@article{95793fb30c224eb5be703ac60c15b19c,
title = "The silent birth: A feminist perspective",
author = "Joanne Cacciatore",
note = "Funding Information: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) acknowledges that little is known about the etiology of stillbirth (Alexander, 2003). Federally funded research has followed the trend: For the first time, the NIH, during 2003, earmarked funding for the creation of the Stillbirth Research Collaborative Network (SRCN)—five university-based research centers around the country and an independent data center—to collect and analyze statistics on stillbirth (NIH, 2003).The research centers are collaborating with NIH to determine the causes of stillbirth.The five-year effort also seeks to develop standardized research guidelines for reporting and investigating stillbirths.The five universities involved in the SRCN are Brown University, Emory University, University of Utah, University of Texas Medical Branch, and University of Texas at San Antonio, plus a data coordinating center at Research Triangle. These research centers are currently working with local hospitals to identify and track stillbirths.The three specific aims of this five-year study are to 1. obtain a geographic population-based de-termination of the incidence of stillbirth, defined as fetal death at 20 weeks gestation or greater 2. determine the causes of stillbirth using a standard stillbirth postmortem protocol that includes a review of clinical history,protocols for autopsies and pathologic examinations of the fetus and placenta,and other postmortem tests to illuminate genetic,maternal,and other environmental influences 3. elucidate risk factors for stillbirth (National Institute of Child Health and Human Devel-opment, 2007).",
year = "2009",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1093/sw/54.1.91",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "54",
pages = "91--95",
journal = "Social work",
issn = "0037-8046",
publisher = "National Association of Social Workers",
number = "1",
}