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MANA Statistics Update

Monday, June 14, 2021 - 7:13pm

The MANA Statistics Project was born in the 1990’s when database technology was young and innovative, the brainchild of Ellen Harris-Braun, CPM. The brilliance of the many volunteers who have nurtured and grown “MANA Stats” along the way continues to be a foundation as the project transforms into its next chapter. The

Outcomes for community birth in the rural setting: implications for families and policymakers

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Thursday, February 15, 2018 - 9:52am

MANA Stats Waterbirth Paper Receives JMWH Best Research Article Award for 2017

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Thursday, May 25, 2017 - 4:39pm

The Midwives Alliance would like to express our sincerest congratulations to Drs. Bovbjerg, Cheyney, and Everson, who have been awarded the 2017 Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health Best Research Article Award for their published paper, “Maternal and Newborn Outcomes Following Waterbirth: The Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, 2004 to 2009 Cohort.”

On Wednesday, May 24^th2017, the authors were honored for their work during the awards ceremony at the American College of Nurse-Midwives annual meeting in Chicago, IL.

Supporting MANA Stats Puerto Rico

Monday, December 19, 2016 - 1:13pm

Over the past few months, volunteers from around the country have traveled to Puerto Rico, joining local volunteers completing data entry for the MANA Stats Puerto Rico project. This project aims to examine the outcomes and practices of community-based midwifery care for improving maternal and infant health in Puerto Rico. More than 150 hours of volunteer time have gone into the effort so far.

Validating MANA Stats 4.0: The Largest Available Dataset on Physiologic Birth in the US

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Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 7:30pm

More than 50,000 cases of midwifery-led care will now be available to researchers thanks to the validation of the MANA stats 4.0 dataset. This key achievement makes MANA Stats by far the largest available dataset on physiologic birth and midwife-led care in the United States. Of particular interest to researchers is that MANA stats is based on medical records, which are considered to be the "gold standard" of health care research.

New Research on Planned Home VBAC in the United States: Interview with Study Author Melissa Cheyney, PhD, CPM, LDM on the Implications for Midwives

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Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - 7:17am

“Planned Home VBAC in the United States, 2004–2009: Outcomes, Maternity Care Practices, and Implications for Shared Decision Making” came out on August 26th as an e-pub ahead of print in the journal Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care. It provides a much-needed analysis of VBACs in the home setting in the United States.