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MEDIA COVERAGE

Going public: do risk and choice explain differences in caesarean birth rates between public and private places of birth in Australia?
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Doctors drive rising rate of caesareans, surveys find
"Rising caesarean rates are driven by doctors, not women, and almost one in 10 patients are not consulted about the risks and consequences of the surgery, according to Queensland researchers."
20 March 2014
[Circulation: 141,699; Page 2]

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The Australian
Birth
"Think some pregnant women are too posh to push? Think again."
18 March 2014
[Circulation: 116,854; Page 14]

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The Age
Doctors driving rising rates of caesareans, surveys find
"Rising caesarean rates are driven by doctors, not women, and almost one in 10 patients are not consulted about the risks and consequences of the surgery, according to Queensland researchers."
20 March 2014

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Canberra Times
Doctors hold key to growth in caesareans
"Rising caesarean rates are driven by doctors, not women, and almost one in 10 patients are not consulted about the risks and
consequences of the surgery, according to Queensland researchers."
20 March 2014
[Circulation: 24,851; Page 6]

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The Sunday Mail
Doctors behind caesarean rise
"Caesarean births are on the rise due mainly to doctors, not women who are "too posh to push", a new study shows."
22 January 2012
[Circulation: 479,884; Page 42]

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Brisbane Times
Doctors driving rising rates of caesareans, surveys find
"Rising caesarean rates are driven by doctors, not women, and almost one in 10 patients are not consulted about the risks and
consequences of the surgery, according to Queensland researchers."
20 March 2014
[11,280 unique daily visitors]

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The Age
Doctors 'drive' caesareans
"The popular belief that caesareans are on the rise because women are "too posh to push" is incorrect, a new study shows."
19 January 2012
[Circulation: 190,750; Page 7]

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Toowoomba Chronicle
Women prefer natural births
"Toowoomba mother Sheridan Coombs said she was just happy to meet her daughter even though giving birth to her by caesarean
wasn't her original plan."
21 January 2012
[Circulation: 21,682; Page 3]

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Albury-Wodonga Border Mail
Doctors push up caesarean rates
"The popular belief that caesareans are on the rise because women are too posh to push is incorrect, a new study shows."
19 January 2012
[Circulation: 24,330; Page 14]

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Launceston Examiner
Caesarean births not rising: study
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The popular belief that caesareans are on the rise because women are too posh to push is incorrect, a new study shows."
19 January 2012
[Circulation: 30,793; Page 70]

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Townsville Bulletin
Caesarean myth dispelled
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The popular belief that caesareans are on the rise because women are too posh to push is incorrect, a new study shows."
19 January 2012
[Circulation: 27,475; Page 3]

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Cairns Post
Caesarean birth myth dispelled by study
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The popular belief that caesareans are on the rise because women are too posh to push is incorrect, a new study shows."
19 January 2012
[Circulation: 23,845; Page 5]

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Wagga Wagga Daily Advertiser
Caesarean myth dispelled by new study
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The popular belief that caesareans are on the rise because women are too posh to push is incorrect, a new study shows."
19 January 2012
[Circulation: 11,353; Page 16]

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Shepparton News
C-section belief dispelled
"The popular belief that caesareans are on the rise because women are too posh to push is incorrect, a new study shows."
19 January 2012
[Circulation: 9,764; Page 16]

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Geelong Advertiser
Vanity not to blame
"The popular belief that caesareans are on the rise because women are too posh to push is incorrect, a new study shows."
19 January 2012
[Circulation: 27,543; Page 4]

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The Conversation
Women’s magazines could play a role in promoting natural births
"Several things contribute to the over-use of medical intervention in birth. Whether the hospital is publicly funded or a private one makes a difference, as do hospital policies that restrict birth options for certain women, such as those who’ve had a previous caesarean section."
1 May 2015

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The Epoch Times
Women's magazines could play a role in promoting natural births
"Several things contribute to the over-use of medical intervention in birth. Whether the hospital is publicly funded or a private one makes a difference, as do hospital policies that restrict birth options for certain women, such as those who’ve had a previous cesarean section."
1 May 2015

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Queensland Times
Research explores the rise in C-section rates
"Researchers from The University of Queensland's Queensland Centre for Mothers and Babies (QCMB) have explored the reasons for the
rising rates of caesarean sections in Queensland."
20 January 2012
[Circulation: 10,529; Page 12]

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Medical Observer (now AusDoc)
Not too posh to push
"The fact that maternity patients in private hospitals have high caesarean rates is no longer in question but until now experts have been divided as to why."
13 March 2014

North West News
Too posh to push
"UQ Researcher Professor Sue Kruske says caesarean rates increased by 174 per cent in 20 years."
25 January 2012
[Circulation: 43,085; Page 13]

Also covered by the following outlets on 20 March 2014 with the title, "Doctors driving rising rates of caesareans, surveys find":
The Advocate
The Advocate - Hepburn
Ararat Advertiser
The Area News
The Armidale Express
Augusta Margaret River Mail
The Australian Dairy Farmer
The Avon Valley Advocate
Barossa Herald
Bay Post
Bayside Bulletin
Bellingen Shire Courier-Sun
Bega District News
Bendigo Advertiser
Blacktown Sun
Blayney Chronicle
Blue Mountains Gazette
Bombala Times
Boorowa News
Border Chronicle
Braidwood Times
Bunbury Mail
Busselton-Dunsborough Mail
Camden Haven Courier
Camden-Narellan Advertiser
Campbelltown Macarthur Advertiser
Canowindra News
Central Midland & Coastal Advocate
Central Western Daily
Cessnock Advertiser
Coastal Leader
Collie Mail
Cooma-Monaro Express
Cootamundra Herald
The Courier
Cowra Guardian
Crookwell Gazette
Daily Liberal
Donnybrook-Bridgetown Mail
Dungog Chronicle
Eastern Riverina Chronicle
The Esperance Express
Eyre Peninsula Tribune
Fairfield City Champion
Farm Weekly
The Flinders News
Forbes Advocate
Glen Innes Examiner
Gloucester Advocate
Goondiwindi Argus
Goulburn Post
Great Lakes Advocate
Grenfell Record
Guardian News
The Guyra Argus
Harden Murrumburrah Express
Hawkesbury Gazette
Hills News
Hunter Valley News
Inverell Times
The Irrigator
The Islander
Katherine Times
Kiama Independent
Lakes Mail
The Land
Latrobe Valley Express
Lithgow Mercury
Liverpool City Champion
The Macleay Argus
Magnet
The Maitland Mercury
Mandurah Mail
Manning River Times
Merimbula News Weekly
Merredin Wheatbelt Mercury
Milton Ulladulla Times
Moree Champion
The Moyne Gazette
Mudgee Guardian
Murray Mail
The Murray Valley Standard
Muswellbrook Chronicle
Myall Coast Nota
Namoi Valley Independent
The Naracoorte Herald
Narooma News
Narromine News
Newcastle Herald
Northern Argus
The Northern Daily Leader
The Northern Times
North Queensland Register
North West Star
Nyngan Observer
Oberon Review
The Observer
Parkes Champion-Post
Parramatta Sun
Penrith City Gazette
Port Lincoln Times
Port Macquarie News
Port Stephens Examiner
The Queanbeyan Age
Queensland Country Life
The Recorder
The Ridge News
The Riverina Leader
Rouse Hill-Stanhope Gardens News
Roxby Downs Sun
The Rural
The Scone Advocate
The Singleton Argus
South Coast Register
Southern Cross
Southern Highland News
Southern Weekly
South West Advertiser
The Standard
The Star
Stawell Times-News
St George & Sutherland Shire Leader
St Marys-Mt Druitt Star
Stock & Land
Stock Journal
Summit Sun
Sunraysia Daily
Tenterfield Star
The Times - On The Coast
Town & Country Magazine
The Transcontinental
The Wagin Argus
Walcha News
WA Today
Wauchope Gazette
Wellington Times
West Coast Sentinel
Western Magazine
Western Advocate
Whyalla News
The Wimmera Mail-Times
Wingham Chronicle
Wollondilly Advertiser
Yass Tribune
The Young Witness

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