The Birth Survey Now Available Nationwide!
For years, consumers have enthusiastically shared online reviews of movies, restaurants, products and services, but readily available information about maternity care providers and birth settings was nearly unattainable-no longer. As part of the Transparency in Maternity Care Project, CIMS developed The Birth Survey as an online resource for new mothers to share their consumer reviews of doctors, midwives, hospitals, and birth centers, learn about the choices and birth experiences of others, and view data on hospital and birth center standard practices and intervention rates. The Birth Survey is now accessible throughout the United States.
Help spread the word about The Birth Survey!
- Send e-mails to your contacts encouraging them to take the survey, or learn about the project, through our "Invite a Friend" e-mail tool. Invite your friends with a personalized message!
- Post web banners and buttons to The Birth Survey on your personal or organizational websites, or link to www.TheBirthSurvey.com in your e-mail signature and on your website.
- Distribute postcards inviting women to take The Birth Survey. Download the cards or order preprinted cards.
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CIMS Individual and Organizational Memberships Now Available!Individuals and organizations can help CIMS to become a powerful voice for Mother-Friendly Care by joining the CIMS Membership. CIMS now offers 1-Year and Lifetime Individual Memberships and Annual Organizational Memberships. Help ensure CIMS’ long-term goal of Making Mother-Friendly Care A Reality by joining today! |
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CIMS Annual Mother-Friendly ForumCIMS invites you to submit an abstract for the 2009 Mother-Friendly Childbirth Forum. The 2009 Forum will focus on strategies for promoting normal birth and evidence-based maternity care practices. The annual event addresses issues of interest to health professionals, birth advocates, and consumers. The Forum highlights the most current evidence by national experts and includes workshops on applying that knowledge to everyday maternity care. Abstract submissions are due by Sept. 15, 2008. |
The Birth Survey
The Birth Survey is an on-going online consumer survey that asks women to provide feedback about their birth experiences. Women’s responses about specific providers and facilities will be available online to other women in their communities to help them decide where and with whom to birth. As they become available, the official facility-level intervention rates gathered from the state departments of health will be paired with the women’s survey responses to help families make their birthing decisions.
