Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Births: Supporting
Intended Vaginal Births Bundle Complete Resource Listing
1. READINESS
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American College of Nurse-Midwives, BirthTOOLS.org
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Childbirth Connection, Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Fact Sheets on Core Topics.
Retrieved from:
http://childbirthconnection.org/pdfs/CC.NPWF.FactSheet.HPoC.Bundle.2015.pdf
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Fuglenes D, et al. Maternal preference for Cesarean delivery. Do women get what they
want? Obstet Gynecol 2012;120:252–60. Available until 10/1/16
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Low-risk, Primary Cesarean Births in Medicaid: National Association of Medicaid Directors
(NAMD)/Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) Issue Brief 2015.
Retrieved from:
http://medicaiddirectors.org/sites/medicaiddirectors.org/files/public/ntsv_issue_brief_fin
al.pdf
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Miller ES, et al. Consequences of a primary elective cesarean delivery across the
reproductive life. Obstet Gynecol 2013;121:789-97. Available until 10/1/16
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Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina, SIVB: Supporting Intended Vaginal Birth, or
"Support for Birth". Retrieved from: http://pqcnc.org/initiatives/sivb
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Safe reduction of the primary cesarean delivery. Obstetric Care Consensus No. 1. American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Obstet Gynecol 2014;123:693-711.
2. RECOGNITION
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American College of Nurse-Midwives, BirthTOOLS.org
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Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing, Women’s Health and
Perinatal Nursing Care Quality Refined Draft Measures Specifications, 2014. Retrieved
from:
https://www.awhonn.org/awhonn/content.do?name=02_PracticeResources/02_perinatal
qualitymeasures.htm
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Boyle A, et al. Primary Cesarean delivery in the United States. Obstet Gynecol 2013;122:3340. Available until 10/1/16
All resources used with permission from the respective developing organization.
October 2015
Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Births: Supporting
Intended Vaginal Births Bundle Complete Resource Listing
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CRICO. 2010 OB Guideline 16: Assessment and monitoring of labor and delivery. Retrieved
from: www.rmf.harvard.edu/Clinician-Resources/Guidelines-Algorithms/2010/OBGuideline-Files/Guideline16-Assessment-and-Monitoring-in-Labor-and-Delivery
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Main EK, Morton CH, Hopkins D, Giuliani G, Melsop K and Gould JB. 2011. Cesarean
Deliveries, Outcomes, and Opportunities for Change in California: Toward a Public Agenda
for Maternity Care Safety and Quality. Palo Alto, CA: CMQCC.
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Spong CY, et al. Preventing the First Cesarean Delivery: Summary of a Joint Eunice Kennedy
Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Society for MaternalFetal Medicine, and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Workshop. Obstet
Gynecol 2012;120:1181-93. Available until 10/1/16
3. RESPONSE

American College of Nurse-Midwives, BirthTOOLS.org

Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing, Women’s Health and
Perinatal Nursing Care Quality Refined Draft Measures Specifications, 2014. Retrieved
from:
https://www.awhonn.org/awhonn/content.do?name=02_PracticeResources/02_perinatal
qualitymeasures.htm

Boyle A, et al. Primary Cesarean delivery in the United States. Obstet Gynecol 2013;122:3340. Available until 10/1/16

CRICO. 2010 OB Guideline 16: Assessment and monitoring of labor and delivery. Retrieved
from: www.rmf.harvard.edu/Clinician-Resources/Guidelines-Algorithms/2010/OBGuideline-Files/Guideline16-Assessment-and-Monitoring-in-Labor-and-Delivery
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Helwick C. Feb. 10, 2015. Labor and delivery teamwork leads to fewer cesareans.
Retrieved from: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/839551?src=rss
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Main EK, Morton CH, Hopkins D, Giuliani G, Melsop K and Gould JB. 2011. Cesarean
Deliveries, Outcomes, and Opportunities for Change in California: Toward a Public Agenda
for Maternity Care Safety and Quality. Palo Alto, CA: CMQCC.

Safe reduction of the primary cesarean delivery. Obstetric Care Consensus No. 1. American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Obstet Gynecol 2014;123:693-711.
All resources used with permission from the respective developing organization.
October 2015
Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Births: Supporting
Intended Vaginal Births Bundle Complete Resource Listing

Spong CY, et al. Preventing the First Cesarean Delivery: Summary of a Joint Eunice Kennedy
Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Society for MaternalFetal Medicine, and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Workshop. Obstet
Gynecol 2012;120:1181-93. Available until 10/1/16
4. REPORTING/SYSTEMS LEARNING
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Helwick C. Feb. 10, 2015. Labor and delivery teamwork leads to fewer cesareans.
Retrieved from: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/839551?src=rss

Miller ES, et al. Consequences of a primary elective cesarean delivery across the
reproductive life. Obstet Gynecol 2113;121:789-97. Available until 10/1/16
All resources used with permission from the respective developing organization.
October 2015