PCD

15:29 Feb 10, 2020

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English term or phrase: PCD

Hi all,
I am translating a US birth certificate (Illinois) and ahfe run upon this abbreviation "PCD" which I do not understand.
It appears on the certificate under "CERTIFIER/ATTENDANT" as follows :

CERTIFIER'S NAME AND TITLE (TYPE/PRINT)
MARY JONES (PLEASE NOTE THAT I CHANGED THE NAME HERE)
PCD

and that's it. No other context. So, I'm gussing this is her "title" ? Any ideas of what this might mean ?
I saw that "PCD" has already been asked before and one proposed explanation was "Partnership for Child Development", but I don't feel that that would fit here as the title of someone who certified a birth.
Any help is greatly appreciated !
Jeff

Jeffrey Henson KudoZ activity Questions: 81 (6 open) (2 without valid answers) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 37 France
Local time: 19:45

Summary of answers provided

accouchement par césarienne planifié

Florian PLATEL

Postpartum certified doula

Alison MacG

Discussion entries: 9

Jeffrey Henson

France

ASKER

@ Alison MacG

08:38 Feb 18, 2020

Hi Alison, Thanks so much for your help. If you would like to enter this as a response I would love to give you credit for it and the points. Thanks again! Jeff

Alison MacG

United Kingdom

The most relevant thing I could find

17:17 Feb 10, 2020

List Your DONA Credentials Proudly and Properly!
CD – certified birth doula
PCD – postpartum certified doula
CD(DONA) – Certified birth doula
PCD(DONA) – Postpartum certified doula
CD/PCD(DONA) – Certified birth and postpartum doula
https://www.dona.org/list-your-dona-credentials-proudly-and-...

As you have the name, you might be able to do a search to see if this is relevant.

Muriel Muller

France

16:35 Feb 10, 2020

From all the various birth certificates I have translated, I confirm that there should be some title - such as Physician, MD, Midwife. Could it mean "patient care department" - as "Patient care service"? - see an example here https://www.massgeneral.org/nursing-patientcare. Couldn't find any other possibility making some sense here.

Jeffrey Henson

France

ASKER

pet peeve

16:24 Feb 10, 2020

Sorry, I didn't mean any offense by that. It's just that you have changed the category of some of my posts in the past to monolingual English. But no problem. I appreciate your feedback and suggestions.

writeaway

a pet peeve of mine?

16:15 Feb 10, 2020

that's interesting. never mind. horse/water and all that.

Jeffrey Henson

France

ASKER

English monolingual

16:05 Feb 10, 2020

I know this is a pet peeve of yours, but to be honest, no. I think my question will get more views right where it is. I know that I personally never look at English monolingual questions. Thanks any way.

writeaway

Would you like this changed to English monolingual

16:02 Feb 10, 2020

Then you can post again for the English to French translation. I think it would be more helpful to you like that

Jeffrey Henson

France

ASKER

Primary cesarean delivery

15:56 Feb 10, 2020

Hello writeaway. I don't think this would make sense here. It says the field should contain the attendant's name and title, so I would expect something like Mary Jone, midwife, or somthing to that effect. "Primary cesarean delivery" would not fit either of those criteria.

writeaway

maybe ask this as English monolingual???

15:46 Feb 10, 2020

www.ajog.org › article › pdf
The role of race in predicting primary cesarean delivery rates
by J Bailit - ‎2006
OBJECTIVE: Primary cesarean delivery (PCD) rates vary by region of the. US. ... PCD were obtained from the 2003 California birth certificate database. A.

Answers

38 mins confidence:

pcd accouchement par césarienne planifié

Explanation:
C'est un truc typiquement US en fait

Jetez un coup d’œil aux liens

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20836744
https://www.swissmom.ch/fr/naissance/accouchement/cesarienne/la-cesarienne-planifiee/

Florian PLATEL
France
Local time: 19:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French

7 days confidence:

pcd Postpartum certified doula

Explanation:
See discussion (thanks, Jeff - glad to have helped)

List Your DONA Credentials Proudly and Properly!
CD – certified birth doula
PCD – postpartum certified doula
CD(DONA) – Certified birth doula
PCD(DONA) – Postpartum certified doula
CD/PCD(DONA) – Certified birth and postpartum doula
https://www.dona.org/list-your-dona-credentials-proudly-and-...

Alison MacG
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:45
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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