Wise words, Lesley, Thank you Mechthild Prof. Dr. Mechthild M. Gross, Hebamme Head of Midwifery Research and Education Unit Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Reproductive Medicine Hannover Medical School (MHH) OE 6410, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany Tel: +49 511 532-6116/-6971, Fax: +49 511 532-6191, Mobile: +49 176 1532-6116 [log in to unmask] www.mh-hannover.de/Hebammenwissenschaft.html http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6348-0054 Latest publications: Fobelets M, Beeckman K, Healy P, Grylka-Baeschlin S, Nicoletti J, Devane D, Gross MM, Morano S, Daly D, Begley C, Putman K. Health economic analysis of a cluster-randomised trial (OptiBIRTH) designed to increase rates of vaginal birth after caesarean section. BJOG. 2019 Apr 7. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.15673. [Epub ahead of print] Grylka-Baeschlin S, Clarke M, Begley C, Daly D, Healy P, Nicoletti J, Devane D, Morano S, Krause G, Karch A, Savage G, Gross MM. Labour characteristics of women achieving successful vaginal birth after caesarean section in three European countries. Midwifery. 2019 Mar 19;74:36-43. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2019.03.013. [Epub ahead of print] Fischer F, Gross MM. Risikofaktoren und Betreuung einer Totgeburt. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2018; 78(09): 839-842 DOI: 10.1055/a-0600-4297 Stoll K, Edmonds J, Sadler M, Thomson G, McAra-Couper J, Swift EM, Malott A, Streffing J, Gross MM, Downe S; ICAPP Study Team. A cross-country survey of attitudes toward childbirth technologies and interventions among university students. Women Birth. 2018 Aug 24. pii: S1871-5192(17)30687-X. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2018.07.025. [Epub ahead of print]. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: A forum for discussion on midwifery and reproductive health research. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Im Auftrag von Page, Lesley Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. April 2019 11:17 An: [log in to unmask] Betreff: Re: evidence in the age of populism Re: Another reason not to promote normal birth One of the issues we face is that we are in an age of populism, a time where sound information and evidence is ignored or discounted. Often this is easy to do because of the traditional way it is presented, making it difficult to grapple with. This is affecting us in health care as well as in politics. One of the big questions we face is how do we get evidence and the issues around it into the mainstream-and described in an easy to understand way ( or in the lingo make it accessible). Also, how do we challenge poor evidence without seeming defensive-or from the back foot. These are political issues and perhaps we need to be more political about the evidence, and clear where there is uncertainty? Lesley Professor Lesley Page CBE Visiting Professor in Midwifery KCL Adjunct professor UTS Australia Griffith University Australia Honorary research fellow Oxford Brookes University mobile +44(o)7747708630 https://www.all4maternity.com/author/lesleypage/ <https://www.all4maternity.com/author/lesleypage/>twitter: lesleypageCBE@humanisingbirth ________________________________ From: A forum for discussion on midwifery and reproductive health research. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MIDWIFERY-RESEARCH list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MIDWIFERY-RESEARCH&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MIDWIFERY-RESEARCH list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MIDWIFERY-RESEARCH&A=1