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This presentation, "Measuring Causes of Caesareans with Special Attention to 'Maternal Request' Caesareans" was given by Eugene Declercq at the January meeting of the Caesarean Indicators Working Group.
This presentation was given at the January 2010 meeting of the Caesarean Section Community of Practice.
Given increased recognition of the under and over-use of caesarean birth in low income
countries, a working group of the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group focused
on improving coverage measurement (referred to as Major Activity 13, or CHERG
MA13) and the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) sponsored a one day meeting of
researchers to explore the development of an expanded list of population and health
facility-based indicators related to caesarean birth. The meeting consisted of
presentations and discussions of indicators regarding caesarean birth from very low to
high caesarean birth rate settings. At the end of the meeting, participants agreed that the
four highest priority tasks are: 1) to develop and validate a question/s to detect emergency
caesareans that could be incorporated into interview-based questionnaires for women of
reproductive age; 2) to establish and promote an internationally recognized classification
system of indications for caesarean birth; 3) to find funding for a student and/or staff
within concerned institutions to explore existing datasets and to produce, annotate and
disseminate as many of the proposed indicators in this document as possible; and 4) to
establish a public domain web-site where questionnaires and associated publications
could be viewed and discussed in a blog-format.
Given increased recognition of the under and over-use of caesarean birth in low incomecountries, a working group of the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group focusedon improving coverage measurement (referred to as Major Activity 13, or CHERGMA13) and the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) sponsored a one day meeting ofresearchers to explore the development of an expanded list of population and healthfacility-based indicators related to caesarean birth. The meeting consisted ofpresentations and discussions of indicators regarding caesarean birth from very low tohigh caesarean birth rate settings. At the end of the meeting, participants agreed that thefour highest priority tasks are: 1) to develop and validate a question/s to detect emergencycaesareans that could be incorporated into interview-based questionnaires for women ofreproductive age; 2) to establish and promote an internationally recognized classificationsystem of indications for caesarean birth; 3) to find funding for a student and/or staffwithin concerned institutions to explore existing datasets and to produce, annotate anddisseminate as many of the proposed indicators in this document as possible; and 4) toestablish a public domain web-site where questionnaires and associated publicationscould be viewed and discussed in a blog-format.
This presentation was given by Veronique Filippi at the January 2010 meeting of the Caesarean Section Community of Practice meeting.
This presentation was given at the January 2010 meeting of the Caesarean Section Community of Practice.
This presentation was given by Luc de Bernis at the January 2010 meeting of the Caesarean Section Community of Practice.
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