Ausgabe 1/2013
Inhalt (246 Artikel)
Behavioural change in relation to alcohol exposure in early pregnancy and impact on perinatal outcomes - a prospective cohort study
Deirdre J Murphy, Aoife Mullally, Brian J Cleary, Tom Fahey, Joe Barry
Reproductive patterns among twins - a Swedish register study of men and women born 1973-1983
Marie Bladh, Ann Josefsson, John Carstensen, Orvar Finnström, Gunilla Sydsjö
Knowledge and utilization of partograph among obstetric care givers in public health institutions of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Engida Yisma, Berhanu Dessalegn, Ayalew Astatkie, Nebreed Fesseha
Risk factors for antepartum stillbirth and the influence of maternal age in New South Wales Australia: A population based study
Adrienne Gordon, Camille Raynes-Greenow, Kevin McGeechan, Jonathan Morris, Heather Jeffery
The association of neighbourhood and individual social capital with consistent self-rated health: a longitudinal study in Brazilian pregnant and postpartum women
Gabriela A Lamarca, Maria do C Leal, Aubrey Sheiham, Mario V Vettore
Need for insulin to control gestational diabetes is reflected in the ambulatory arterial stiffness index
Henna Kärkkäinen, Tomi Laitinen, Nonna Heiskanen, Heli Saarelainen, Pirjo Valtonen, Tiina Lyyra-Laitinen, Esko Vanninen, Seppo Heinonen
Maternal near miss and quality of maternal health care in Baghdad, Iraq
Maysoon Jabir, Imad Abdul-Salam, Dhikra M Suheil, Wafa Al-Hilli, Sana Abul-Hassan, Amal Al-Zuheiri, Rasha Al-Ba'aj, Abeer Dekan, Özge Tunçalp, Joao Paulo Souza
Involvement of males in antenatal care, birth preparedness, exclusive breast feeding and immunizations for children in Kathmandu, Nepal
Dharma Nand Bhatta
Pseudo (Platelet-type) von Willebrand disease in pregnancy: a case report
Neetu Grover, Vincent Boama, Munazzah Rifat Chou
Prognostic factors for low birthweight repetition in successive pregnancies: a cohort study
Iândora Krolow Timm Sclowitz, Iná S Santos, Marlos Rodrigues Domingues, Alicia Matijasevich, Aluísio J D Barros
Study protocol for promoting respectful maternity care initiative to assess, measure and design interventions to reduce disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Kenya
Charlotte Warren, Rebecca Njuki, Timothy Abuya, Charity Ndwiga, Grace Maingi, Jane Serwanga, Faith Mbehero, Louisa Muteti, Anne Njeru, Joseph Karanja, Joyce Olenja, Lucy Gitonga, Chris Rakuom, Ben Bellows
Why do women prefer home births in Ethiopia?
Solomon Shiferaw, Mark Spigt, Merijn Godefrooij, Yilma Melkamu, Michael Tekie
Outpatient Foley catheter versus inpatient prostaglandin E2 gel for induction of labour: a randomised trial
Amanda Henry, Arushi Madan, Rachel Reid, Sally K Tracy, Kathryn Austin, Alec Welsh, Daniel Challis
Reliability of fetal nasal bone length measurement at 11–14 weeks of gestation
Chitkasaem Suwanrath, Ninlapa Pruksanusak, Ounjai Kor-anantakul, Thitima Suntharasaj, Tharangrut Hanprasertpong, Savitree Pranpanus
Characteristics of first-time fathers of advanced age: a Norwegian population-based study
Anne Britt Vika Nilsen, Ulla Waldenström, Svein Rasmussen, Anna Hjelmstedt, Erica Schytt
A qualitative interview study exploring pregnant women’s and health professionals’ attitudes to external cephalic version
Rebecca Say, Richard Thomson, Stephen Robson, Catherine Exley
Risk adapted transmission prophylaxis to prevent vertical HIV–1 transmission: Effectiveness and safety of an abbreviated regimen of postnatal oral Zidovudine
Jennifer Neubert, Maren Pfeffer, Arndt Borkhardt, Tim Niehues, Ortwin Adams, Mareike Bolten, Stefan Reuter, Hans Stannigel, Hans-Juergen Laws
An integrative review of the side effects related to the use of magnesium sulfate for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia management
Jeffrey Michael Smith, Richard F Lowe, Judith Fullerton, Sheena M Currie, Laura Harris, Erica Felker-Kantor
A cross-sectional study of maternal perception of fetal movements and antenatal advice in a general pregnant population, using a qualitative framework
Camille H Raynes-Greenow, Adrienne Gordon, Qiushuang Li, Jon A Hyett
How mistimed and unwanted pregnancies affect timing of antenatal care initiation in three districts in Tanzania
Amon Exavery, Almamy Malick Kanté, Ahmed Hingora, Godfrey Mbaruku, Senga Pemba, James F Phillips
Factors associated with success of vaginal birth after one caesarean section (VBAC) at three teaching hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a case control study
Malede Birara, Yirgu Gebrehiwot
Neonatal outcomes in obese mothers: a population-based analysis
Anne-Frederique Minsart, Pierre Buekens, Myriam De Spiegelaere, Yvon Englert
Help bring back the celebration of life: A community-based participatory study of rural Aboriginal women’s maternity experiences and outcomes
Colleen Varcoe, Helen Brown, Betty Calam, Thelma Harvey, Miranda Tallio
Using a decline in serum hCG between days 0–4 to predict ectopic pregnancy treatment success after single-dose methotrexate: a retrospective cohort study
Monika Skubisz, Philip Dutton, William Colin Duncan, Andrew W Horne, Stephen Tong
Weight stigma in maternity care: women’s experiences and care providers’ attitudes
Kate Mulherin, Yvette D Miller, Fiona Kate Barlow, Phillippa C Diedrichs, Rachel Thompson
Local health workers’ perceptions of substandard care in the management of obstetric hemorrhage in rural Malawi
Jogchum Jan Beltman, Thomas van den Akker, Dieudonné Bwirire, Anneke Korevaar, Richard Chidakwani, Luc van Lonkhuijzen, Jos van Roosmalen
Developing a tool for obtaining maternal skinfold thickness measurements and assessing inter-observer variability among pregnant women who are overweight and obese
Lavern M Kannieappan, Andrea R Deussen, Rosalie M Grivell, Lisa Yelland, Jodie M Dodd
New birth weight reference standards customised to birth order and sex of babies from South India
Velusamy Saravana Kumar, Lakshmanan Jeyaseelan, Tunny Sebastian, Annie Regi, Jiji Mathew, Ruby Jose
The effect of health facility delivery on neonatal mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis
Gurmesa Tura, Mesganaw Fantahun, Alemayehu Worku
SPRING: an RCT study of probiotics in the prevention of gestational diabetes mellitus in overweight and obese women
Marloes Dekker Nitert, Helen L Barrett, Katie Foxcroft, Anne Tremellen, Shelley Wilkinson, Barbara Lingwood, Jacinta M Tobin, Chris McSweeney, Peter O’Rourke, H David McIntyre, Leonie K Callaway
Prenatal micronutrient supplementation and postpartum depressive symptoms in a pregnancy cohort
Brenda MY Leung, Bonnie J Kaplan, Catherine J Field, Suzanne Tough, Misha Eliasziw, Mariel Fajer Gomez, Linda J McCargar, Lisa Gagnon
The association between interpregnancy interval and birth weight: what is the role of maternal polyunsaturated fatty acid status?
Luc JM Smits, Hester M Elzenga, Reinoud JBJ Gemke, Gerard Hornstra, Manon van Eijsden
Factors influencing place of delivery for women in Kenya: an analysis of the Kenya demographic and health survey, 2008/2009
John Kitui, Sarah Lewis, Gail Davey
Knowledge of pregnant women about birth defects
Ajediran I Bello, Augustine A Acquah, Jonathan NA Quartey, Anna Hughton
Using hospital discharge data to identify incident pregnancy-associated cancers: a validation study
Yuen Yi Cathy Lee, Christine L Roberts, Jane Young, Timothy Dobbins
Misoprostol for postpartum hemorrhage prevention at home birth: an integrative review of global implementation experience to date
Jeffrey Michael Smith, Rehana Gubin, Martine M Holston, Judith Fullerton, Ndola Prata
“I have to do what I believe”: Sudanese women’s beliefs and resistance to hegemonic practices at home and during experiences of maternity care in Canada
Gina MA Higginbottom, Jalal Safipour, Zubia Mumtaz, Yvonne Chiu, Patricia Paton, Jennifer Pillay
Sexual HIV risk behaviour and associated factors among pregnant women in Mpumalanga, South Africa
Karl Peltzer, Gladys Mlambo
Birth weight and delivery practice in a Vietnamese rural district during 12 year of rapid economic development
Huong Thu Nguyen, Bo Eriksson, Toan Khanh Tran, Chuc Thi Kim Nguyen, Henry Ascher
Transition to motherhood in type 1 diabetes: design of the pregnancy and postnatal well-being in transition questionnaires
Bodil Rasmussen, Trisha Dunning, Christel Hendrieckx, Mari Botti, Jane Speight
Delivering at home or in a health facility? health-seeking behaviour of women and the role of traditional birth attendants in Tanzania
Constanze Pfeiffer, Rosemarie Mwaipopo
Factors associated with obstetric fistulae occurrence among patients attending selected hospitals in Kenya, 2010: a case control study
Zeinab Gura Roka, Mathias Akech, Peter Wanzala, Jared Omolo, Sheba Gitta, Peter Waiswa
Effect of a facility-based multifaceted intervention on the quality of obstetrical care: a cluster randomized controlled trial in Mali and Senegal
Catherine M Pirkle, Alexandre Dumont, Mamadou Traoré, Maria-Victoria Zunzunegui
Antenatal care visit attendance, intermittent preventive treatment and bed net use during pregnancy in Gabon
Marielle Karine Bouyou-Akotet, Denise Patricia Mawili-Mboumba, Maryvonne Kombila
Experience of childbirth in first-time mothers of advanced age – a Norwegian population-based study
Vigdis Aasheim, Ulla Waldenström, Svein Rasmussen, Erica Schytt
Stakeholder analysis for a maternal and newborn health project in Eastern Uganda
Gertrude Namazzi, Kiwanuka Suzanne N, Waiswa Peter, Bua John, Okui Olico, Allen Katharine A, Hyder Adnan A, Ekirapa Kiracho Elizabeth
Development and validation of a pregnancy symptoms inventory
Katie F Foxcroft, Leonie K Callaway, Nuala M Byrne, Joan Webster
Incidence of and risk factors for perineal trauma: a prospective observational study
Lesley A Smith, Natalia Price, Vanessa Simonite, Ethel E Burns
Accuracy of erythrogram and serum ferritin for the maternal anemia diagnosis (AMA): a phase 3 diagnostic study on prediction of the therapeutic responsiveness to oral iron in pregnancy
Cristiane Campello Bresani, Maria Cynthia Braga, Daniel Falcão Felisberto, Carlos Eduardo Lopes Tavares-de-Melo, Debora Bresani Salvi, Malaquias Batista-Filho
Impact of prenatal care provider on the use of ancillary health services during pregnancy
Amy Metcalfe, Kristen Grabowska, Carol Weller, Suzanne C Tough
Are women with major depression in pregnancy identifiable in population health data?
Lyn Colvin, Linda Slack-Smith, Fiona J Stanley, Carol Bower
Financial incentives for smoking cessation in pregnancy: protocol for a single arm intervention study
Theresa M Marteau, Josephine Thorne, Paul Aveyard, Julie Hirst, Rachel Sokal
Preeclampsia and long-term risk of cardiovascular disease: what do obstetrician-gynecologists know?
May-Britt Heidrich, Daniela Wenzel, Constantin S von Kaisenberg, Cordula Schippert, Frauke M von Versen-Höynck
A community perspective on the role of fathers during pregnancy: a qualitative study
Amina P Alio, Cindi A Lewis, Kenneth Scarborough, Kenn Harris, Kevin Fiscella
How effective are the components of active management of the third stage of labor?
Wendy R Sheldon, Jill Durocher, Beverly Winikoff, Jennifer Blum, James Trussell
Preterm birth and small for gestational age in relation to alcohol consumption during pregnancy: stronger associations among vulnerable women? results from two large Western-European studies
Manuela Pfinder, Anton E Kunst, Reinhold Feldmann, Manon van Eijsden, Tanja G M Vrijkotte
Obstetric fistula in Southern Sudan: situational analysis and Key Informant Method to estimate prevalence
Alma J Adler, Samantha Fox, Oona M R Campbell, Hannah Kuper
Prevalence and determinants of unintended pregnancy among women in Nairobi, Kenya
Lawrence Ikamari, Chimaraoke Izugbara, Rhoune Ochako
Fathers’ engagement in pregnancy and childbirth: evidence from a national survey
Maggie Redshaw, Jane Henderson
A matched pair cluster randomized implementation trail to measure the effectiveness of an intervention package aiming to decrease perinatal mortality and increase institution-based obstetric care among indigenous women in Guatemala: study protocol
Edgar Kestler, Dilys Walker, Anabelle Bonvecchio, Sandra Sáenz de Tejada, Allan Donner
Do parental heights influence pregnancy length?: a population-based prospective study, HUNT 2
Kirsti Myklestad, Lars Johan Vatten, Elisabeth Balstad Magnussen, Kjell Åsmund Salvesen, Pål Richard Romundstad
Infertility and childlessness: a qualitative study of the experiences of infertile couples in Northern Ghana
Philip Teg-Nefaah Tabong, Philip Baba Adongo
Induction of labour with a Foley catheter or oral misoprostol at term: the PROBAAT-II study, a multicentre randomised controlled trial
Mieke LG ten Eikelder, Femke Neervoort, Katrien Oude Rengerink, Marta Jozwiak, Jan-Willem de Leeuw, Irene de Graaf, Maria G van Pampus, Maureen Franssen, Martijn Oudijk, Paulien van der Salm, Mallory Woiski, Paula JM Pernet, A Hanneke Feitsma, Huib van Vliet, Martina Porath, Frans Roumen, Erik van Beek, Hans Versendaal, Marion Heres, Ben Willem J Mol, Kitty W M Bloemenkamp
Academic detailing and adherence to guidelines for Group B streptococci prenatal screening: a randomized controlled trial
Jussara M Silva, Airton T Stein, Holger J Schünemann, Ronaldo Bordin, Ricardo Kuchenbecker, Maria de Lourdes Drachler
Trunk motion and gait characteristics of pregnant women when walking: report of a longitudinal study with a control group
Wendy L Gilleard
The most effective strategy for recruiting a pregnancy cohort: a tale of two cities
Donna P Manca, Maeve O’Beirne, Teresa Lightbody, David W Johnston, Dayna-Lynn Dymianiw, Katarzyna Nastalska, Lubna Anis, Sarah Loehr, Anne Gilbert, Bonnie J Kaplan
4thStage Transvaginal omental herniation during VBAC complicated by shoulder dystocia: a unique presentation of uterine rupture
Aruyaru Stanley Mwenda
Encountering abuse in health care; lifetime experiences in postnatal women - a qualitative study
Anne-Mette Schroll, Hanne Kjærgaard, Julie Midtgaard
Prevention and management of excessive gestational weight gain: a survey of overweight and obese pregnant women
W S Leslie, A Gibson, C R Hankey
Acceptance of routine or case-based inquiry for intimate partner violence: a mixed method study
Heidi Stöckl, Linda Hertlein, Isabelle Himsl, Nina Ditsch, Carolin Blume, Uwe Hasbargen, Klaus Friese, Doris Stöckl
Prenatal diagnosis of fetal unilateral lung agenesis complicated with cardiac malposition
Ying Zhang, Miao Fan, Wei-dong Ren, Li-mei Xie, Chang-wei Ding, Wei Sun, Yu Wang, Ya-jun Guo, Ai-lu Cai
International migration and caesarean birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Lisa Merry, Rhonda Small, Béatrice Blondel, Anita J Gagnon
Do Italian women prefer cesarean section? Results from a survey on mode of delivery preferences
Maria Regina Torloni, Ana Pilar Betrán, Pilar Montilla, Elisa Scolaro, Armando Seuc, Agustina Mazzoni, Fernando Althabe, Francesca Merzagora, Gian Paolo Donzelli, Mario Merialdi
Age, mode of conception, health service use and pregnancy health: a prospective cohort study of Australian women
Jane Fisher, Karen Wynter, Karin Hammarberg, John McBain, Frances Gibson, Jacky Boivin, Catherine McMahon
Head of household education level as a factor influencing whether delivery takes place in the presence of a skilled birth attendant in Busia, Uganda: a cross-sectional household study
Frédérique Vallières, Alexandria Hansen, Eilish McAuliffe, Emma Louise Cassidy, Paul Owora, Sam Kappler, Evelyn Gathuru
First trimester PAPP-A levels correlate with sFlt-1 levels longitudinally in pregnant women with and without preeclampsia
Aditi R Saxena, Ellen W Seely, Janet W Rich-Edwards, Louise E Wilkins-Haug, S Ananth Karumanchi, Thomas F McElrath
Adverse maternal outcomes associated with fetal macrosomia: what are the risk factors beyond birthweight?
Florent Fuchs, Jean Bouyer, Patrick Rozenberg, Marie-Victoire Senat
Factors affecting the use of prenatal care by non-western women in industrialized western countries: a systematic review
Agatha W Boerleider, Therese A Wiegers, Judith Manniën, Anneke L Francke, Walter LJM Devillé
Perspectives about and approaches to weight gain in pregnancy: a qualitative study of physicians and nurse midwives
Tammy Chang, Mikel Llanes, Katherine J Gold, Michael D Fetters
The DIAMIND study: postpartum SMS reminders to women who have had gestational diabetes mellitus to test for type 2 diabetes: a randomised controlled trial – study protocol
Emer Heatley, Philippa Middleton, William Hague, Caroline Crowther
The impact of tubal ectopic pregnancy in Papua New Guinea – a retrospective case review
Nancy N Hamura, John W Bolnga, Regina Wangnapi, Andrew W Horne, Stephen J Rogerson, Holger W Unger
A survey of access to trial of labor in California hospitals in 2012
Mary K Barger, Jennifer Templeton Dunn, Sage Bearman, Megan DeLain, Elena Gates
Risk of recurrence, subsequent mode of birth and morbidity for women who experienced severe perineal trauma in a first birth in New South Wales between 2000 –2008: a population based data linkage study
Holly Priddis, Hannah G Dahlen, Virginia Schmied, Annie Sneddon, Christine Kettle, Chris Brown, Charlene Thornton
Magnesium sulphate at 30 to 34 weeks’ gestational age: neuroprotection trial (MAGENTA) - study protocol
Caroline A Crowther, Philippa F Middleton, Dominic Wilkinson, Pat Ashwood, Ross Haslam
Access to essential technologies for safe childbirth: a survey of health workers in Africa and Asia
Jonathan M Spector, Jonathan Reisman, Stuart Lipsitz, Priya Desai, Atul A Gawande
Very advanced maternal age and morbidity in Victoria, Australia: a population based study
Mary C Carolan, Mary-Ann Davey, Maryanne Biro, Michelle Kealy
Does advanced maternal age confer a survival advantage to infants born at early gestation?
Sarka Lisonkova, Emmanuelle Paré, KS Joseph
A randomised controlled trial comparing standard or intensive management of reduced fetal movements after 36 weeks gestation-a feasibility study
Alexander EP Heazell, Giovanna Bernatavicius, Stephen A Roberts, Ainslie Garrod, Melissa K Whitworth, Edward D Johnstone, Joanna C Gillham, Tina Lavender
Neighbourhood deprivation and very preterm birth in an English and French cohort
Mercedes Bonet, Lucy K Smith, Hugo Pilkington, Elizabeth S Draper, Jennifer Zeitlin
Observational study to assess pregnant women’s knowledge and behaviour to prevent toxoplasmosis, listeriosis and cytomegalovirus
Monique T R Pereboom, Judith Manniën, Evelien R Spelten, François G Schellevis, Eileen K Hutton
Changes in fetal and neonatal mortality during 40 years by offspring sex: a national registry-based study in Norway
Fredrik Carlsen, Jostein Grytten, Anne Eskild
Surgical versus expectant management in women with an incomplete evacuation of the uterus after treatment with misoprostol for miscarriage: the MisoREST trial
Marianne AC Verschoor, Marike Lemmers, Patrick M Bossuyt, Giuseppe CM Graziosi, Petra J Hajenius, Dave J Hendriks, Marcel AH van Hooff, Hannah S van Meurs, Brent C Opmeer, Maurits W van Tulder, Liesanne Bouwma, Ruby Catshoek, Peggy Geomini, Ellen R Klinkert, Josje Langenveld, Theodoor E Nieboer, J Marinus van der Ploeg, Celine M Radder, Taeke Spinder, Lucy F van der Voet, Ben Willem J Mol, Judith AF Huirne, Willem M Ankum
Variation in endoglin pathway genes is associated with preeclampsia: a case–control candidate gene association study
Mandy J Bell, James M Roberts, Sandra A Founds, Arun Jeyabalan, Lauren Terhorst, Yvette P Conley
Incidence, determinants and perinatal outcomes of near miss maternal morbidity in Ile-Ife Nigeria: a prospective case control study
Ikeola A Adeoye, Adedeji A Onayade, Adesegun O Fatusi
Rates of obstetric intervention during birth and selected maternal and perinatal outcomes for low risk women born in Australia compared to those born overseas
Hannah G Dahlen, Virginia Schmied, Cindy-Lee Dennis, Charlene Thornton
Impact on Caesarean section rates following injections of sterile water (ICARIS): a multicentre randomised controlled trial
Nigel Lee, Lena B Mårtensson, Caroline Homer, Joan Webster, Kristen Gibbons, Helen Stapleton, Natalie Dos Santos, Michael Beckmann, Yu Gao, Sue Kildea
Predictors of the timing of initiation of antenatal care in an ethnically diverse urban cohort in the UK
Jenny A Cresswell, Ge Yu, Bethan Hatherall, Joanne Morris, Farah Jamal, Angela Harden, Adrian Renton
Regional variation in caesarean deliveries in Germany and its causes
Rafael T Mikolajczyk, Niklas Schmedt, Jun Zhang, Christina Lindemann, Ingo Langner, Edeltraut Garbe
Fetal head circumference, operative delivery, and fetal outcomes: a multi-ethnic population-based cohort study
Andrew Mujugira, Alfred Osoti, Ruth Deya, Stephen E Hawes, Amanda I Phipps
Australasian randomised trial to evaluate the role of maternal intramuscular dexamethasone versus betamethasone prior to preterm birth to increase survival free of childhood neurosensory disability (A*STEROID): study protocol
Caroline A Crowther, Jane E Harding, Philippa F Middleton, Chad C Andersen, Pat Ashwood, Jeffrey S Robinson
Increasing caesarean section rates among low-risk groups: a panel study classifying deliveries according to Robson at a university hospital in Tanzania
Helena Litorp, Hussein L Kidanto, Lennarth Nystrom, Elisabeth Darj, Birgitta Essén
Measures of satisfaction with care during labour and birth: a comparative review
Alexandra Sawyer, Susan Ayers, Jane Abbott, Gillian Gyte, Heike Rabe, Lelia Duley
Measuring the risk factors for postpartum depression: development of the Japanese version of the Postpartum Depression Predictors Inventory-Revised (PDPI-R-J)
Mari Ikeda, Kiyoko Kamibeppu
Habitual snoring and depressive symptoms during pregnancy
Louise M O’Brien, Jocelynn T Owusu, Leslie M Swanson
Cytomegalovirus in pregnancy: to screen or not to screen
Susan P Walker, Ricardo Palma-Dias, Erica M Wood, Paul Shekleton, Michelle L Giles
Vasoactive agents for the prediction of early- and late-onset preeclampsia in a high-risk cohort
Pia M Villa, Esa Hämäläinen, Annukka Mäki, Katri Räikkönen, Anu-Katriina Pesonen, Pekka Taipale, Eero Kajantie, Hannele Laivuori
“Struggling with daily life and enduring pain”: a qualitative study of the experiences of pregnant women living with pelvic girdle pain
Margareta Persson, Anna Winkvist, Lars Dahlgren, Ingrid Mogren
Significant others, situations and infant feeding behaviour change processes: a serial qualitative interview study
Rhona J McInnes, Pat Hoddinott, Jane Britten, Kirsty Darwent, Leone CA Craig
An observational study of nutrition and physical activity behaviours, knowledge, and advice in pregnancy
Susan J de Jersey, Jan M Nicholson, Leonie K Callaway, Lynne A Daniels
Determinants of inter birth interval among married women living in rural pastoral communities of southern Ethiopia: a case control study
Zenebu Begna, Sahilu Assegid, Wondwosen Kassahun, Mulusew Gerbaba
Maternal overweight and obesity: a survey of clinicians’ characteristics and attitudes, and their responses to their pregnant clients
Shelley A Wilkinson, Di Poad, Helen Stapleton
Effect of elective cesarean section on the risk of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus
Yali Hu, Jie Chen, Jian Wen, Chenyu Xu, Shu Zhang, Biyun Xu, Yi-Hua Zhou
Timing and reasons for coming late for the first antenatal care visit by pregnant women at Mulago hospital, Kampala Uganda
Ivan Kisuule, Dan K Kaye, Florence Najjuka, Stephen K Ssematimba, Anita Arinda, Gloria Nakitende, Lawrence Otim
Maternity care providers’ perceptions of women’s autonomy and the law
Sue Kruske, Kate Young, Bec Jenkinson, Ann Catchlove
Primary prevention of gestational diabetes for women who are overweight and obese: a randomised controlled trial
Cate Nagle, Helen Skouteris, Heather Morris, Alison Nankervis, Bodil Rasmussen, Peter Mayall, Richard L Kennedy
Maternal carotid remodeling and increased carotid arterial stiffness in normal late-gestational pregnancy as assessed by radio-frequency ultrasound technique
Li-Jun Yuan, Dan Xue, Yun-You Duan, Tie-Sheng Cao, Ning Zhou
The acceptability and feasibility of an intercultural birth center in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico
Kathryn Tucker, Hector Ochoa, Rosario Garcia, Kirsty Sievwright, Amy Chambliss, Margaret C Baker
The effect of depression symptoms and social support on black-white differences in health-related quality of life in early pregnancy: the health status in pregnancy (HIP) study
Li Liu, Rosanna Setse, Ruby Grogan, Neil R Powe, Wanda K Nicholson
Prediction of maternal quality of life on preterm birth and low birthweight: a longitudinal study
Panchalli Wang, Shwu-Ru Liou, Ching-Yu Cheng
Cardiovascular risk estimation in women with a history of hypertensive pregnancy disorders at term: a longitudinal follow-up study
Wietske Hermes, Jouke T Tamsma, Diana C Grootendorst, Arie Franx, Joris van der Post, Maria G van Pampus, Kitty WM Bloemenkamp, Martina Porath, Ben W Mol, Christianne JM de Groot
Single dose of gentamicin in combination with metronidazole versus multiple doses for prevention of post-caesarean infection at Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza, Tanzania: a randomized, equivalence, controlled trial
Fadhili M Lyimo, Anthony N Massinde, Benson R Kidenya, Eveline T Konje, Stephen E Mshana
Epidemiology of hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infections in pregnant women in Sana’a, Yemen
Entisar A Murad, Suad M Babiker, Gasim I Gasim, Duria A Rayis, Ishag Adam
Effects of a ketogenic diet during pregnancy on embryonic growth in the mouse
Dafna Sussman, Matthijs van Eede, Michael D Wong, Susan Lee Adamson, Mark Henkelman
Serum lactate dehydrogenase profile as a retrospective indicator of uterine preparedness for labor: a prospective, observational study
Jeremy L Neal, Nancy K Lowe, Elizabeth J Corwin
Area-level risk factors for adverse birth outcomes: trends in urban and rural settings
Shia T Kent, Leslie A McClure, Ben F Zaitchik, Julia M Gohlke
Is minimally invasive parathyroid surgery an option for patients with gestational primary hyperparathyroidism?
Cino Bendinelli, Shane Nebauer, Tuan Quach, Shaun Mcgrath, Shamasunder Acharya
Disparities in the use of antenatal care service in Ethiopia over a period of fifteen years
Elias Ali Yesuf, Ronit Calderon-Margalit
Pre-pregnancy BMI and weight gain: where is the tipping point for preterm birth?
Saba W Masho, Diane L Bishop, Meaghan Munn
Perspectives of men on antenatal and delivery care service utilisation in rural western Kenya: a qualitative study
Titus K Kwambai, Stephanie Dellicour, Meghna Desai, Charles A Ameh, Bobbie Person, Florence Achieng, Linda Mason, Kayla F Laserson, Feiko O ter Kuile
Pharmacogenetic predictors of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy severity and response to antiemetic therapy: a pilot study
Amalia S Lehmann, Jamie L Renbarger, Catherine L McCormick, Ariel R Topletz, Carrie Rouse, David M Haas
Impact of health beliefs, social support and self-efficacy on physical activity and dietary habits during the post-partum period after gestational diabetes mellitus: study protocol
Barbara Kaiser, Chantal Razurel, Emilien Jeannot
Correlates of preferences for home or hospital confinement in Pakistan: evidence from a national survey
Sajid Amin Javed, Muhammad Danish Anjum, Waqas Imran, Azad Haider, Ayesha Shiraz, Farzana Shaheen, Muhammad Iftikhar ul Husnain
Must we press on until a young mother dies? Remifentanil patient controlled analgesia in labour may not be suited as a “poor man’s epidural”
Peter Kranke, Thierry Girard, Patricia Lavand’homme, Andrea Melber, Johanna Jokinen, Ralf M Muellenbach, Johannes Wirbelauer, Arnd Hönig
Results from a study using misoprostol for management of incomplete abortion in Vietnamese hospitals: implications for task shifting
Nguyen Thi Nhu Ngoc, Tara Shochet, Jennifer Blum, Pham Thanh Hai, Duong Lan Dung, Tran Thanh Nhan, Beverly Winikoff
Pictorial representation of attachment: measuring the parent-fetus relationship in expectant mothers and fathers
Hedwig JA van Bakel, A Janneke BM Maas, Charlotte MJM Vreeswijk, Ad JJM Vingerhoets
DALI: Vitamin D and lifestyle intervention for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) prevention: an European multicentre, randomised trial – study protocol
Judith GM Jelsma, Mireille NM van Poppel, Sander Galjaard, Gernot Desoye, Rosa Corcoy, Roland Devlieger, Andre van Assche, Dirk Timmerman, Goele Jans, Jurgen Harreiter, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, Peter Damm, Elisabeth R Mathiesen, Dorte M Jensen, Liselotte Andersen, Fidelma Dunne, Annunziata Lapolla, Graziano Di Cianni, Alessandra Bertolotto, Ewa Wender-Oegowska, Agnieszka Zawiejska, Kinga Blumska, David Hill, Pablo Rebollo, Frank J Snoek, David Simmons
A qualitative study of pharmacy nurse providers of community based post-birth care in Queensland, Australia
Maria Zadoroznyj, Wendy Brodribb, Lauren Falconer, Lauren Pearce, Casey Northam, Sue Kruske
Elevated maternal lipids in early pregnancy are not associated with risk of intrapartum caesarean in overweight and obese nulliparous women
Elaine M Fyfe, Karen S Rivers, John MD Thompson, Kamala PL Thiyagarajan, Katie M Groom, Gustaaf A Dekker, Lesley ME McCowan
The association of unwanted pregnancy and social support with depressive symptoms in pregnancy: evidence from rural Southwestern Ethiopia
Yohannes Dibaba, Mesganaw Fantahun, Michelle J Hindin
Wāhine hauora: linking local hospital and national health information datasets to explore maternal risk factors and obstetric outcomes of New Zealand Māori and non-Māori women in relation to infant respiratory admissions and timely immunisations
Sara Filoche, Susan Garrett, James Stanley, Sally Rose, Bridget Robson, C Raina Elley, Bev Lawton
Does continuity of care impact decision making in the next birth after a caesarean section (VBAC)? a randomised controlled trial
Caroline SE Homer, Karyn Besley, Jennifer Bell, Deborah Davis, Jon Adams, Alison Porteous, Maralyn Foureur
Health and nutrition knowledge, attitudes and practices of pregnant women attending and not-attending ANC clinics in Western Kenya: a cross-sectional analysis
Nandita Perumal, Donald C Cole, Hermann Z Ouédraogo, Kirimi Sindi, Cornelia Loechl, Jan Low, Carol Levin, Christine Kiria, Jaameeta Kurji, Mary Oyunga
Childbearing in adolescence: intergenerational dejà-vu? Evidence from a Brazilian birth cohort
Alexandre Archanjo Ferraro, Viviane Cunha Cardoso, Aline Pires Barbosa, Antônio Augusto Moura Da Silva, Carlos Augusto Faria, Valdinar Souza De Ribeiro, Heloisa Bettiol, Marco Antonio Barbieri
Developing a complex intervention for diet and activity behaviour change in obese pregnant women (the UPBEAT trial); assessment of behavioural change and process evaluation in a pilot randomised controlled trial
Lucilla Poston, Annette L Briley, Suzanne Barr, Ruth Bell, Helen Croker, Kirstie Coxon, Holly N Essex, Claire Hunt, Louise Hayes, Louise M Howard, Nina Khazaezadeh, Tarja Kinnunen, Scott M Nelson, Eugene Oteng-Ntim, Stephen C Robson, Naveed Sattar, Paul T Seed, Jane Wardle, Thomas AB Sanders, Jane Sandall
Improved accessibility of emergency obstetrics and newborn care(EmONC) services for maternal and newborn health: a community based project
Ali Turab, Shabina Ariff, Muhammad A Habib, Imran Ahmed, Masawar Hussain, Akhtar Rashid, Zahid Memon, Mohammad I Khan, Sajid Soofi, Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Safety and efficacy of a lifestyle intervention for pregnant women to prevent excessive maternal weight gain: a cluster-randomized controlled trial
Kathrin Rauh, Elisabeth Gabriel, Eva Kerschbaum, Tibor Schuster, Ruediger von Kries, Ulrike Amann-Gassner, Hans Hauner
Family planning practices and pregnancy intentions among HIV-positive and HIV-negative postpartum women in Swaziland: a cross sectional survey
Charlotte E Warren, Timothy Abuya, Ian Askew
Paternal psychological response after ultrasonographic detection of structural fetal anomalies with a comparison to maternal response: a cohort study
Anne Kaasen, Anne Helbig, Ulrik Fredrik Malt, Tormod Naes, Hans Skari, Guttorm Nils Haugen
Vaginal breech delivery: results of a prospective registration study
Ingvild Vistad, Milada Cvancarova, Berit L Hustad, Tore Henriksen
Maternal near miss and mortality in a rural referral hospital in northern Tanzania: a cross-sectional study
Ellen JT Nelissen, Estomih Mduma, Hege L Ersdal, Bjørg Evjen-Olsen, Jos JM van Roosmalen, Jelle Stekelenburg
Unexpected random urinary protein:creatinine ratio results–limitations of the pyrocatechol violet-dye method
Dane A De Silva, Anne C Halstead, Anne-Marie Côté, Yasser Sabr, Peter von Dadelszen, Laura A Magee
Implementation of a cost-effective strategy to prevent neonatal early-onset group B haemolytic streptococcus disease in the Netherlands
Diny GE Kolkman, Marlies EB Rijnders, Maurice GAJ Wouters, M Elske van den Akker-van Marle, CPB Kitty van der Ploeg, Christianne JM de Groot, Margot AH Fleuren
Prediction of fetal acidemia in placental abruption
Yoshio Matsuda, Masaki Ogawa, Jun Konno, Minoru Mitani, Hideo Matsui
Active and passive maternal smoking during pregnancy and birth outcomes: the Kyushu Okinawa Maternal and Child Health Study
Yoshihiro Miyake, Keiko Tanaka, Masashi Arakawa
Evaluation of a birth preparation program on lumbopelvic pain, urinary incontinence, anxiety and exercise: a randomized controlled trial
Maria Amélia Miquelutti, José Guilherme Cecatti, Maria Yolanda Makuch
Prevalence, correlates and pattern of Hepatitis B among antenatal clinic attenders in Yaounde-Cameroon: is perinatal transmission of HBV neglected in Cameroon?
Nelson J Fomulu, Frederick LI Morfaw, Judith N Torimiro, Philip Nana, Mve V Koh, Takang William
Quality of intrapartum care at Mulago national referral hospital, Uganda: clients’ perspective
Omar Kigenyi, Getachew B Tefera, Elizabeth Nabiwemba, Christopher G Orach
Measuring the quality and quantity of professional intrapartum support: testing a computerised systematic observation tool in the clinical setting
Mary C Ross-Davie, Helen Cheyne, Catherine Niven
Retracted: Folic acid supplementation, dietary folate intake during pregnancy and risk for spontaneous preterm delivery: a prospective observational cohort study
Verena Sengpiel, Jonas Bacelis, Ronny Myhre, Solveig Myking, Aase Devold Pay, Margaretha Haugen, Anne-Lise Brantsæter, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Roy M Nilsen, Per Magnus, Stein Emil Vollset, Staffan Nilsson, Bo Jacobsson
Comparison of placental growth factor and fetal flow Doppler ultrasonography to identify fetal adverse outcomes in women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: an observational study
Attila Molvarec, Nóra Gullai, Balázs Stenczer, Gergely Fügedi, Bálint Nagy, János Rigó Jr
Obstetric Fistula in Burundi: a comprehensive approach to managing women with this neglected disease
Katie Tayler-Smith, Rony Zachariah, Marcel Manzi, Wilma van den Boogaard, An Vandeborne, Aristide Bishinga, Eva De Plecker, Vincent Lambert, Bavo Christiaens, Gamaliel Sinabajije, Miguel Trelles, Stephan Goetghebuer, Tony Reid, Anthony Harries
Caesarean delivery and subsequent pregnancy interval: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Sinéad M O’Neill, Patricia M Kearney, Louise C Kenny, Tine B Henriksen, Jennifer E Lutomski, Richard A Greene, Ali S Khashan
Recurrence of perinatal death in Northern Tanzania: a registry based cohort study
Michael J Mahande, Anne K Daltveit, Blandina T Mmbaga, Joseph Obure, Gileard Masenga, Rachel Manongi, Rolv T Lie
The maternal and neonatal outcomes for an urban Indigenous population compared with their non-Indigenous counterparts and a trend analysis over four triennia
Sue Kildea, Helen Stapleton, Rebecca Murphy, Machellee Kosiak, Kristen Gibbons
Antenatal education and the birthing experience of Brazilian women: a qualitative study
Maria Amelia Miquelutti, José Guilherme Cecatti, Maria Yolanda Makuch
Hyperemesis gravidarum and pregnancy outcomes in the Norwegian mother and child cohort – a cohort study
Åse V Vikanes, Nathalie C Støer, Per Magnus, Andrej M Grjibovski
High-risk human papillomavirus infection is associated with premature rupture of membranes
GeumJoon Cho, Kyung-Jin Min, Hye-Ri Hong, SuhngWook Kim, Jin-Hwa Hong, Jae-Kwan Lee, Min-Jeong Oh, HaiJoong Kim
Wavelet principal component analysis of fetal movement counting data preceding hospital examinations due to decreased fetal movement: a prospective cohort study
Brita Askeland Winje, Jo Røislien, Eli Saastad, Jorid Eide, Christopher Finne Riley, Babill Stray-Pedersen, J Frederik Frøen
Racial and ethnic differences in primary, unscheduled cesarean deliveries among low-risk primiparous women at an academic medical center: a retrospective cohort study
Joyce K Edmonds, Revital Yehezkel, Xun Liao, Tiffany A Moore Simas
Quality of obstetric care in the sparsely populated sub-arctic area of Norway 2009–2011
Jan Norum, Anca Heyd, Bente Hjelseth, Tove Svee, Fred A Mürer, Randi Erlandsen, Barthold Vonen
Exploring the focus of prenatal information offered to pregnant mothers regarding newborn care in rural Uganda
Mangwi Richard Ayiasi, Kathleen Van Royen, Roosmarijn Verstraeten, Lynn Atuyambe, Bart Criel, Christopher Orach Garimoi, Patrick Kolsteren
A new strategy and its effect on adherence to intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in Uganda
Anthony K Mbonye, Stephanie Yanow, Josephine Birungi, Pascal Magnussen
Women with disability: the experience of maternity care during pregnancy, labour and birth and the postnatal period
Maggie Redshaw, Reem Malouf, Haiyan Gao, Ron Gray
Perinatal mortality following assisted reproductive technology treatment in Australia and New Zealand, a public health approach for international reporting of perinatal mortality
Elizabeth A Sullivan, Yueping A Wang, Robert J Norman, Georgina M Chambers, Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, Cynthia M Farquhar
Changing trend? Sex ratios of children born to Indian immigrants in Norway revisited
Marianne Tønnessen, Vebjørn Aalandslid, Terje Skjerpen
The emergence of maternal health as a political priority in Madhya Pradesh, India: a qualitative study
Tej Ram Jat, Prakash Ramchandra Deo, Isabel Goicolea, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Miguel San Sebastian
‘Being in a womb’ or ‘playing musical chairs’: the impact of place and space on infant feeding in NICUs
Renée Flacking, Fiona Dykes
Surveillance during pregnancy: methods and response rates from a hospital based pilot study of the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System in Ireland
Linda M O’Keeffe, Patricia M Kearney, Richard A Greene
Prevention and management of severe pre-eclampsia/eclampsia in Afghanistan
Young Mi Kim, Nasratullah Ansari, Adrienne Kols, Hannah Tappis, Sheena Currie, Partamin Zainullah, Patricia Bailey, Jos van Roosmalen, Jelle Stekelenburg
Role of community based savings groups (CBSGs) enhancing the utilization of community midwives in chitral district of Pakistan
Qayyum Ali Noorani, Iqbal Azam, Babar T Shaikh, Tharanga Ranasinghe, Shazia Abbas, Shakeela Wali, Paul Rippey, Wajiha Javed
Diabetes and hypertension increase the placental and transcellular permeation of the lipophilic drug diazepam in pregnant women
Mladena Lalic-Popovic, Jovana Paunkovic, Zorica Grujic, Svetlana Golocorbin-Kon, Hani Al-Salami, Momir Mikov
Trends in antenatal care attendance and health facility delivery following community and health facility systems strengthening interventions in Northern Uganda
Michael Ediau, Rhoda K Wanyenze, Simba Machingaidze, George Otim, Alex Olwedo, Robert Iriso, Nazarius M Tumwesigye
Study protocol for reducing childbirth fear: a midwife-led psycho-education intervention
Jennifer Fenwick, Jenny Gamble, Debra K Creedy, Anne Buist, Erika Turkstra, Anne Sneddon, Paul A Scuffham, Elsa L Ryding, Vivian Jarrett, Jocelyn Toohill
Experiencing maternity care: the care received and perceptions of women from different ethnic groups
Jane Henderson, Haiyan Gao, Maggie Redshaw
Maternal adverse effects of different antenatal magnesium sulphate regimens for improving maternal and infant outcomes: a systematic review
Emily S Bain, Philippa F Middleton, Caroline A Crowther
The development of quality indicators for the prevention and management of postpartum haemorrhage in primary midwifery care in the Netherlands
Marrit Smit, Susanne IC Sindram, Mallory Woiski, Johanna M Middeldorp, Jos van Roosmalen
Partner support in a cohort of African American families and its influence on pregnancy outcomes and prenatal health behaviors
Jennifer K Straughen, Cleopatra H Caldwell, Alford A Young Jr, Dawn P Misra
Green space, social inequalities and neonatal mortality in France
Wahida Kihal-Talantikite, Cindy M Padilla, Benoît Lalloué, Marcello Gelormini, Denis Zmirou-Navier, Severine Deguen
Erratum To: Induction of labour with a Foley catheter or oral misoprostol at term: the PROBAAT-II study, a multicentre randomised controlled trial
Mieke LG ten Eikelder, Femke Neervoort, Katrien Oude Rengerink, Gert J van Baaren, Marta Jozwiak, Jan-Willem de Leeuw, Irene de Graaf, Maria G van Pampus, Maureen Franssen, Martijn Oudijk, Paulien van der Salm, Mallory Woiski, Paula JM Pernet, A Hanneke Feitsma, Huib van Vliet, Martina Porath, Frans Roumen, Erik van Beek, Hans Versendaal, Marion Heres, Ben Willem J Mol, Kitty WM Bloemenkamp
Attitudes toward fertility and childbearing scale: an assessment of a new instrument for women who are not yet mothers in Sweden
Malin Söderberg, Ingela Lundgren, Kyllike Christensson, Ingegerd Hildingsson
Determinants of facility delivery after implementation of safer mother programme in Nepal: a prospective cohort study
Rajendra Karkee, Colin W Binns, Andy H Lee
Vitamin D intake in mid-pregnancy and child allergic disease – a prospective study in 44,825 Danish mother-child pairs
Ekaterina Maslova, Susanne Hansen, Camilla B Jensen, Andrew L Thorne-Lyman, Marin Strøm, Sjurdur F Olsen
Exclusive breastfeeding prenatal intentions among HIV-positive mothers in Blantyre, Malawi: a correlation study
Ursula K Kafulafula, Mary K Hutchinson, Susan Gennaro, Sally Guttmacher, Andrew Kumitawa
Understanding pregnancy planning in a low-income country setting: validation of the London measure of unplanned pregnancy in Malawi
Jennifer Hall, Geraldine Barrett, Nicholas Mbwana, Andrew Copas, Address Malata, Judith Stephenson
Autoantibodies and gastrointestinal symptoms in infertile women in relation to in vitro fertilization
Oskar Hammar, Bodil Roth, Mariette Bengtsson, Thomas Mandl, Bodil Ohlsson
Perspectives on weight gain and lifestyle practices during pregnancy among women with a history of macrosomia: a qualitative study in the Republic of Ireland
Emily Heery, Áine McConnon, Cecily C Kelleher, Patrick G Wall, Fionnuala M McAuliffe
Deliveries among teenage women – with emphasis on incidence and mode of delivery: a Swedish national survey from 1973 to 2010
Rasmus Birch Tyrberg, Marie Blomberg, Preben Kjølhede
Survey of calcium supplementation to prevent preeclampsia: the gap between evidence and practice in Brazil
Erika Barbosa Camargo, Luci Fabiane Scheffer Moraes, Celsa Moura Souza, Rita Akutsu, Jorge Maia Barreto, Edina Mariko Koga da Silva, Ana Pilar Betrán, Maria Regina Torloni
Understanding childbirth practices as an organizational cultural phenomenon: a conceptual framework
Roxana Behruzi, Marie Hatem, Lise Goulet, William Fraser, Chizuru Misago
Combined analysis of the non-pneumatic anti-shock garment on mortality from hypovolemic shock secondary to obstetric hemorrhage
Alison M El Ayadi, Elizabeth Butrick, Jillian Geissler, Suellen Miller
Potential prevention of small for gestational age in Australia: a population-based linkage study
Lee K Taylor, Yuen Yi Cathy Lee, Kim Lim, Judy M Simpson, Christine L Roberts, Jonathan Morris
The influence of socio-cultural interpretations of pregnancy threats on health-seeking behavior among pregnant women in urban Accra, Ghana
Phyllis Dako-Gyeke, Moses Aikins, Richmond Aryeetey, Laura Mccough, Philip Baba Adongo
Framing maternal morbidity: WHO scoping exercise
Rachel C Vanderkruik, Özge Tunçalp, Doris Chou, Lale Say
The natural history of pregnancies with a diagnosis of Trisomy 18 or Trisomy 13; a retrospective case series
Orla A Houlihan, Keelin O’Donoghue
Association between social support and place of delivery: a cross-sectional study in Kericho, Western Kenya
Mayo Ono, Akiko Matsuyama, Mohamed Karama, Sumihisa Honda
Prevalence and outcomes of breast milk expressing in women with healthy term infants: a systematic review
Helene M Johns, Della A Forster, Lisa H Amir, Helen L McLachlan
Screening for autoimmune thyroid disorders after spontaneous abortion is cost-saving and it improves the subsequent pregnancy rate
Jana Bartáková, Eliška Potluková, Vladimír Rogalewicz, Tomáš Fait, Dita Schöndorfová, Zdeněk Telička, Jan Krátký, Jan Jiskra
Adverse outcomes in maternity care for women with a low risk profile in The Netherlands: a case series analysis
Lucie Martijn, Annelies Jacobs, Marianne Amelink-Verburg, Renske Wentzel, Simone Buitendijk, Michel Wensing
Antenatal and postnatal combined therapy for autoantibody-related congenital atrioventricular block
Antonio Di Mauro, Vita Caroli Casavola, Giovanna Favia Guarnieri, Grazia Calderoni, Ettore Cicinelli, Nicola Laforgia
Psychosocial issues of women with type 1 diabetes transitioning to motherhood: a structured literature review
Bodil Rasmussen, Christel Hendrieckx, Brydie Clarke, Mari Botti, Trisha Dunning, Alicia Jenkins, Jane Speight
A qualitative study on the breastfeeding experiences of first-time mothers in Vientiane, Lao PDR
Hope Mei Hong Lee, Jo Durham, Jenny Booth, Vanphanom Sychareun
Duration and urgency of transfer in births planned at home and in freestanding midwifery units in England: secondary analysis of the Birthplace national prospective cohort study
Rachel E Rowe, John Townend, Peter Brocklehurst, Marian Knight, Alison Macfarlane, Christine McCourt, Mary Newburn, Maggie Redshaw, Jane Sandall, Louise Silverton, Jennifer Hollowell
A randomized controlled trial of pre-conception treatment for periodontal disease to improve periodontal status during pregnancy and birth outcomes
Hong Jiang, Xu Xiong, Yi Su, Yiming Zhang, Hongqiao Wu, Zhijun Jiang, Xu Qian
Community awareness about risk factors, presentation and prevention and obstetric fistula in Nabitovu village, Iganga district, Uganda
Nassar Kasamba, Dan K Kaye, Scovia N Mbalinda
Japanese trends in breastfeeding rate in baby-friendly hospitals between 2007 and 2010: a retrospective hospital-based surveillance study
Takashi Yoda, Kenzo Takahashi, Yoshitada Yamauchi
CORONIS - International study of caesarean section surgical techniques: the follow-up study
Pregnancy and Neonatal Diabetes Outcomes in Remote Australia (PANDORA) study
Louise J Maple-Brown, Alex Brown, I-Lynn Lee, Christine Connors, Jeremy Oats, Harold D McIntyre, Cherie Whitbread, Elizabeth Moore, Danielle Longmore, Glynis Dent, Sumaria Corpus, Marie Kirkwood, Stacey Svenson, Paula van Dokkum, Sridhar Chitturi, Sujatha Thomas, Sandra Eades, Monique Stone, Mark Harris, Chrissie Inglis, Karen Dempsey, Michelle Dowden, Michael Lynch, Jacqueline Boyle, Sue Sayers, Jonathan Shaw, Paul Zimmet, Kerin O’Dea
Perceptions of postnatal care: factors associated with primiparous mothers perceptions of postnatal communication and care
Julie McLellan, Anita Laidlaw
Dutch women in midwife-led care at the onset of labour: which pain relief do they prefer and what do they use?
Trudy Klomp, Ank de Jonge, Eileen K Hutton, Antoine LM Lagro-Janssen
Patient-provider communication about gestational weight gain among nulliparous women: a qualitative study of the views of obstetricians and first-time pregnant women
Elizabeth A Duthie, Elaine M Drew, Kathryn E Flynn
A strategy for reducing maternal and newborn deaths by 2015 and beyond
Gary L Darmstadt, Tanya Marchant, Mariam Claeson, Win Brown, Saul Morris, France Donnay, Mary Taylor, Rebecca Ferguson, Shirine Voller, Katherine C Teela, Krystyna Makowiecka, Zelee Hill, Lindsay Mangham-Jefferies, Bilal Avan, Neil Spicer, Cyril Engmann, Nana Twum-Danso, Kate Somers, Dan Kraushaar, Joanna Schellenberg
A multi-centre phase IIa clinical study of predictive testing for preeclampsia: improved pregnancy outcomes via early detection (IMPROvED)
Kate Navaratnam, Zarko Alfirevic, Philip N Baker, Christian Gluud, Berthold Grüttner, Karolina Kublickiene, Gerda Zeeman, Louise C Kenny
Lessons learned from stakeholders in a facilitation intervention targeting neonatal health in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam
Leif Eriksson, Duong M Duc, Ann Catrine Eldh, Vu Pham N Thanh, Tran Q Huy, Mats Målqvist, Lars Wallin
Anxiety symptoms and coping strategies in the perinatal period
Astrid George, Rita F Luz, Claude De Tychey, Nathalie Thilly, Elisabeth Spitz
Pregnancy planning, smoking behaviour during pregnancy, and neonatal outcome: UK millennium cohort study
Anika Flower, Jill Shawe, Judith Stephenson, Pat Doyle
Reliability tests and validation tests of the client satisfaction questionnaire (CSQ-8) as an index of satisfaction with childbirth-related care among Filipino women
Chieko Matsubara, Joseph Green, Linda Teresa Astorga, Edgardo L Daya, Honorato C Jervoso, Edgardo M Gonzaga, Masamine Jimba
Management of hepatitis B in pregnant women and infants: a multicentre audit from four London hospitals
Gauri Godbole, Dianne Irish, Marina Basarab, Tabitha Mahungu, Andrew Fox-Lewis, Claire Thorne, Michael Jacobs, Geoffrey Dusheiko, William MC Rosenberg, Deepak Suri, Andrew D Millar, Eleni Nastouli
Maternal postpartum morbidity in Marrakech: what women feel what doctors diagnose?
Bouchra Assarag, Dominique Dubourg, Abderrahmane Maaroufi, Bruno Dujardin, Vincent De Brouwere
Erratum to: Induction of labour versus expectant monitoring for gestational hypertension or mild pre-eclampsia between 34 and 37 weeks’ gestation (HYPITAT-II): a multicentre, open-label randomised controlled trial
Kim Broekhuijsen, Josje Langenveld, Gert-Jan van Baaren, Mariëlle G van Pampus, Anton H van Kaam, Henk Groen, Martina Porath, Maureen TM Franssen, Ben W Mol
A structured review and exploration of the healthcare costs associated with stillbirth and a subsequent pregnancy in England and Wales
Hema Mistry, Alexander E P Heazell, Oluwaseyi Vincent, Tracy Roberts
Risk of future cardiovascular disease in women with prior preeclampsia: a focus group study
Ellen W Seely, Janet Rich-Edwards, Janet Lui, Jacinda M Nicklas, Aditi Saxena, Eleni Tsigas, Sue E Levkoff
Grand multiparity: is it still a risk in pregnancy?
Andrew H Mgaya, Siriel N Massawe, Hussein L Kidanto, Hans N Mgaya
Interbirth interval and history of previous preeclampsia: a case–control study among multiparous women
Arusyak Harutyunyan, Haroutune Armenian, Varduhi Petrosyan
Physical performance and 25-hydroxyvitamin D: a cross-sectional study of pregnant Swedish and Somali immigrant women and new mothers
Paul Kalliokoski, Yngve Bergqvist, Monica Löfvander
Working to improve survival and health for babies born very preterm: the WISH project protocol
Caroline A Crowther, Philippa F Middleton, Emily Bain, Pat Ashwood, Tanya Bubner, Vicki Flenady, Jonathan Morris, Sarah McIntyre
An epidemiological survey on low birth weight infants in China and analysis of outcomes of full-term low birth weight infants
Yi Chen, Guanghui Li, Yan Ruan, Liying Zou, Xin Wang, Weiyuan Zhang
Provider perspectives on constraints in providing maternal, neonatal and child health services in the Lao People’s democratic republic: a qualitative study
Vanphanom Sychareun, Sysavanh Phommachanh, Soudavanh Soysouvanh, Chaeun Lee, Minah Kang, Juhwan Oh, Jo Durham
Maternal infection and risk of intrapartum death: a population based observational study in South Asia
Azusa Iwamoto, Nadine Seward, Audrey Prost, Matthew Ellis, Andrew Copas, Edward Fottrell, Kishwar Azad, Prasanta Tripathy, Anthony Costello
Preeclampsia is associated with increased maternal body weight in a northeastern Brazilian population
Edailna Maria de Melo Dantas, Flávio Venicio Marinho Pereira, José Wilton Queiroz, Diogo Luis de Melo Dantas, Gloria Regina Gois Monteiro, Priya Duggal, Maria de Fatima Azevedo, Selma Maria Bezerra Jeronimo, Ana Cristina Pinheiro Fernandes Araújo
Stillbirth classification in population-based data and role of fetal growth restriction: the example of RECODE
Anne Ego, Jennifer Zeitlin, Pierre Batailler, Séverine Cornec, Anne Fondeur, Marion Baran-Marszak, Pierre-Simon Jouk, Thierry Debillon, Christine Cans
Rationale, design, and methodology for the optimizing outcomes in women with gestational diabetes mellitus and their infants study
Diane C Berry, Madeline Neal, Emily G Hall, Todd A Schwartz, Sarah Verbiest, Karen Bonuck, William Goodnight, Seth Brody, Karen F Dorman, Mary K Menard, Alison M Stuebe
A mixed methods evaluation of peer support in Bristol, UK: mothers’, midwives’ and peer supporters’ views and the effects on breastfeeding
Jenny Ingram
A gestational ketogenic diet alters maternal metabolic status as well as offspring physiological growth and brain structure in the neonatal mouse
Dafna Sussman, Jacob Ellegood, Mark Henkelman
Estimating the prevalence of obstetric fistula: a systematic review and meta-analysis
A J Adler, C Ronsmans, C Calvert, V Filippi