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  • Assessing certified nurse-midwives’ attitudes towards planned home birth

    2010    Vedam S, Aaker J, Stoll K. (2010). Assessing certified nurse-midwives’ attitudes towards planned home birth. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health, 55(2): 133-142.  Abstract   Introduction: Certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) and certified midwives (CMs) are prepared for care in many settings and could increase access to planned home birth for American women. However, only 4%…

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  • Planned home vs hospital birth: A meta-analysis gone wrong

    2011    Michal CA, Janssen PA, Vedam S, Hutton EK, De Jonge A. (2011). Planned home vs hospital birth: A meta-analysis gone wrong. Medscape.  Abstract   The highly charged debate over the safety of home birth was inflamed by the publication of a meta-analysis by Joseph R. Wax and coworkers, which concluded that “less medical intervention…

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  • The Canadian Birth Place Study: Development, validation, and administration of a questionnaire to multi-disciplinary maternity care providers

    Schummers L, Vedam S, Fairbrother N, Klein M, Kaczorowski J. The Canadian Birth Place Study: Development, validation, and administration of a questionnaire to multi-disciplinary maternity care providers. Canadian Journal of Midwifery and Practice. Accepted October, 2011; In press. Abstract The debate between professional groups in Canada about the advisability of planned home birth continues. The…

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  • The Canadian birth place study of provider experiences with planned home birth

    2012     Vedam S, Schummers L, Stoll K, Rogers J, Klein MC, Fairbrother N, Dharamsi S, Liston R, Kaczorowski J. The Canadian birth place study of provider experiences with planned home birth. Midwifery. Accepted June 2012; In Press. Abstract   Objectives: 1) To describe educational, practice, and personal experiences related to home birth practice among Canadian…

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  • In Search of a Common Agenda for Planned Home Birth in America

    2012    Vedam S. (2012) In Search of a Common Agenda for Planned Home Birth in America. The Journal of Perinatal Education, 21(2): In press. Abstract   Leading maternity provider organizations in North America have been in conflict about birth at home and birth centers, debating issues related to safety, access, the value of obstetric…

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  • Growing Midwifery

    Growing Midwifery

    Faculty of Medicine to double enrollment in midwifery education program May 4, 2012 The University of British Columbia’s Midwifery Program – bolstered by increased funding from the Province of British Columbia – will double in size over the next five years, a move intended to augment the number of pregnancy and childbirth specialists in B.C.…

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