Promoting Physiologic Birth in Birth Centers for Women with Obese BMIs

Cecilia Jevitt

Yale University

Cecilia Jevitt is the midwifery and women's health nurse practitioner specialties coordinator, Yale University, with 35 years of midwifery practice experience. Her scholarship focuses on weight and obesity management in pregnancies.She developed the concept of advantage lists – lists of evidence-based, patient self-care behaviors that improve health (advantages).

Abstract

Background: Perinatal health complications increase linearly as prepregnancy BMI exceeds 30. Perinatal outcomes in birth centers have not been analyzed by BMI class. This study describes outcomes for women with obese BMIs who... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Cecilia Jevitt (Yale University)
  2. Susan Stapleton (American Association of Birth Centers)
  3. Yanhong Deng (Yale University)
  4. Xuemei Song (Yale University)

Topic Areas

Studies of and contributions to practice and/or service organisation , The identification and examination of relevant outcomes relating to labour and birth

Session

PS2 » Poster viewing (13:30 - Tuesday, 3rd October, woodlands)

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