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The First Year at Stanford University's Family Birth Room
Author(s) -
Schmidt Judith
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
birth
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.233
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1523-536X
pISSN - 0730-7659
DOI - 10.1111/j.1523-536x.1980.tb01526.x
Subject(s) - occupancy , medicine , birth rate , family medicine , demography , pediatrics , environmental health , sociology , research methodology , engineering , population , architectural engineering
The physical set‐up and first‐year use of Stanford University Hospital's family birth rooms are described. In 1979 6% of births at Stanford occurred in the family birth rooms, while 11% were labor room births. Admissions rose from 13 to 18 per month, bringing the occupancy rate to about 50%. Outcomes were favorable, as were parents’and nurses’evaluations of specific aspects of the family birth room practice.