title: Creating a culture of consumer engagement in maternity care.
abstract: In this column, the author reprises recent selections from the Lamaze International research blog, Science & Sensibility. Each selection discusses opportunities to establish a culture of consumer engagement in maternity care. The author demonstrates how improving health literacy, ensuring multi-stakeholder participation in the development of clinical guidelines, and supporting comparative effectiveness research of woman- and family-centered care practices may improve maternity care.
authors.affiliation: AMY M. ROMANO is a midwife, author, and advocate for mother-friendly maternity care. She has analyzed, summarized, and critiqued research for the Lamaze International community since 2004 and is currently co-authoring the second edition of Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities with Henci Goer.
authors.forename: Amy M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Romano