I emailed the contacts from NAEYC’s website on their Global Alliance list, for Spain and Netherlands. I wrote that I was a student seeking to establish professional contacts. I also subscribed for newsletters from Save the Children, got on their Facebook site and explored some articles.
I am curious to find out information on childbirths trends and issues in Netherlands and Spain. I have such questions: What is the nature of how and where births take place? Such as, do the majority of mothers have normal births at home or in hospital settings, or do the majority of mothers birth in a hospital settings with medical interventions? Are there any studies in .... organization(s) on the outcome later in childhood that relate to the mother and baby’s birthing experience?
After joining Save the Children on Facebook as well an article, “Premature Birth Endangers 15M Babies Worldwide” from ABC media. In this article I found it interesting even though preterm babies have a good chance at survival in the U.S. verses other countries it “ranks 6th on the list of 184 countries with the highest rates of pre-term births, far higher than other high-income countries”. Also, for example, in Asia pre-term births are related to adolescent pregnancies, where pre-term births in the U.S. are connected to “…high rates of C-section deliveries and induced labors account for the nearly 500,000 premature births annually” (Gann, 2012).
Reference
Gann. (2012) retrieved form http://www.savethechildren.org/
