A nurse-led initiative at St. Luke’s University Health Network is helping reduce cesarean-section rates by focusing on labor support and movement-based techniques, hospital officials said.
The program, known as SPARK — Supporting Physiological Approaches, Resilience and Knowledge — was introduced in early 2024 and aims to help mothers achieve vaginal births whenever safely possible.
Hospital leaders said the program trains labor and delivery nurses in techniques designed to improve fetal positioning during labor, one of the key factors that can lead to cesarean deliveries…