Jill Arnold

<p>Jill Arnold is a consumer advocate and founder of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.theunnecesarean.com/">The Unnecesarean</a>, a blog and large online community which focuses on patient autonomy, informed consent, data transparency and other issues related to the U.S. maternity care system and beyond. In 2012, she launched <strong><a href="http://www.cesareanrates.com">CesareanRates.com</a>, </strong>a snapshot of online cesarean rate reporting in the United States as of January 2012 which compiles the most current hospital-level data accessible to the public online.</p> <p>She is the single mother of two young girls and lives in San Diego, California.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Presentations:</strong></p> <p>Panelist at the Human Rights in Childbirth Conference at The Hague University of Applied Sciences on May 31-June 1, 2012 [<a href="http://www.bynkershoek.eu/activities/bh-research/bhr-reproductive-rights/bhr-human-rights-in-childbirth-conference/panelists/" target="_blank">link</a>]</p> <p>Arnold, J. (2011, October). Mandated Reporting of Maternity Care Utilization Data. Scientific session presented at the American Public Health Association 139^th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Washington, D.C. [<a href="http://apha.confex.com/apha/139am/webprogram/Session33256.html">link</a>]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Media:</strong></p> <p>New Website Presents Comprehensive Collection of Cesarean Rates Throughout U.S. Hospitals [<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/website-presents-comprehensive-collection-cesarean-rates-throughout-u-110303571.html" target="_blank">link</a>]</p> <p>Birthrights: The Risk of Choice (documentary), Al Jazeera English, April 2011. [<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHuUogWQb-8">link</a>]</p> <p>Modern Medicine: Unnecessary C-Sections on the Rise, LiveScience.com, November 2010. [<a href="http://www.livescience.com/11218-modern-medicine-unnecessary-sections-rise.html">link</a>]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Articles and Advocacy:&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><span>Stakeholder Workgroup Member on the&nbsp;</span>Strategies to Reduce Cesarean Birth Among Low Risk Women&nbsp;project funded by&nbsp;Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality&nbsp;(AHRQ) and conducted by Vanderbilt Evidence-based Practice Center.</p> <p>Consumer delegate at the Home Birth Consensus Summit, October 2011. [<a href="http://www.homebirthsummit.org/delegates.html">link</a>]</p> <p>Reviewer for Pregnancy and Birth chapter of Our Bodies, Ourselves 2011 Edition. [<a href="http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/publications/obos2011/default.asp">link</a>]</p> <p>Author of &ldquo;Call It A Comeback? The Many Faces of Nitrous Oxide for Labor Pain Relief&rdquo;, RH Reality Check, December 2010. [<a href="http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2010/12/14/callcomeback-many-faces-nitrous-oxide-labor-pain-relief">link</a>]</p> <p>Author of &ldquo;Discussing Your Options with Your Care Provider&rdquo;, Lamaze&rsquo;s A Woman&rsquo;s Guide to VBAC, 2010 [<a href="http://givingbirthwithconfidence.org/2-2/a-womans-guide-to-vbac/discussing-your-options-with-your-care-provider/">link</a>]</p> <p>Cited in &ldquo;Social Media, Power, and the Future of VBAC&rdquo;, Journal of Perinatal Education,&nbsp;Summer 2010. [<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21170180">link</a>]</p> <p>Featured in a full-page in Our Bodies, Ourselves 2011 Edition. [<a href="http://www.theunnecesarean.com/obos">link</a>]</p>

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