SMS News - Reports in the Media

Print Archive

Article on Penny Simkin in Seattle paper
This March 2008 feature article recaps Penny's amazing career.

Listening to Mothers
Childbirth Connection recently conducted their second national survey of women who have recently given birth to ask them about their experiences. Visit their site to see the results and recommendations of this important study. The results regarding "elective" cesarean are particularly timely.

Results of PATH Resuscitator Research
In April 2005, PATH (Program for Appropriate Technologies in Health) invited SMS students and graduates to help them analyze 11 different types of infant resuscitators used internationally. Results of this preliminary research are now available.

Radio Archive

Click on one of the following links to to download a recording of an archived show from NPR or from radio station KUOW (Seattle's NPR affiliate):

Birth Stories August 30, 2006 on The Beat with Lynn Hughes discussing SMS' staging of Birth on Labor Day on September 1, 2006

Breastfeeding: Health and Politics June 26, 2006 on Weekday with guests including Ginna Wall

News & Notes With Ed Gordon December 19, 2005 Lessons from African-American Midwife Traditions

Weekend Edition January 17, 2004 story on certified nurse-midwives losing hospital privileges

The Motley Fool August 22, 2003 show including an interview about the business of being a doula (click on the How's Business? link)

Ina May Gaskin's February 2003 speech at Town Hall in Seattle

Megan Sukys' February 2003 interview with Jo Anne Myers-Ciecko and Marge Mansfield - Jo Anne and Marge and many enthusiastic callers discussed the midwifery model of care, current issues in childbirth and midwifery, and Seattle Midwifery School’s 25-year history training midwives and doulas.

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