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Listening to Mothers Reports and SurveysThe surveys cover the time from planning pregnancy through the postpartum period, and shed light on women's attitudes, beliefs, preferences and knowledge, as well as maternity care practices and family and employment life. They report on many items that are not otherwise gathered at the national level. They also provide what are likely to be more accurate estimates for many items that are collected but are known to be undercounted on birth certificates and in hospital discharge records. Survey results also reveal the size of gaps between women's actual experiences and experiences they should have in light of their preferences, best maternity care practice and their legal rights. Three national Listening to Mothers surveys have been conducted by Harris Interactive, and three reports are freely available here:
See Quick Links box, above, for all three survey reports and Quick Facts and Press Release for the newest report. Learn more about the three reports and get related documents on other web pages in this section. We invite pregnant women to read the reports to help understand maternity experiences, set goals and make plans and decisions. New and experienced mothers can use this national profile to put your own experiences in perspective. Policy makers, administrators, clinicians, educators and others with responsibility for mothers and babies can use survey results to understand and improve the quality of maternity experiences. We invite others - including leaders in health plans, hospitals, states and other countries - to use and adapt the survey questionnaires to understand and improve the experiences of specific populations. Please contact us for more information. Inside Listening to Mothers:New Mothers Speak Out Report (2008)To build on the rich, extensive data collected in the national Listening to Mothers II survey (see below), we asked the same mothers to further describe their postpartum experiences in a follow-up survey six months later. The New Mothers Speak Out report combines data from both surveys and provides an eye-opening look at experiences of the lives of mothers with young children in the United States.Go to New Mothers Speak Out Report (2008)  Listening to Mothers II Survey and Report (2006)
Listening to Mothers I Survey and Report (2002)Listening to Mothers I was the first opportunity for women in the U.S. to describe at the national level their maternity experiences and assessment of those experiences. The results have given health professionals, policy makers and mothers themselves a new level of understanding about many important matters and have been widely used to improve policy, practice, education and research. You can find survey results, Childbirth Connection's recommendations, and the why, how, who and what of this survey here.Go to Listening to Mothers I Survey and Report (2002) Share this page! Your vote is appreciated. Most recent page update: 2/25/2009
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Help Transform Maternity Care!  Please join our efforts to make quality maternity care a top national priority. Your support will help make the transformation possible. View 2009 Supporter Roster  New Mothers Speak Out National Report Released The latest report in Childbirth Connection's Listening to Mothers series is now available. Get an eye-opening look at the reality of life as a mother of young children in the United States, based on national surveys conducted by Harris Interactive. Learn more, get the report Read the Wall Street Journal story and listen to the podcast Download Quick Facts (PDF) Why does the national U.S. c-section rate keep going up? Current research points to an optimal cesarean section rate of 5% to 10%, but 1 pregnant woman in 3 is giving birth by major surgery in the United States. Why the surge and is this safe? A new page - and a PDF handout for journalists, policy makers, students and others - answer these questions. Read more about the rising cesarean section rate New Content!
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