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Non-clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean section (Review)
Khunpradit S, Tavender E, Lumbiganon P, Laopaiboon M, Wasiak J, Gruen RL

This is a reprint of a Cochrane review, prepared and maintained by The Cochrane Collaboration and published in The Cochrane Library 2011, Issue 6 http://www.thecochranelibrary.com

Non-clinical interventions for reducing unnecessarycaesarean section (Review) Copyright © 2011 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

TABLE OF CONTENTS HEADER . . . . . . . . . . ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY . BACKGROUND . . . . . . . OBJECTIVES . . . . . . . . METHODS . . . . . . . . . RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . Figure 1. . . . . . . . . DISCUSSION . . . . . . . . AUTHORS’ CONCLUSIONS . .ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . REFERENCES . . . . . . . . CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDIES DATA AND ANALYSES . . . . . WHAT’S NEW . . . . . . . . HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . CONTRIBUTIONS OF AUTHORS DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST . SOURCES OF SUPPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 2 3 3 3 8 14 37 37 38 38 42 62 62 62 62 62 62

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Non-clinicalinterventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean section
Suthit Khunpradit1 , Emma Tavender2 , Pisake Lumbiganon3 , Malinee Laopaiboon4 , Jason Wasiak5 , Russell L Gruen6 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lamphun Hospital, Lamphun, Thailand. 2 Australian Satellite of the Cochrane EPOC Group, Department of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. 3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand. 4 Department of Biostatistics and Demography, Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand. 5 Victorian Adult Burns Service and School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. 6 National Trauma Research Institute, Alfred Hospital, Monash University,Melbourne, Australia Contact address: Suthit Khunpradit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lamphun Hospital, 177 Jamthevee Road, Lamphun, Lamphun, 51000, Thailand. dr.suthit@gmail.com. Editorial group: Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group. Publication status and date: New, published in Issue 6, 2011. Review content assessed as up-to-date: 28 March 2010. Citation:Khunpradit S, Tavender E, Lumbiganon P, Laopaiboon M, Wasiak J, Gruen RL. Non-clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean section. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 6. Art. No.: CD005528. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005528.pub2. Copyright © 2011 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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ABSTRACT Background Caesarean section rates are steadily...