Ausgabe 1/2012
Inhalt (166 Artikel)
Limiting the caesarean section rate in low risk pregnancies is key to lowering the trend of increased abdominal deliveries: an observational study
Ilse Delbaere, Hendrik Cammu, Evelyne Martens, Inge Tency, Guy Martens, Marleen Temmerman
How many births in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia will not be attended by a skilled birth attendant between 2011 and 2015?
Sonya Crowe, Martin Utley, Anthony Costello, Christina Pagel
Cocaine use during pregnancy assessed by hair analysis in a Canary Islands cohort
Xavier Joya, Mario Gomez-Culebras, Alicia Callejón, Bibiana Friguls, Carme Puig, Sandra Ortigosa, Luca Morini, Oscar Garcia-Algar, Oriol Vall
Poor birth weight recovery among low birth weight/preterm infants following hospital discharge in Kampala, Uganda
Flavia B Namiiro, Jamiir Mugalu, Ryan M McAdams, Grace Ndeezi
Factors associated with utilization of long acting and permanent contraceptive methods among married women of reproductive age in Mekelle town, Tigray region, north Ethiopia
Mussie Alemayehu, Tefera Belachew, Tizta Tilahun
Scaling up community mobilisation through women's groups for maternal and neonatal health: experiences from rural Bangladesh
Tasmin Nahar, Kishwar Azad, Bedowra Haq Aumon, Layla Younes, Sanjit Shaha, Abdul Kuddus, Audrey Prost, Tanja AJ Houweling, Anthony Costello, Edward Fottrell
Factors influencing the use of antenatal care in rural West Sumatra, Indonesia
Yenita Agus, Shigeko Horiuchi
Amniotic fluid embolism incidence, risk factors and outcomes: a review and recommendations
Marian Knight, Cynthia Berg, Peter Brocklehurst, Michael Kramer, Gwyneth Lewis, Jeremy Oats, Christine L Roberts, Catherine Spong, Elizabeth Sullivan, Jos van Roosmalen, Joost Zwart
Periconceptional bread intakes indicate New Zealand's proposed mandatory folic acid fortification program may be outdated: results from a postpartum survey
Simonette R Mallard, Andrew R Gray, Lisa A Houghton
Induced abortion, pregnancy loss and intimate partner violence in Tanzania: a population based study
Heidi Stöckl, Veronique Filippi, Charlotte Watts, Jessie KK Mbwambo
Risk factors and a predictive model for under-five mortality in Nigeria: evidence from Nigeria demographic and health survey
Gbenga A Kayode, Victor T Adekanmbi, Olalekan A Uthman
Progestogens to prevent preterm birth in twin pregnancies: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized trials
Ewoud Schuit, Sarah Stock, Rolf HH Groenwold, Kimberly Maurel, C Andrew Combs, Thomas Garite, Cathy Y Spong, Elizabeth A Thom, Dwight J Rouse, Steve N Caritis, George R Saade, Julia M Zachary, Jane E Norman, Line Rode, Katharina Klein, Ann Tabor, Elçin Çetingöz, John C Morrison, Everett F Magann, Christian M Briery, Vicente Serra, Alfredo Perales, Juan Meseguer, Anwar H Nassar, Arianne C Lim, Karel GM Moons, Anneke Kwee, Ben Willem J Mol
The effectiveness of financial incentives for smoking cessation during pregnancy: is it from being paid or from the extra aid?
Eleni Mantzari, Florian Vogt, Theresa M Marteau
Assessment of prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke by cotinine in cord blood for the evaluation of smoking control policies in Spain
Carme Puig, Oriol Vall, Óscar García-Algar, Esther Papaseit, Simona Pichini, Esteve Saltó, Joan R Villalbí
Community based weighing of newborns and use of mobile phones by village elders in rural settings in Kenya: a decentralised approach to health care provision
Peter Gisore, Evelyn Shipala, Kevin Otieno, Betsy Rono, Irene Marete, Constance Tenge, Hillary Mabeya, Sherri Bucher, Janet Moore, Edward Liechty, Fabian Esamai
Evaluation of Lay Support in Pregnant women with Social risk (ELSIPS): a randomised controlled trial
Sara Kenyon, Kate Jolly, Karla Hemming, Lucy Ingram, Nicola Gale, Sophie-Anna Dann, Jacky Chambers, Christine MacArthur
Feasibility and acceptability of a midwife-led intervention programme called 'Eat Well Keep Active' to encourage a healthy lifestyle in pregnancy
Lucie Warren, Jaynie Rance, Billie Hunter
Women's and care providers' perspectives of quality prenatal care: a qualitative descriptive study
Wendy Sword, Maureen I Heaman, Sandy Brooks, Suzanne Tough, Patricia A Janssen, David Young, Dawn Kingston, Michael E Helewa, Noori Akhtar-Danesh, Eileen Hutton
Clinical decision-making: midwifery students' recognition of, and response to, post partum haemorrhage in the simulation environment
Julie Scholes, Ruth Endacott, MaryAnne Biro, Bree Bulle, Simon Cooper, Maureen Miles, Carole Gilmour, Penny Buykx, Leigh Kinsman, Rosemarie Boland, Jan Jones, Fawzia Zaidi
Utilization of insecticide treated nets during pregnancy among postpartum women in Ibadan, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study
Joel O Aluko, Abimbola O Oluwatosin
Gestational diabetes and pregnancy outcomes - a systematic review of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Association of Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG) diagnostic criteria
Eliana M Wendland, Maria Regina Torloni, Maicon Falavigna, Janet Trujillo, Maria Alice Dode, Maria Amélia Campos, Bruce B Duncan, Maria Inês Schmidt
Pregnancy related back pain, is it related to aerobic fitness? A longitudinal cohort study
Eva Thorell, Per Kristiansson
Quality of caesarean delivery services and documentation in first-line referral facilities in Afghanistan: a chart review
Young-Mi Kim, Hannah Tappis, Partamin Zainullah, Nasrat Ansari, Cherrie Evans, Linda Bartlett, Nabila Zaka, Willibald Zeck
Getting more than they realized they needed: a qualitative study of women's experience of group prenatal care
Deborah A McNeil, Monica Vekved, Siobhan M Dolan, Jodi Siever, Sarah Horn, Suzanne C Tough
Husbands' involvement in delivery care utilization in rural Bangladesh: A qualitative study
William T Story, Sarah A Burgard, Jody R Lori, Fahmida Taleb, Nabeel Ashraf Ali, DM Emdadul Hoque
Community involvement in obstetric emergency management in rural areas: a case of Rukungiri district, Western Uganda
Simon Ogwang, Robinah Najjemba, Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, Christopher Garimoi Orach
Impact of perinatal different intrauterine environments on child growth and development in the first six months of life - IVAPSA birth cohort: rationale, design, and methods
Juliana Rombaldi Bernardi, Charles Francisco Ferreira, Marina Nunes, Clécio Homrich da Silva, Vera Lúcia Bosa, Patrícia Pelufo Silveira, Marcelo Zubaran Goldani
Timing of antenatal care for adolescent and adult pregnant women in south-eastern Tanzania
Karin Gross, Sandra Alba, Tracy R Glass, Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg, Brigit Obrist
Survival of neonates in rural Southern Tanzania: does place of delivery or continuum of care matter?
Rose Nathan, Mathew Alexander Mwanyangala
Prevalence and impact of disability in women who had recently given birth in the UK
Dana Šumilo, Jennifer J Kurinczuk, Maggie E Redshaw, Ron Gray
Utilization of postnatal care for newborns and its association with neonatal mortality in India: An analytical appraisal
Abhishek Singh, Awadhesh Yadav, Ashish Singh
Fetal volume measurements with three dimensional ultrasound in the first trimester of pregnancy, related to pregnancy outcome, a prospective cohort study
Nicol AC Smeets, Marc Prudon, Bjorn Winkens, S Guid Oei
Stillbirths and newborn deaths in slum settlements in Mumbai, India: a prospective verbal autopsy study
Ujwala Bapat, Glyn Alcock, Neena Shah More, Sushmita Das, Wasundhara Joshi, David Osrin
Impact on postpartum hemorrhage of prophylactic administration of oxytocin 10 IU via UnijectTM by peripheral health care providers at home births: design of a community-based cluster-randomized trial
Cynthia K Stanton, Samuel Newton, Luke C Mullany, Patience Cofie, Charlotte Tawiah Agyemang, Edward Adiibokah, Niamh Darcy, Sadaf Khan, Alice Levisay, John Gyapong, Deborah Armbruster, Seth Owusu-Agyei
Long-term impact of intrauterine fetal death on quality of life and depression: a case–control study
Ida Kathrine Gravensteen, Linda Bjørk Helgadottir, Eva-Marie Jacobsen, Per Morten Sandset, Øivind Ekeberg
Remifentanil patient controlled analgesia versus epidural analgesia in labour. A multicentre randomized controlled trial
Liv M Freeman, Kitty WM Bloemenkamp, Maureen TM Franssen, Dimitri NM Papatsonis, Petra J Hajenius, Marloes E van Huizen, Henk A Bremer, Eline SA van den Akker, Mallory D Woiski, Martina M Porath, Erik van Beek, Nico Schuitemaker, Paulien CM van der Salm, Bianca F Fong, Celine Radder, Caroline J Bax, Marko Sikkema, M Elske van den Akker-van Marle, Jan MM van Lith, Enrico Lopriore, Renske J Uildriks, Michel MRF Struys, Ben Willem J Mol, Albert Dahan, Johanna M Middeldorp
Estimating coverage of a women’s group intervention among a population of pregnant women in rural Bangladesh
Layla Younes, Tanja AJ Houweling, Kishwar Azad, Anthony Costello, Edward Fottrell
‘The influence of gestational age and socioeconomic status on neonatal outcomes in late preterm and early term gestation: a population based study’
Chelsea A Ruth, Noralou Roos, Elske Hildes-Ripstein, Marni Brownell
An exploratory study of the variables impacting preterm birth rates in New Mexico
Kara M Gwin, Ronald Schrader, Kimberley Peters, Armida Moreno, Kristina W Thiel, Kimberly K Leslie
Incentives as connectors: insights into a breastfeeding incentive intervention in a disadvantaged area of North-West England
Gill Thomson, Fiona Dykes, Margaret A Hurley, Pat Hoddinott
Costs and effects of screening and treating low risk women with a singleton pregnancy for asymptomatic bacteriuria, the ASB study
Brenda M Kazemier, Caroline Schneeberger, Esteriek De Miranda, Aleid Van Wassenaer, Patrick M Bossuyt, Tatjana E Vogelvang, Frans JL Reijnders, Friso MC Delemarre, Corine JM Verhoeven, Martijn A Oudijk, Jeanine A Van Der Ven, Petra N Kuiper, Nicolette Feiertag, Alewijn Ott, Christianne JM De Groot, Ben Willem J Mol, Suzanne E Geerlings
Dose and side effects of sublingual misoprostol for treatment of postpartum hemorrhage: what difference do they make?
Wilfrido León, Jill Durocher, Gustavo Barrera, Ernesto Pinto, Beverly Winikoff
The quality of antenatal care in rural Tanzania: what is behind the number of visits?
Angelo S Nyamtema, Alise Bartsch-de Jong, David P Urassa, Jaap P Hagen, Jos van Roosmalen
Delivering information: A descriptive study of Australian women’s information needs for decision-making about birth facility
Rachel Thompson, Aleena M Wojcieszek
Erratum to: Pessaries in multiple pregnancy as a prevention of preterm birth: the ProTwin Trial
Sophie MS Liem, Dick J Bekedam, Kitty WM Bloemenkamp, Anneke Kwee, Dimitri NM Papatsonis, Joris AM van der Post, Arianne C Lim, Hubertina CJ Scheepers, Christine Willekes, Johannes J Duvekot, Marc Spaanderman, Martina Porath, Jim van Eyck, Monique C Haak, Marielle G van Pampus, Hein W Bruinse, Ben Willem J Mol, Maud A Hegeman
Risk factors and prognosis for neonatal sepsis in southeastern Mexico: analysis of a four-year historic cohort follow-up
Yelda A Leal, José Álvarez-Nemegyei, Juan R Velázquez, Ulises Rosado-Quiab, Nidia Diego-Rodríguez, Etna Paz-Baeza, Jorge Dávila-Velázquez
Sudden infant death syndrome: a re-examination of temporal trends
Sarka Lisonkova, Jennifer A Hutcheon, KS Joseph
In the Nepalese context, can a husband’s attendance during childbirth help his wife feel more in control of labour?
Sabitri Sapkota, Toshio Kobayashi, Masayuki Kakehashi, Gehanath Baral, Istuko Yoshida
Breastfeeding cessation and symptoms of anxiety and depression: a longitudinal cohort study
Eivind Ystrom
The effectiveness of exercise as a treatment for postnatal depression: study protocol
Amanda J Daley, Kate Jolly, Debbie J Sharp, Katrina M Turner, Ruth V Blamey, Sarah Coleman, Mary McGuinness, Andrea K Roalfe, Ian Jones, Christine MacArthur
The influence of women’s fear, attitudes and beliefs of childbirth on mode and experience of birth
Helen M Haines, Christine Rubertsson, Julie F Pallant, Ingegerd Hildingsson
Determinants of maternal health services utilization in urban settings of the Democratic Republic of Congo – A Case study of Lubumbashi City
Abel Ntambue ML, Françoise Malonga K, Michèle Dramaix-Wilmet, Philippe Donnen
Making birthing safe for Pakistan women: a cluster randomized trial
Muhammad Amir Khan, Shirin Mirza, Maqsood Ahmed, Akhtar Rasheed, Amanullah Khan, John Walley, Nailah Nisar
Overcoming phase 1 delays: the critical component of obstetric fistula prevention programs in resource-poor countries
L Lewis Wall
Institutional delivery service utilization and associated factors among mothers who gave birth in the last 12 months in Sekela District, North West of Ethiopia: A community - based cross sectional study
Alemayehu Shimeka Teferra, Fekadu Mazengia Alemu, Solomon Meseret Woldeyohannes
Can father inclusive practice reduce paternal postnatal anxiety? A repeated measures cohort study using the hospital anxiety and depression scale
Jenny Tohotoa, Bruce Maycock, Yvonne L Hauck, Satvinder Dhaliwal, Peter Howat, Sharyn Burns, Colin W Binns
A prospective study of effects of psychological factors and sleep on obstetric interventions, mode of birth, and neonatal outcomes among low-risk British Columbian women
Wendy A Hall, Kathrin Stoll, Eileen K Hutton, Helen Brown
Women with gestational diabetes in Vietnam: a qualitative study to determine attitudes and health behaviours
Jane E Hirst, Thach Son Tran, My An T Do, Forsyth Rowena, Jonathan M Morris, Heather E Jeffery
Reasons rural Laotians choose home deliveries over delivery at health facilities: a qualitative study
Vanphanom Sychareun, Visanou Hansana, Vatsana Somphet, Sisouvanh Xayavong, Alongkone Phengsavanh, Rebecca Popenoe
Incidence of and socio-biologic risk factors for spontaneous preterm birth in HIV positive Nigerian women
Oliver C Ezechi, Agatha N David, Chidinma V Gab-Okafor, Harry Ohwodo, David A Oladele, Olufunto O Kalejaiye, Paschal M Ezeobi, Titilola A Gbajabiamila, Rosemary A Adu, Bamidele Oke, Zaidat A Musa, Sabdat O Ekama, Oluwafunke Ilesanmi, Olutosin Odubela, Esther O Somefun, Ebiere C Herbertson, Dan I Onwujekwe, Innocent AO Ujah
Genome-wide association study identifies a maternal copy-number deletion in PSG11 enriched among preeclampsia patients
Linlu Zhao, Elizabeth W Triche, Kyle M Walsh, Michael B Bracken, Audrey F Saftlas, Josephine Hoh, Andrew T Dewan
How good are we at implementing evidence to support the management of birth related perineal trauma? A UK wide survey of midwifery practice
Debra E Bick, Khaled M Ismail, Sue Macdonald, Peter Thomas, Sue Tohill, Christine Kettle
Gaps in the evidence for prevention and treatment of maternal anaemia: a review of systematic reviews
Jacqui A Parker, Filipa Barroso, Simon J Stanworth, Helen Spiby, Sally Hopewell, Carolyn J Doree, Mary J Renfrew, Shubha Allard
Cost-effectiveness of an exercise program during pregnancy to prevent gestational diabetes: Results of an economic evaluation alongside a randomised controlled trial
Nicolette Oostdam, Judith Bosmans, Maurice GAJ Wouters, Elisabeth MW Eekhoff, Willem van Mechelen, Mireille NM van Poppel
Determinants of unwanted pregnancies in India using matched case-control designs
Priyanka Dixit, Faujdar Ram, Laxmi Kant Dwivedi
A population-based investigation into inequalities amongst Indigenous mothers and newborns by place of residence in the Northern territory, Australia
Malinda Steenkamp, Alice Rumbold, Lesley Barclay, Sue Kildea
Clean delivery practices in rural northern Ghana: a qualitative study of community and provider knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs
Cheryl A Moyer, Raymond Akawire Aborigo, Gideon Logonia, Gideon Affah, Sarah Rominski, Philip B Adongo, John Williams, Abraham Hodgson, Cyril Engmann
“Expectant Parents”: Study protocol of a longitudinal study concerning prenatal (risk) factors and postnatal infant development, parenting, and parent-infant relationships
A Janneke BM Maas, Charlotte MJM Vreeswijk, Evi SA de Cock, Catharina HAM Rijk, Hedwig JA van Bakel
Revising acute care systems and processes to improve breastfeeding and maternal postnatal health: a pre and post intervention study in one English maternity unit
Debra Bick, Trevor Murrells, Annette Weavers, Val Rose, Julie Wray, Sarah Beake
Early preterm delivery due to placenta previa is an independent risk factor for a subsequent spontaneous preterm birth
Offer Erez, Lena Novack, Vered Klaitman, Idit Erez-Weiss, Ruthy Beer-Weisel, Doron Dukler, Moshe Mazor
Determinant factors of pregnant mothers’ knowledge on mother to child transmission of HIV and its prevention in Gondar town, North West Ethiopia
Marelign Tilahun Malaju, Getu Degu Alene
Infant nutrition in the first seven days of life in rural northern Ghana
Raymond Akawire Aborigo, Cheryl A Moyer, Sarah Rominski, Philip Adongo, John Williams, Gideon Logonia, Gideon Affah, Abraham Hodgson, Cyril Engmann
Addressing disparities in maternal health care in Pakistan: gender, class and exclusion
Zubia Mumtaz, Sarah Salway, Laura Shanner, Shakila Zaman, Lory Laing
Systemic delays in the initiation of antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy do not improve outcomes of HIV-positive mothers: a cohort study
Landon Myer, Rose Zulliger, Linda-Gail Bekker, Elaine Abrams
Study Protocol. IDUS – Instrumental delivery & ultrasound. A multi-centre randomised controlled trial of ultrasound assessment of the fetal head position versus standard care as an approach to prevent morbidity at instrumental delivery
Deirdre J Murphy, Gerard Burke, Alan A Montgomery, Meenakshi Ramphul
Home birth attendants in low income countries: who are they and what do they do?
Ana Garces, Elizabeth M McClure, Elwyn Chomba, Archana Patel, Omrana Pasha, Antoinette Tshefu, Fabian Esamai, Shivaprasad Goudar, Adrien Lokangaka, K Michael Hambidge, Linda L Wright, Marion Koso-Thomas, Carl Bose, Waldemar A Carlo, Edward A Liechty, Patricia L Hibberd, Sherri Bucher, Ryan Whitworth, Robert L Goldenberg
Advanced maternal age and risk perception: A qualitative study
Hamideh Bayrampour, Maureen Heaman, Karen A Duncan, Suzanne Tough
Early childhood development when second-trimester ultrasound dating disagrees with last menstrual period: a prospective cohort study
Jagteshwar Grewal, Meghan Wernicke, Jun Zhang
Evaluating patient values and preferences for thromboprophylaxis decision making during pregnancy: a study protocol
Pablo Alonso-Coello, Shanil Ebrahim, Gordon H Guyatt, Kari AO Tikkinen, Mark H Eckman, Ignacio Neumann, Sarah D McDonald, Elie A Akl, Shannon M Bates
Preeclampsia complicated by advanced maternal age: a registry-based study on primiparous women in Finland 1997–2008
Reeta Lamminpää, Katri Vehviläinen-Julkunen, Mika Gissler, Seppo Heinonen
Quality of guidelines on the management of diabetes in pregnancy: a systematic review
Marjolein JE Greuter, Nathalie MA van Emmerik, Maurice GAJ Wouters, Maurits W van Tulder
The differential effects of maternal age, race/ethnicity and insurance on neonatal intensive care unit admission rates
Beatriz E de Jongh, Robert Locke, David A Paul, Matthew Hoffman
Association of antenatal care with facility delivery and perinatal survival – a population-based study in Bangladesh
Jesmin Pervin, Allisyn Moran, Monjur Rahman, Abdur Razzaque, Lynn Sibley, Peter K Streatfield, Laura J Reichenbach, Marge Koblinsky, Daniel Hruschka, Anisur Rahman
Maternal obesity and postpartum haemorrhage after vaginal and caesarean delivery among nulliparous women at term: a retrospective cohort study
Elaine M Fyfe, John MD Thompson, Ngaire H Anderson, Katie M Groom, Lesley M McCowan
Spontaneous dissection of the coronary and vertebral arteries post-partum: case report and review of the literature
Marta Cenkowski, Megan daSilva, Kimberly-Ann Bordun, Farrukh Hussain, Iain DC Kirkpatrick, Davinder S Jassal
Trial protocol OPPTIMUM– Does progesterone prophylaxis for the prevention of preterm labour improve outcome?
Jane E Norman, Andrew Shennan, Phillip Bennett, Steven Thornton, Stephen Robson, Neil Marlow, John Norrie, Stavros Petrou, Neil Sebire, Tina Lavender, Sonia Whyte
Effects of hospital delivery during off-hours on perinatal outcome in several subgroups: a retrospective cohort study
Ronald Gijsen, Chantal WPM Hukkelhoven, C Maarten A Schipper, Uzor C Ogbu, Mieneke de Bruin-Kooistra, Gert P Westert
Protocol for a drugs exposure pregnancy registry for implementation in resource-limited settings
Ushma Mehta, Christine Clerk, Elizabeth Allen, Mackensie Yore, Esperança Sevene, Jan Singlovic, Max Petzold, Viviana Mangiaterra, Elizabeth Elefant, Frank M Sullivan, Lewis B Holmes, Melba Gomes
Body image during pregnancy: an evaluation of the suitability of the body attitudes questionnaire
Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Helen Skouteris, Brittany Watson, Briony Hill
Has increased clinical experience with methotrexate reduced the direct costs of medical management of ectopic pregnancy compared to surgery?
Daniel T Westaby, Olivia Wu, W Colin Duncan, Hilary OD Critchley, Stephen Tong, Andrew W Horne
Institutional delivery service utilization in Munisa Woreda, South East Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study
Abdella Amano, Abebaw Gebeyehu, Zelalem Birhanu
The IDEAL study: investigation of dietary advice and lifestyle for women with borderline gestational diabetes: a randomised controlled trial - study protocol
Caroline A Crowther, William M Hague, Philippa F Middleton, Peter A Baghurst, Andrew J McPhee, Thach S Tran, Lisa N Yelland, Pat Ashwood, Shan Han, Jodie M Dodd, Jeffrey S Robinson
The impact of training non-physician clinicians in Malawi on maternal and perinatal mortality: a cluster randomised controlled evaluation of the enhancing training and appropriate technologies for mothers and babies in Africa (ETATMBA) project
David Ellard, Doug Simkiss, Siobhan Quenby, David Davies, Ngianga-bakwin Kandala, Francis Kamwendo, Chisale Mhango, Joseph Paul O’Hare
‘Groping through the fog’: a metasynthesis of women's experiences on VBAC (Vaginal birth after Caesarean section)
Ingela Lundgren, Cecily Begley, Mechthild M Gross, Terese Bondas
Joint modeling of success and treatment discontinuation in in vitrofertilization programs: a retrospective cohort study
Pénélope Troude, Sophie Ancelet, Juliette Guibert, Jean-Luc Pouly, Jean Bouyer, Elise de La Rochebrochard
Prevalence and risk factors of childbirth-related post-traumatic stress symptoms
Maryam Modarres, Sedigheh Afrasiabi, Parvin Rahnama, Ali Montazeri
Validity and reliability of criterion based clinical audit to assess obstetrical quality of care in West Africa
Catherine M Pirkle, Alexandre Dumont, Mamadou Traore, Maria-Victoria Zunzunegui
Birth weight differences between preterm stillbirths and live births: analysis of population-based studies from the U.S. and Sweden
Xun Zhang, KS Joseph, Sven Cnattingius, Michael S Kramer
Predictors for health facility delivery in Busia district of Uganda: a cross sectional study
Agnes Anyait, David Mukanga, George Bwire Oundo, Fred Nuwaha
Determinants of periodontal health in pregnant women and association with infants’ anthropometric status: a prospective cohort study from Eastern Uganda
Margaret Wandera, Anne N Åstrøm, Isaac Okullo, James K Tumwine
Sexual violence and pregnancy-related physical symptoms
Mirjam Lukasse, Lena Henriksen, Siri Vangen, Berit Schei
Short sleep duration, complaints of vital exhaustion and perceived stress are prevalent among pregnant women with mood and anxiety disorders
Chunfang Qiu, Bizu Gelaye, Neway Fida, Michelle A Williams
Does the organizational model of the maternity health clinic have an influence on women’s and their partners’ experiences? A service evaluation survey in Southwest Finland
Miia Tuominen, Anne Kaljonen, Pia Ahonen, Päivi Rautava
Evaluation of the 'healthy start to pregnancy' early antenatal health promotion workshop: a randomized controlled trial
Shelley A Wilkinson, H David McIntyre
Malawian fathers’ views and experiences of attending the birth of their children: a qualitative study
Lucy Ida Kululanga, Address Malata, Ellen Chirwa, Johanne Sundby
Father for the first time - development and validation of a questionnaire to assess fathers’ experiences of first childbirth (FTFQ)
Åsa Premberg, Charles Taft, Anna-Lena Hellström, Marie Berg
Excess gestational weight gain: an exploration of midwives’ views and practice
Jane C Willcox, Karen J Campbell, Paige van der Pligt, Elizabeth Hoban, Deborah Pidd, Shelley Wilkinson
Enhancing breast milk production with Domperidone in mothers of preterm neonates (EMPOWER trial)
Elizabeth V Asztalos, Marsha Campbell-Yeo, Orlando P daSilva, Alex Kiss, David C Knoppert, Shinya Ito
Adverse birth outcomes among native-born and foreign-born mothers in Taiwan: A population-based birth cohort study
Laura Wen-Shuan Shiao, Tung-liang Chiang
Temporal trends in the frequency of twins and higher-order multiple births in Canada and the United States
Deshayne B Fell, KS Joseph
A randomized trial to investigate the effects of pre-natal and infant nutritional supplementation on infant immune development in rural Gambia: the ENID trial: Early Nutrition and Immune Development
Sophie E Moore, Anthony JC Fulford, Momodou K Darboe, Modou Lamin Jobarteh, Landing M Jarjou, Andrew M Prentice
Hyperemesis gravidarum in the Medical Birth Registry of Norway – a validity study
Åse Vikanes, Per Magnus, Siri Vangen, Sølvi Lomsdal, Andrej M Grjibovski
Participant experiences of mindfulness-based childbirth education: a qualitative study
Colleen Fisher, Yvonne Hauck, Sara Bayes, Jean Byrne
High maternal mortality in rural south-west Ethiopia: estimate by using the sisterhood method
Yaliso Yaya, Bernt Lindtjørn
Silent loss and the clinical encounter: Parents’ and physicians’ experiences of stillbirth–a qualitative analysis
Maureen C Kelley, Susan B Trinidad
Mode of birth and women’s psychological and physical wellbeing in the postnatal period
Ingrid J Rowlands, Maggie Redshaw
Causes of perinatal death at a tertiary care hospital in Northern Tanzania 2000–2010: a registry based study
Blandina T Mmbaga, Rolv Terje Lie, Raimos Olomi, Michael Johnson Mahande, Oneko Olola, Anne Kjersti Daltveit
Utilisation of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners within maternity care provision: results from a nationally representative cohort study of 1,835 pregnant women
Amie Steel, Jon Adams, David Sibbritt, Alex Broom, Cindy Gallois, Jane Frawley
Canadian adolescent mothers’ perceptions of influences on breastfeeding decisions: a qualitative descriptive study
Sherry A Nesbitt, Karen A Campbell, Susan M Jack, Heather Robinson, Kathleen Piehl, Janice C Bogdan
Trends in postpartum hemorrhage from 2000 to 2009: a population-based study
Azar Mehrabadi, Jennifer A Hutcheon, Lily Lee, Robert M Liston, KS Joseph
Individual and institutional determinants of caesarean section in referral hospitals in Senegal and Mali: a cross-sectional epidemiological survey
Valérie Briand, Alexandre Dumont, Michal Abrahamowicz, Mamadou Traore, Laurence Watier, Pierre Fournier
A prospective study of twinning and perinatal mortality in urban Guinea-Bissau
Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen, Najaaraq Lund, Frida Staarup Jepsen, Luis Camala, Margarida Alfredo Gomes, Kaare Christensen, Lene Christiansen, Dorte Møller Jensen, Peter Aaby, Henning Beck-Nielsen, Christine Stabell Benn, Morten Sodemann
Acculturation and gestational weight gain in a predominantly puerto rican population
Alison Tovar, Lisa Chasan-Taber, Odilia I Bermudez, Raymond R Hyatt, Aviva Must
UK Breastfeeding Helpline support: An investigation of influences upon satisfaction
Gill Thomson, Nicola Crossland, Fiona Dykes, Chris J Sutton
Quality of antenatal care in Zambia: a national assessment
Nicholas N A Kyei, Collins Chansa, Sabine Gabrysch
Association between pregnancy intention and optimal breastfeeding practices in the Philippines: a cross-sectional study1
Valerie Gilbert T Ulep, Maridel P Borja
Helping rural women in Pakistan to prevent postpartum hemorrhage: A quasi experimental study
Ali Mohammad Mir, Abdul Wajid, Sadaf Gull
Making pragmatic choices: women’s experiences of delivery care in Northern Ethiopia
Tesfay Gebrehiwot, Isabel Goicolea, Kerstin Edin, Miguel San Sebastian
An inventory of Canadian pregnancy and birth cohort studies: research in progress
Marie-Pier Joly, Michel Boivin, Anne Junker, Alan Bocking, Michael S Kramer, Stephanie A Atkinson
Regional variation in obstetrical intervention for hospital birth in the Republic of Ireland, 2005–2009
Jennifer E Lutomski, John J Morrison, Mona T Lydon-Rochelle
Temporal patterns in count-to-tenfetal movement charts and their associations with pregnancy characteristics: a prospective cohort study
Brita Askeland Winje, Jo Røislien, J Frederik Frøen
Women’s experience of transfer from midwifery unit to hospital obstetric unit during labour: a qualitative interview study
Rachel E Rowe, Jennifer J Kurinczuk, Louise Locock, Ray Fitzpatrick
An implementation evaluation of a policy aiming to improve financial access to maternal health care in Djibo district, Burkina Faso
Loubna Belaid, Valéry Ridde
A postal survey of maternal sleep in late pregnancy
B Lynne Hutchison, Peter R Stone, Lesley ME McCowan, Alistair W Stewart, John MD Thompson, Edwin A Mitchell
Influence of interpersonal violence on maternal anxiety, depression, stress and parenting morale in the early postpartum: a community based pregnancy cohort study
Lise A Malta, Sheila W McDonald, Kathy M Hegadoren, Carol A Weller, Suzanne C Tough
Level and intensity of objectively assessed physical activity among pregnant women from urban Ethiopia
Mads F Hjorth, Stine Kloster, Tsinuel Girma, Daniel Faurholt-Jepsen, Gregers Andersen, Pernille Kæstel, Søren Brage, Henrik Friis
Maternal obesity is the new challenge; a qualitative study of health professionals’ views towards suitable care for pregnant women with a Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m2
Debbie M Smith, Alison Cooke, Tina Lavender
Congenital anomalies among live births in a polluted area. A ten-year retrospective study
Emilio Antonio Luca Gianicolo, Antonella Bruni, Enrico Rosati, Saverio Sabina, Roberto Guarino, Gabriella Padolecchia, Carlo Leo, Maria Angela Vigotti, Maria Grazia Andreassi, Giuseppe Latini
Sublingual misoprostol versus standard surgical care for treatment of incomplete abortion in five sub-Saharan African countries
Tara Shochet, Ayisha Diop, Alioune Gaye, Madi Nayama, Aissata Bal Sall, Fawole Bukola, Thieba Blandine, Okunlola Michael Abiola, Blami Dao, Ogunbode Olayinka, Beverly Winikoff
Community-level influences on women's experience of intimate partner violence and terminated pregnancy in Nigeria: a multilevel analysis
Diddy Antai, Sunday Adaji
Improved quality of management of eclampsia patients through criteria based audit at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Bridging the quality gap
Hussein Lesio Kidanto, Peter Wangwe, Charles D Kilewo, Lennarth Nystrom, Gunnila Lindmark
Striving for scientific stringency: a re-analysis of a randomised controlled trial considering first-time mothers’ obstetric outcomes in relation to birth position
Li Thies-Lagergren, Linda J Kvist, Kyllike Christensson, Ingegerd Hildingsson
Clean birth kits to improve birth practices: development and testing of a country level decision support tool
Vanora A Hundley, Bilal I Avan, Haris Ahmed, Wendy J Graham
Sleep education during pregnancy for new mothers
Liora Kempler, Louise Sharpe, Delwyn Bartlett
The Murri clinic: a comparative retrospective study of an antenatal clinic developed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
Sue Kildea, Helen Stapleton, Rebecca Murphy, Natalie Billy Low, Kristen Gibbons
Contradictions and conflict: A meta-ethnographic study of migrant women’s experiences of breastfeeding in a new country
Virginia Schmied, Hannah Olley, Elaine Burns, Margie Duff, Cindy-Lee Dennis, Hannah G Dahlen
Professionals’ views of fetal monitoring during labour: a systematic review and thematic analysis
Valerie Smith, Cecily M Begley, Mike Clarke, Declan Devane
Existing maternal obesity guidelines may increase inequalities between ethnic groups: a national epidemiological study of 502,474 births in England
Nicola Heslehurst, Naveed Sattar, Daghni Rajasingam, John Wilkinson, Carolyn D Summerbell, Judith Rankin
Relationship of postnatal depressive symptoms to infant temperament, maternal expectations, social support and other potential risk factors: findings from a large Australian cross-sectional study
John G Eastwood, Bin B Jalaludin, Lynn A Kemp, Hai N Phung, Bryane EW Barnett
Public health education for midwives and midwifery students: a mixed methods study
Jenny McNeill, Jackie Doran, Fiona Lynn, Gail Anderson, Fiona Alderdice
Induction of labour versus expectant management for nulliparous women over 35 years of age: a multi-centre prospective, randomised controlled trial
Kate F Walker, George Bugg, Marion Macpherson, Carol McCormick, Chris Wildsmith, Gordon Smith, Jim Thornton
Women’s experiences of factors that facilitate or inhibit gestational diabetes self-management
Mary Carolan, Gurjeet K Gill, Cheryl Steele
Can hospital audit teams identify case management problems, analyse their causes, identify and implement improvements? A cross-sectional process evaluation of obstetric near-miss case reviews in Benin
Matthias Borchert, Sourou Goufodji, Eusèbe Alihonou, Thérèse Delvaux, Jacques Saizonou, Lydie Kanhonou, Véronique Filippi
Low level maternal smoking and infant birthweight reduction: genetic contributions of GSTT1 and GSTM1polymorphisms
Asta Danileviciute, Regina Grazuleviciene, Algimantas Paulauskas, Ruta Nadisauskiene, Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen
Trends of preterm birth and low birth weight in Japan: a one hospital-based study
Takashi Yorifuji, Hiroo Naruse, Saori Kashima, Takeshi Murakoshi, Tsuguhiko Kato, Sachiko Inoue, Hiroyuki Doi, Ichiro Kawachi
Under-reporting of birth registrations in New South Wales, Australia
Fenglian Xu, Elizabeth A Sullivan, Deborah A Black, Lisa R Jackson Pulver, Richard C Madden
Prenatal management and perinatal outcome in giant placental chorioangioma complicated with hydrops fetalis, fetal anemia and maternal mirror syndrome
Lutgardo García-Díaz, Práxedes Carreto, Susana Costa-Pereira, Guillermo Antiñolo
Health care costs associated with gestational diabetes mellitus among high-risk women – results from a randomised trial
Päivi Kolu, Jani Raitanen, Pekka Rissanen, Riitta Luoto
Intraclass correlation coefficients in the Brazilian network for surveillance of severe maternal morbidity study
Samira M Haddad, Maria H Sousa, Jose G Cecatti, Mary A Parpinelli, Maria L Costa, Joao P Souza
Comparing the odds of postpartum haemorrhage in planned home birth against planned hospital birth: results of an observational study of over 500,000 maternities in the UK
Andrea Nove, Ann Berrington, Zoë Matthews
Risk adjustment models for interhospital comparison of CS rates using Robson’s ten group classification system and other socio-demographic and clinical variables
Paola Colais, Maria P Fantini, Danilo Fusco, Elisa Carretta, Elisa Stivanello, Jacopo Lenzi, Giulia Pieri, Carlo A Perucci
Trends in gestational age and birth weight in Chile, 1991–2008. A descriptive epidemiological study
Paulina O Lopez, Gérard Bréart
Levels and correlates of non-adherence to WHO recommended inter-birth intervals in Rufiji, Tanzania
Amon Exavery, Sigilbert Mrema, Amri Shamte, Kristin Bietsch, Dominic Mosha, Godfrey Mbaruku, Honorati Masanja
A cohort evaluation on arterial stiffness and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy
Wai Yee Lim, Seang Mei Saw, Kok Hian Tan, George SH Yeo, Kenneth YC Kwek
A systematic review of the relationship between severe maternal morbidity and post-traumatic stress disorder
Marie Furuta, Jane Sandall, Debra Bick
Effectiveness of continuous glucose monitoring during diabetic pregnancy (GlucoMOMS trial); a randomised controlled trial
Daphne N Voormolen, J Hans DeVries, Arie Franx, Ben WJ Mol, Inge M Evers