restrictions to midwifery scope of practice (beyond limitations defined by the local regulatory body) in this facility?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: ACNM Document – Midwife Scope of Practice Document by the American College of Nurse-Midwives outlining the definition of midwifery and scope of practice of certified midwives and nurse-midwives. Link:https://www.midwife.org/acnm/files/acnmlibrarydata/uploadfilename/000000000266/Definition%20Midwifery%20Scope%20of%20Practice_2021.pdf
Read More 🟡 Are there restrictions to midwifery scope of practice (beyond limitations defined by the local regulatory body) in this facility?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Study Website – Midwife & Birth Outcomes The AIMM Study explored the relationships between access, integration, and density of midwives in the United States with key pregnancy, birth, and newborn outcomes. Link: https://www.birthplacelab.org/mapping-collaboration-across-birth-settings/
Read More Integration of Community Birth Providers
🟠 Does this facility have written guidelines that support collaboration with community based care providers?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Commentary – Collaborative Practices Commentary discussing collaborative practices among obstetricians, family physicians and midwives. Link: https://www.cmaj.ca/content/186/17/1279
Read More Non-Pharmacological Pain Management
🟢 Does this facility have a plan or program in place to offer all women/childbearing people non-pharmacological pain management methods?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Report Summary – Physiologic Birth & CS Hormones National Partnership for Women & Families report summary discussing implications of a physiologic birth over a cesarean section and strategies to support beneficial hormonal action when a cesarean is necessary. Link: http://www.nationalpartnership.org/research-library/maternal-health/physiologic-birth-vs-c-section.pdf
Read More ⚪️ Does this facility provide and require education for all clinical staff and providers about non-pharmacological pain management methods?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Educational Courses – Doula Certification Organization providing various workshops and doula certification courses for health care providers and students. Link: https://doulaworkshop.com/healthcareproviders/.
Read More ⚪️ Does this facility provide and require education for all clinical staff and providers about non-pharmacological pain management methods?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Educational Course – Labour Doula & Pregnancy Fitness The Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association provides certification courses for labor doula and pregnancy fitness. Link: https://cappa.net/training-certification/specialty-advanced-courses/
Read More ⚪️ Does this facility provide and require education for all clinical staff and providers about non-pharmacological pain management methods?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Videos – Peanut Balls for Labour Videos on the use of peanut balls as labour support. Link: https://premierbirthtools.com/peanut-ball-videos/
Read More ⚪️ Does this facility provide and require education for all clinical staff and providers about non-pharmacological pain management methods?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Educational Courses – L&D Professionals This organization provides training and education courses for labour and delivery professionals. Link: https://heartsoulbirthpros.com/for-nurses-docs-midwives/
Read More ⚪️ Does this facility provide and require education for all clinical staff and providers about non-pharmacological pain management methods?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Educational Courses – L&D Professionals This organization provides training and education courses for labour and delivery professionals. Link: https://heartsoulbirthpros.com/for-nurses-docs-midwives/
Read More Informed Choice and Person-Centered Decision Making
🟠 Does this facility have a written policy supporting informed choice and person-centered decision making?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Infographic – Decision-Making Success Infographic by Healthwise displaying eight steps to success in shared decision making between patient and provider. Link: https://cdn-www.healthwise.org/docs/document/8370.pdf
Read More 🔴 Does this facility require all clinical staff and providers to complete education on person-centered decision making?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Website – TeamBirth A resource describing TeamBirth and its implementation by Ariadne Labs. Link: https://www.ariadnelabs.org/delivery-decisions-initiative/teambirth/
Read More 🔴 Does the facility have a process to integrate feedback at the facility level about patient-provider interactions?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Guide – Respectful Care & Rights Companion guide by NYC Health outlining New York City standards for respectful care at birth including understanding rights during pregnancy, labour and delivery, and during postpartum. Link: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/ms/birth-rights-companion-guide.pdf
Read More 🔵 Does this facility have a written policy supporting informed choice and person-centered decision making?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Document – Requests for Non-Standard Care Document by the BC College of Nurses and Midwives outlining policy on requests for care outside standards. Link:https://www.bccnm.ca/Documents/standards_practice/rm/RM_Policy_on_Requests_for_Care_Outside_Standards.pdf
Read More 🟠 Does this facility have a standard process for resolving differences in opinion between childbearing people and providers about care decisions?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: AWHONN Clinical Guideline – Respectful Care Evidence-based clinical practice guideline by the Association of Women’s Health and Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses establishing a framework for practice facilitating the provision of respectful maternity care. Link:https://www.jognn.org/article/S0884-2175(22)00001-6/fulltext
Read More 🟠 Does this facility have a standard process for resolving differences in opinion between childbearing people and providers about care decisions?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: ACOG Committee Opinion – Patient Refusal of Care Committee opinion by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists providing an ethical approach for obstetrician-gynecologists in the event a pregnant person refuses recommended medical treatment centring the autonomy of the pregnant person and the interconnection between them and their fetus. Link:https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinicalguidance/committeeopinion/articles/2016/06/refusal-of-medically-recommendedtreatment-during-pregnancy
Read More Continuous Emotional Support
🟠Does this facility provide and require education for all staff and providers on the role and benefits of continuous emotional support during labour and birth?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Infographic – Benefits of Doulas Infographic on the benefits of birth and postpartum doulas in clinical, emotional, and physical domains. Link: https://www.dona.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/DONA_infographic-3.pdf
Read More 🟠 Does this facility have a written policy encouraging and ensuring access to doulas in addition to other birth companions?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Infographic – Doula Policy USA Infographic by Touro University California on an analysis of doula policy within maternal child health in the US. Link:https://apha.confex.com/apha/2019/mediafile/Handout/Paper428443/2019_Poster_40x56_Lisa%20Baracker%2CDO%2C%20MPH_final.pdf
Read More 🟡 Does this facility have a written policy encouraging and ensuring access to doulas in addition to other birth companions?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Brief – Community Models for Health Equity Brief by the Commonwealth Fund on community-based models to improve maternal health outcomes and promote health equity. Link: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2021/mar/community-models-improve-maternal-outcomes-equity
Read More 🟡 Does this facility have a written policy ensuring access to and participation of birth companions?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: WHO Report – Improving Intrapartum Care Report by the WHO on standards for improving quality of maternal and newborn care in health facilities. Page 22, Standard 6 iterates the standard of providing every birthing person and their family emotional support. Link: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/mca-documents/advisory-groups/quality-of-care/standards-for-improving-quality-of-maternal-and-newborn-care-in-health-facilities.pdf?sfvrsn=3b364d8_2
Read More 🔴 Does this facility have a written policy encouraging and ensuring access to doulas in addition to other birth companions?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Project Website – Health Outcomes Medicaid Project by the National Health Law Program to improve health outcomes for Medicaid enrollees by ensuring that pregnant and postpartum people enrolled in Medicaid have access to a doula if desired. Link: https://healthlaw.org/doulamedicaidproject/
Read More 🔵 Does this facility provide and require education for all staff and providers on the role and benefits of continuous emotional support during labour and birth?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Document – Comfort in Labour Document by Childbirth Connection on maximizing comfort during labour. Link: https://www.nationalpartnership.org/our-work/resources/health-care/maternity/comfort-in-labor-simkin.pdf
Read More Induction or Augmentation of Labour
🔴 Does this facility have a written guideline clearly outlining criteria to recommend induction of labour?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Clinical Background – Pregnancy 40+ Weeks Clinical backgrounder document by the Association of Ontario Midwives on pregnancy beyond 40 weeks. Link: https://www.ontariomidwives.ca/sites/default/files/Pregnancy-beyond-40-midwives-PUB.pdf
Read More 🔴 Does this facility have a written guideline clearly outlining criteria to recommend induction of labour?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Toolkit – Early Elective Deliveries Toolkit by the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative on early elective deliveries. Link: https://www.cmqcc.org/resources-tool-kits/toolkits/early-elective-deliveries-toolkit
Read More ⚪️ Does this facility provide education to all staff and providers on non-pharmacological methods to support labour progress?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Workshop – Labour Support Workshop by Lamaze on evidence-based labour support, counts for continuing nursing education credits and Lamaze contact hours. Link: https://www.lamaze.org/lamaze-specialty-workshops
Read More ⚪️ Does this facility provide education to all staff and providers on non-pharmacological methods to support labour progress?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Workshop – Physiologic Birth Training Workshop by Bundle Birth Nurses on physiologic birth for L&D RNs. Link: https://bundlebirthnurses.com/workshops-and-events/
Read More ⚪️ Does this facility provide education to all staff and providers on non-pharmacological methods to support labour progress?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Training – Doula Certification Doula training for labour and delivery nurses and professionals by Heart + Soul + Birth Pros. Link: https://heartsoulbirthpros.com/for-nurses-docs-midwives/
Read More ⚪️ Does this facility provide education to all staff and providers on non-pharmacological methods to support labour progress?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Videos – Peanut Balls for Labour Videos on the use of peanut balls as labour support. Link: https://premierbirthtools.com/peanut-ball-videos/
Read More Freedom to Eat and Drink During Labour
🔴 Does this facility have a written policy encouraging oral intake for childbearing people in labour?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Review – Nutrition/Hydration in Labour Short review on nutrition and hydration during labour by Birth Tools. Link: https://www.birthtools.org/MOC-Nutrition-Hydration-During-Labor
Read More 🔵 Does this facility have a written policy encouraging oral intake for childbearing people in labour?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: WHO Recommendations – Intrapartum Care Recommendation document by the WHO on intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience. Recommendation #24: for labouring people at low risk, oral fluid and food intake is recommended. Link: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/260178/9789241550215-eng.pdf
Read More 🟡 Does this facility have a written policy encouraging oral intake for childbearing people in labour?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Cochrane Review – Eating/Drinking in Labour Review by Cochrane on eating and drinking during labour. Link: https://www.cochrane.org/CD003930/PREG_eating-and-drinking-in-labour
Read More 🟡Does this facility have a written policy encouraging oral intake for childbearing people in labour?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Freedom to Eat and Drink During Labour Document by Evidence Based Birth on eating and drinking during labour. Includes Spanish, English, and audio version. Link: https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-eating-drinking-labor/
Read More 🟠 Does this facility have a written policy encouraging oral intake for childbearing people in labour?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: NICE Clinical Guideline – Intrapartum Care Clinical guideline by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on intrapartum care for healthy women and babies. Link:https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg190/resources/intrapartum-care-for-healthy-women-and-babies-pdf-35109866447557
Read More Freedom of Movement and Choice of Birth Position
🔴Do all clinical staff and providers have skills to provide care in various birth positions?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Picture-Based Guide – Labour Positions Picture-based guide by Mother’s Advocate on positions for labour. Link:https://ilpqc.org/ILPQC%202020%2B/PVB/Toolkit/PE/FPQC%20Positions%20for%20Labor.pdf
Read More 🔴 Do all clinical staff and providers have skills to provide care in various birth positions?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Document – Positions for Labour Progression Short document by Lamaze on 8 key positions to help the progression of labour. Link:https://www.lamaze.org/Portals/0/docs/infographics/LamazeInternational_LaborPositions.pdf
Read More 🔴 Does this facility have a written guideline recommending self-directed pushing during a spontaneous second stage of labour?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Article – Instinctive Pushing Article published on Midwife Thinking supporting the instinctive pushing behaviour during uncomplicated, physiological birth. Link: https://midwifethinking.com/2015/09/09/supporting-womens-instinctive-pushing-behaviour-during-birth/
Read More ⚪️ Do all clinical staff and providers have skills to provide care in various birth positions?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Workshop – Labour Support Workshop by LAMAZE on evidence-based labor support workshop for continuing education credits. Link: https://www.lamaze.org/lamaze-specialty-workshops
Read More ⚪️ Do all clinical staff and providers have skills to provide care in various birth positions?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Workshop – Fetal Positioning 4-day workshop by Spinning Babies for bodyworkers, midwives, doctors, and nurses on fetal positioning. Link: https://www.spinningbabies.com/professionals/spinning-babies-aware-practitioner-workshop/
Read More 🔵 Does this facility have a written guideline recommending self-directed pushing during a spontaneous second stage of labour?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: WHO Recommendations – Intrapartum Care Recommendation document by the WHO on intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience. Recommendations #36 & #37: It is recommended that the birthing person follow their own urge to push. Link: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/260178/9789241550215-eng.pd
Read More Fetal Monitoring
🔴 Does this facility have written policies recommending intermittent auscultation at admission and throughout labour and birth for healthy childbearing people?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Infographic – Auscultation Infographic by AWHONN on intermittent auscultation. Link: https://www.awhonn.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Back-to-Basics-Fetal-Auscultation_v1.pdf
Read More 🔴 Does this facility have written policies recommending intermittent auscultation at admission and throughout labour and birth for healthy childbearing people?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Decision Tool – Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance Document for decision support on intrapartum fetal health surveillance. Link: http://www.perinatalservicesbc.ca/Documents/Guidelines-Standards/Standards/Competencies/DST%20January%202021%20-%20Intrapartum%20Fetal%20Health%20Surveillance.pdf
Read More 🔴 Does this facility have written policies recommending intermittent auscultation at admission and throughout labour and birth for healthy childbearing people?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Evidence – Intermittent Auscultation Slides by Denver Health discussing intermittent auscultation. Link:https://ilpqc.org/ILPQC%202020%2B/PVB/Toolkit/PNEM/MOC%20FWB%20Intermittent%20Auscultation%20Denver%20Health.pdf
Read More 🔴 Does this facility have written policies recommending intermittent auscultation at admission and throughout labour and birth for healthy childbearing people?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Implementation – Intermittent Auscultation Article by RN outlining policy changes to implement IA as fetal health surveilance. Link:https://birthtools.org/Switching-to-Intermittent-Auscultation
Read More 🔴 When is intermittent auscultation used for fetal monitoring?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Infographic – Auscultation Infographic by AWHONN on intermittent auscultation. Link: https://www.awhonn.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Back-to-Basics-Fetal-Auscultation_v1.pdf
Read More ⚪️ Are all clinical staff and providers who provide intrapartum care educated in intermittent auscultation?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Training – Intermittent Auscultation Simulation-based training program by the Institute for Perinatal Quality Improvement on Intermittent Auscultation. Link: https://www.perinatalqi.org/page/iaedfaqs
Read More Cord Clamping
🟡 Are all clinic staff and providers who provide intrapartum care educated about the benefits and protocols for delayed cord clamping?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Literature Review – Cord Clamping Current best evidence through a literature review on umbilical cord clamping by Judith S. Mercer. Link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Judith-Mercer/publication/227534793_Current_Best_Evidence_A_Review_of_the_Literature_On_Umbilical_Cord_Clamping/links/5ebe0d12299bf1c09abc2959/Current-Best-Evidence-A-Review-of-the-Literature-On-Umbilical-Cord-Clamping.pdf
Read More 🟡 Are all clinic staff and providers who provide intrapartum care educated about the benefits and protocols for delayed cord clamping?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Journal Article – Cord Clamping Paper by McAdams et al. on steps for implementing delayed cord clamping in a hospital setting. Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC4823694/
Read More 🟠 Are all clinic staff and providers who provide intrapartum care educated about the benefits and protocols for delayed cord clamping?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: ACOG Committee Opinion – Cord Clamping Committee opinion by the ACOG on delayed umbilical cord clamping after birth. Link: https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2020/12/delayed-umbilical-cord-clamping-after-birth#:~:text=in%20term%20infants.-,Given%20the%20benefits%20to%20most%20newborns%20and%20concordant%20with%20other,vigorous%20term%20and%20preterm%20infants
Read More 🟠 Are all clinic staff and providers who provide intrapartum care educated about the benefits and protocols for delayed cord clamping?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: ACNM Position Statement – Cord Clamping Position statement by the American College of Nurse-Midwives on delayed umbilical cord clamping. Link:https://www.midwife.org/ACNM/files/ACNMLibraryData/UPLOADFILENAME/000000000290/Delayed-Umbilical-Cord-Clamping-May-2014.pdf
Read More 🟠 Are all clinic staff and providers who provide intrapartum care educated about the benefits and protocols for delayed cord clamping?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Clinical Guideline – Cord Clamping Clinical practice guideline by Fraser Health on delayed cord clamping. Link:https://www.fraserhealth.ca//media/Project/FraserHealth/FraserHealth/Health-Professionals/Professionals-Resources/Neonatal-resuscitationprogram/Delayed_cord_clamping_clinical_practice_guideline.pdfla=en&hash=E068A0197E0FF4D3A52992F457CF936D99EF472C
Read More 🟠 Does this facility have a written policy stating delayed cord clamping as the standard of care?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Clinical Practice Standard – Cord Clamping Clinical practice standard by the Baystate Medical Center on delayed cord clamping and skin-to-skin in newborns more than 36 weeks after a vaginal delivery. Link:https://www.birthtools.org/birthtools/files/BirthToolFiles/FILENAME/000000000081/DC-DCC-ClinicalGuideline-BaystatMedicalCtr-2014.pdf
Read More Immediate Postpartum Togetherness
🟢 Does this facility have a written guideline stating immediate skin-to-skin as the standard of care?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Guideline & Evaluation – Baby-Friendly Document by Baby-Friendly USA, Inc. on guidelines and evaluation criteria for facilities seeking and sustaining baby-friendly designation. Link: https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/US-Interim-GEC_191107_CLEAN.pdf
Read More 🔴 Are all clinical staff and providers educated in facilitating immediate skin-to-skin contact?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Evidence – Skin-to-Skin Resource page by UNICEF on skin-to-skin contact supporting the baby’s adjustment and the birthing person’s breastfeeding initiation. Link: https://www.unicef.org.uk/babyfriendly/baby-friendly-resources/implementing-standards-resources/skin-to-skin-contact/
Read More 🟡 Does this facility have a written guideline stating immediate skin-to-skin as the standard of care?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Research – Skin-to-Skin Review article by Widstrom et al. on skin-to-skin contact during the first hour after birth. Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apa.14754
Read More 🟠 Does this facility have a written guideline stating immediate skin-to-skin as the standard of care?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Document – Postpartum Document by the Public Health Agency of Canada on postpartum care including recommendations for family-centred postpartum experience. Link: https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/documents/services/publications/healthy-living/maternity-newborn-care-guidelines-chapter-5/maternity-guidelines-chapter-5-en.pdf
Read More Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding
🟢 Does this facility have a written guideline supporting exclusive breastfeeding/chestfeeding for childbearing A171people while admitted to this facility?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Guidelines & Evaluation – Breastfeeding Guidelines and evaluation criteria on breastfeeding by Baby-Friendly USA Link: https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Baby-Friendly-GEC-Final.pdf
Read More 🔴 Are all staff and providers educated in methods to promote and facilitate breastfeeding/chestfeeding?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Infographic – Breastfeeding Infographic by the WHO & UNICEF on the ten steps to successful breastfeeding. Link: https://www.who.int/images/default-source/infographics/nutrition/breastfeeding/bfhi-poster-a2-1.jpg?sfvrsn=e007c0b4_1
Read More 🔴 Are all staff and providers educated in methods to promote and facilitate breastfeeding/chestfeeding?
By Team Birthplace Lab |
Resource: Infographic – Breastfeeding Breastfeeding/chestfeeding guide for health care providers from the State of New York Department of Health. Link:https://www.health.ny.gov/publications/2963.pdf
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Resource: Resources – Breastfeeding New York State Department of Health website providing resources for health care providers on how to create a breastfeeding/chestfeeding friendly practice as well as policies and practices to improve hospital breastfeeding/chestfeeding. Link:https://www.health.ny.gov/community/pregnancy/breastfeeding/providers/#HospitalBF
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Resource: ducation Resources – Breastfeeding Various educational resources for healthcare providers on breastfeeding by the Institute for the Advancement of Breastfeeding & Lactation Education. Link: https://lacted.org/providers-course/
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Resource: Policy – Breastfeeding New York State Model Hospital Breastfeeding Policy. Link:https://www.health.ny.gov/community/pregnancy/breastfeeding/docs/model_hospital_breastfeeding_policy.pdf
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