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 Research Dr. Caroline Peterson's dissertation evaluated breech presentation as an expression of predictive adaptation to the extra-uterine relationship environment. She found that breech presentation may be an expression of attachment type. Dr. Caroline Peterson's current research focuses on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatment of pregnancy-related low back pain. She is currently enrolling participants to receive one of three treatments for low back pain during pregnancy: exercise, spinal manipulation, or neuroemotional technique (NET). She is also charged by the National Institutes of Health with exploring research methodologies and study designs which are consistent with the epistemology of natural medicine. In December 2009 she will lead a roundtable discussion of this important matter at the American Anthropological Association's Annual convention in Philadelphia, PA. Current Research 1) Pregnancy-Related Low Back Pain Study :Enrolling 2) Cranial-Sacral Therapy for Infantile Colic: Developmental Stage 3) Infant massage for infants with cancer: Developmental Stage 4) Design and implementation of a curriculum to teach breech vaginal birth Dr. Caroline Peterson is available to lecture on topics such as reproduction, attachment & evolution, early relationship formation, breech presentation, natural preparation for conception, healing from wounds such as sexual abuse and cesarean sections, relationship and physiologic predictive adaptation, breastfeeding, and how to conduct mixed-methodology research especially as it relates to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).
Speaking Dates - January 28 - 29 2010 Visiting Scholar at Texas Chiropractic College, Houston TX "Pain, Love, and the CNS: Pregnancy and low back pain", "Caring in the Clinical Encounter: How culture figures in"
- December 5, 4-5:45pm American Anthropological Association annual conference. Philadelphia, PA "Culturally Sensitive CAM Methodology"
- November 12, 7:30-8am, OHSU Family Medicine Department, "How to Incorporate Qualitative Research into Family Medicine Projects: Proposal for a Workshop Series"
- October 22 1:45-3:45pm Association for Mothering Research, University of York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada "When Does Mothering Begin? The relationship environment of the womb"
- September 14 7:30-9:30am National College of Natural Medicine Grand Rounds, Portland, OR "Cross-Cultural Paradigms of Risk Factors for Breech Presentation and Models of Intervention"
- June 23 6-8pm OHSU Maternal& Fetal Medicine Research BRB 381. "Intra-uterine Attachment and Pregnancy-Related Low-Back Pain"
- June 17 12-1:30pm Portland Kaiser Center for Health Research 3800 N. Interstate Avenue 503-335-2400 "Pregnancy-Related Low Back Pain: CAM intervention and implications for intra-uterine attachment and heart rate variability"
Reminder - NOW ENROLLING FOR THE PREGNANCY-RELATED LOW BACK PAIN STUDY AT OHSU contact petcarol @ ohsu.edu
Caroline Peterson, DC, PhD, MPH, CPM carolinepeters @ care2.com 503.224.2100
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