In an analysis published in Birth, researchers identified four themes that impact people’s decisions about birth setting in the United States: safety, external influences, choice and control and access.
“I have practiced midwifery for 10 years in tertiary care, community hospital and freestanding birth center settings and have witnessed the lack of information many people have at their fingertips to pick a birth setting that meets their needs and preferences,” Erin K. George, CNM, MSN, a research fellow and nursing PhD student at Boston College, told Healio. “Additionally,