Depending on your level of exposure to the topics of obstetric violence, birth trauma, and birth rights, you may find it helpful to explore some of the following resources as you prepare to engage with this course.
Published Papers
The Giving Voice to Mothers study: inequity and mistreatment during pregnancy and childbirth in the United States
Vedam, S., Stoll, K., Taiwo, T. K., Rubashkin, N., Cheyney, M., Strauss, N., McLemore, M., Cadena, M., Nethery, E., Rushton, E., Schummers, L., & Declercq, E. (2019). The Giving Voice to Mothers study: Inequity and mistreatment during pregnancy and childbirth in the United States. Reproductive health, 16(1), 77.
Free text: https://reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12978-019-0729-2
Invisible wounds: obstetric violence in the United States
Diaz-Tello, F. (2016). Invisible wounds: Obstetric violence in the United States. Reproductive health Matters, 24(47), 56-64.
Free text: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1016/j.rhm.2016.04.004
Community-Based Projects Documenting Abuse
Break the Silence Campaign (2014)
Photo album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.705655609507930&type=3
Article: https://improvingbirth.org/2014/08/vid/
Exposing the Silence Project (2015)
Website: https://www.exposingthesilence.com/
International Map of Obstetric Violence Stories (2018 to ongoing)
Please note the two options for “surviving” and “witnessing” obstetric violence in the tabs below the map.
Map: https://birthmonopoly.com/obstetric-violence/
Birth Allowed Radio Podcasts
“Woman Records Confrontation With Hospital re: Consent, Experts Refute Hospital Defense”
Episode: https://birthmonopoly.com/episode-8/
“‘They Wouldn’t Let Me Call it Assault Because We Needed to Protect the Doctor’ | Anonymous Nurse”
Episodes: https://birthmonopoly.com/birth-allowed-radio-episode-24-25/
“‘As a Doula, I Felt Like a Witness to Rape’ | Kirsten Clark”
Episode: https://birthmonopoly.com/as-a-doula-i-felt-like-a-witness-to-rape-kirsten-clark/