Topic: NYC hospitals and birth centers - statistics, contacts, perspectives
Annotated Biliography:
- "New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Presbyterian Center." Department of Health. New York State Department of Health , March 31 2011. Web. 31 Mar 2011. . (This source contains statistical information regarding New York Presbyterian hospital; this includes c-section rates, maternity and child death rates and more.)
- "New York County Hospitals Maternity Information." Department of Health. New York Department of Health, February 2009. Web. 31 Mar 2011. . (This source contains statistical information regarding all main New York City hospitals, this includes c-section rates, maternity and child death rates and more.)
- "Birthing Center ." NY Womens health. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York , n.d. Web. 31 Mar 2011. . (This source contains information regarding A birthing center located in Roosevelt hospital in manhattan, it includes information about what can be done medically in a birthing center and what a birthing center is.)
- SULZBERGER , A. G. "Bellevue Natural-Birth Center, Haven for Poor Women, Closes ." New York Times November 6, 2009 : n. pag. Web. 31 Mar 2011. . (This source is an article from the New York Times which contains information regarding the bellevue natural birth center, this includes information about prices and personal accounts of having a birth in a birthing center.)
- "Hospital Maternity-Related Procedures and Practices." Department of Health. New York State Department of Health, December 2010. Web. 31 Mar 2011. . (This source offers statistical infomration about c-sections in New York as well as informaiton regarding what hospitals have to legally tell you when you enter the hospital expecting to give birth.)
The articles i retrieved revolve around this idea of anti-hospital birth, giving you statistical information as well as perspectives on the different pros and cons (mostly cons). They cover a wide aspect of information, from the cesarean section rate in NYC larger hospitals to the amount of births there are in those hospitals. I found these articles to be extremely helpful when thinking about my topic because it helps solidify the information we are receiving in class through the book and the movie.
My project is hopefully going to be an inside look at hospital maternity care and the birthing process. I am hoping that i will be able to film my experience in a hospital and the way the hospital treats their pregnant patients, if im lucky i may be able to witness a real birth. Through this project i am hoping to get a real feeling of what these women have to go through when giving birth and whether or not the information that i am receiving through the book and movie is true.
Sharif,
ReplyDeleteYour annotations may be a bit too succinct.
Plan sounds ambitious (as usual). Good luck on it! Figure out a fall-back if the whole thing doesn't work out.
Shairf it seems as though your post was about gathering information about people's understanding of birth. You really seemed passionate about this topic since you took the time out to venture out into the city and figure out what the common people knew regarding the topic. Since the common people are the majority of people in the city it's important that they understand birth and be knowledgeable about it.
ReplyDeleteOne aspect of your post that I particularly valued was the fact that you used your connections(college now class id card) to get into Hunter College to find out what people who are seeking more knowledge, and are supposedly more educated than the average citizen know about birth. It's a very creative idea I don't think many more people thought of going to a decent college in the city and interviewing regular students, as well as pre-nursing students. Your elevator speech in class really made me want to go to your blog and watch these interviews.
A reason why I think your project matters is because the common people are the majority of people that are affected by birth. It's most important for them to be educated and knowledgeable about such an important aspect of life that many people involve themselves in. These people need to be prepared for for brith and I really think by you going to Hunter College and investigating people's opinions, you tried to really see what's in people's minds. Since were both enrolled in a Psychology class in Hunter, I think that helped with your drive to uncover what was in the Hunter student's heads.
I would have appreciated more from you on this topic.Although your blog was solid and much better than mines, I think if you would have maybe tried to educate people at Hunter more after you found out how little they knew. Perhaps posting fliers with some knowledge we learned from the unit on the bulletin boards on some of the floors, or just handing them out to students would have helped. If that wasn't possible you could have had sheets that told the Hunter students how to educated themselves better by having the names of the books we read this unit, or even the name of the movie we all watched. Clearly you didn't need to do any of this since your blog and elevator speech were solid, but there just suggestions. Nicely done Sharif I'm very proud of your work here.