Current Resources for Evidence-Based Practice, July/August 2016.

To refl ect its contemporary focus, Maternity Center Association recently changed its name to Childbirth Connection. Childbirth Connection continues the national not-for-profi t organization ’ s 88-year role as a voice for the needs and interests of childbearing families and focus on improving the quality of maternity care, by promoting evidencebased maternity care. This commentary summarizes resources that are available for health professionals on Childbirth Connection ’ s redesigned and expanded Web site. The Childbirth Connection Web site ( http://www. childbirthconnection.org ) has separate substantial areas for childbearing families and health professionals. The health professional area includes the following sections: • Evidence-Based Maternity Care Resource Directory: continuously updated topically organized inventory of Web sites, articles, books, organizations, and so forth, to help identify, appraise, and apply better quality evidence for maternal-newborn care • Evidence Columns: collected PDF fi les of this column from the 1st in early 2003 through new ones as they become available • Systematic Reviews: key resources from systematic reviews that Childbirth Connection has commissioned, participated in, or carried out • A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth : the full text of the 3rd edition of this acclaimed manual • Listening to Mothers : resources from the 1st national U.S. survey of women ’ s childbearing experiences (2002) and the new 2006 second survey and follow-up postpartum mother ’ s survey • Alerts and Responses: occasional bulletins from Childbirth Connection to help interpret new reports or recent events of great importance to mothers and newborns • Resources for Women: overview of the extensive resources in the women ’ s area of the site to help childbearing women become active participants in their care and make informed decisions • The Rights of Childbearing Women : Childbirth Connection ’ s highly regarded rights statement, which applies core human rights to childbearing and indicates the legal status of individual rights. These evolving resources can lend a hand with the challenging responsibility 21st century health professionals have to understand, provide and foster care that is consistent with results of best available research.