Home Research Research Library Family Physicians Ability to Perform Cesarean Sections Can Reduce Maternal and Infant Mortality Family Physicians Ability to Perform Cesarean Sections Can Reduce Maternal and Infant Mortality 2021 Author(s) Cullen, John Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Continuing Certification Questionnaire, Maternity Care, Policy Brief Commentaries, Population Health, Rural, and Shortage Areas Volume 34(1):6-9 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine In the United States maternal and infant mortality are increasing.1 It is now more dangerous for our daughters to have children than for their mothers. Multifactorial reasons exist, including the greater maternal mortality for women of color as well as the increased mortality for pregnant women and neonates in rural communities.2 The decrease in the number of Family Physicians providing maternity care and performing cesarean sections may explain some of these trends. ABFM Research Read all 2020 Rebuilding after COVID: Planning Systems of Care for the Future Go to Rebuilding after COVID: Planning Systems of Care for the Future 2014 Structure and Characteristics of Family Medicine Maternity Care Fellowships Go to Structure and Characteristics of Family Medicine Maternity Care Fellowships 2021 Integrating primary care and public health to enhance response to a pandemic Go to Integrating primary care and public health to enhance response to a pandemic 2026 Fuelling prevention: federal levers to integrate nutrition into primary care Go to Fuelling prevention: federal levers to integrate nutrition into primary care
Author(s) Cullen, John Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Continuing Certification Questionnaire, Maternity Care, Policy Brief Commentaries, Population Health, Rural, and Shortage Areas Volume 34(1):6-9 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2020 Rebuilding after COVID: Planning Systems of Care for the Future Go to Rebuilding after COVID: Planning Systems of Care for the Future 2014 Structure and Characteristics of Family Medicine Maternity Care Fellowships Go to Structure and Characteristics of Family Medicine Maternity Care Fellowships 2021 Integrating primary care and public health to enhance response to a pandemic Go to Integrating primary care and public health to enhance response to a pandemic 2026 Fuelling prevention: federal levers to integrate nutrition into primary care Go to Fuelling prevention: federal levers to integrate nutrition into primary care
2020 Rebuilding after COVID: Planning Systems of Care for the Future Go to Rebuilding after COVID: Planning Systems of Care for the Future
2014 Structure and Characteristics of Family Medicine Maternity Care Fellowships Go to Structure and Characteristics of Family Medicine Maternity Care Fellowships
2021 Integrating primary care and public health to enhance response to a pandemic Go to Integrating primary care and public health to enhance response to a pandemic
2026 Fuelling prevention: federal levers to integrate nutrition into primary care Go to Fuelling prevention: federal levers to integrate nutrition into primary care
