Issue 1/2016
Content (390 Articles)
Long-term follow-up and pregnancy after complete sacrectomy with lumbopelvic reconstruction: case report and literature review
Valentin V. Barsan, Valentina Briceño, Manisha Gandhi, Andrew Jea
Long-term outcomes for women after obstetric fistula repair in Lilongwe, Malawi: a qualitative study
Laura B. Drew, Jeffrey P. Wilkinson, William Nundwe, Margaret Moyo, Ronald Mataya, Mwawi Mwale, Jennifer H. Tang
Approach to the sonographic evaluation of fetal ventriculomegaly at 11 to 14 weeks gestation
Gwendolin Manegold-Brauer, Anton Oseledchyk, Anne Floeck, Christoph Berg, Ulrich Gembruch, Annegret Geipel
Childbirth and consequent atopic disease: emerging evidence on epigenetic effects based on the hygiene and EPIIC hypotheses
H. G. Dahlen, S. Downe, M. L. Wright, H. P. Kennedy, J. Y. Taylor
Effect of maternal stress during pregnancy on the risk for preterm birth
Caroline Lilliecreutz, Johanna Larén, Gunilla Sydsjö, Ann Josefsson
Perceptions of labour pain management of Dutch primary care midwives: a focus group study
Trudy Klomp, Ank de Jonge, Eileen K. Hutton, Suzanne Hers, Antoine L. M. Lagro-Janssen
Vitamin D deficiency and supplementation in pregnancy in a multiethnic population-based cohort
Åse R. Eggemoen, Ragnhild S. Falk, Kirsten V. Knutsen, Per Lagerløv, Line Sletner, Kåre I. Birkeland, Anne K. Jenum
Prayer and meditation among Danish first time mothers—a questionnaire study
Christina Prinds, Dorte Hvidtjørn, Axel Skytthe, Ole Mogensen, Niels Christian Hvidt
From grief, guilt pain and stigma to hope and pride – a systematic review and meta-analysis of mixed-method research of the psychosocial impact of stillbirth
Christy Burden, Stephanie Bradley, Claire Storey, Alison Ellis, Alexander E. P. Heazell, Soo Downe, Joanne Cacciatore, Dimitrios Siassakos
A study of an intelligent system to support decision making in the management of labour using the cardiotocograph – the INFANT study protocol
Peter Brocklehurst
eRegistries: Electronic registries for maternal and child health
J. Frederik Frøen, Sonja L. Myhre, Michael J. Frost, Doris Chou, Garrett Mehl, Lale Say, Socheat Cheng, Ingvild Fjeldheim, Ingrid K. Friberg, Steve French, Jagrati V. Jani, Jane Kaye, John Lewis, Ane Lunde, Kjersti Mørkrid, Victoria Nankabirwa, Linda Nyanchoka, Hollie Stone, Mahima Venkateswaran, Aleena M. Wojcieszek, Marleen Temmerman, Vicki J. Flenady
‘We are all scared for the baby’: promoting access to dental services for refugee background women during pregnancy
Elisha Riggs, Jane Yelland, Ramini Shankumar, Nicky Kilpatrick
Prenatal screening for psychosocial risks in a high risk-population in Peru using the KINDEX interview
Andria Spyridou, Maggie Schauer, Martina Ruf-Leuschner
‘Tweaking’ the model for understanding and preventing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in Low Income Countries: “inserting new ideas into a timeless wine skin”
Michael K. Mwaniki, Evaline J. Baya, Faith Mwangi-Powell, Peter Sidebotham
Socioeconomic inequalities in stillbirth rates in Europe: measuring the gap using routine data from the Euro-Peristat Project
Jennifer Zeitlin, Laust Mortensen, Caroline Prunet, Alison Macfarlane, Ashna D. Hindori-Mohangoo, Mika Gissler, Katarzyna Szamotulska, Karin van der Pal, Francisco Bolumar, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Helga Sól Ólafsdóttir, Wei-Hong Zhang, Béatrice Blondel, Sophie Alexander
Systematic review to understand and improve care after stillbirth: a review of parents’ and healthcare professionals’ experiences
Alison Ellis, Caroline Chebsey, Claire Storey, Stephanie Bradley, Sue Jackson, Vicki Flenady, Alexander Heazell, Dimitrios Siassakos
Laboratory prediction of primary postpartum haemorrhage: a comparative cohort study
William K. B. A. Owiredu, Derick N. M. Osakunor, Cornelius A. Turpin, Osei Owusu-Afriyie
Psychosocial factors associated with early initiation and frequency of antenatal care (ANC) visits in a rural and urban setting in South Africa: a cross-sectional survey
Lorrein Shamiso Muhwava, Neo Morojele, Leslie London
Quality of life in women who were exposed to domestic violence during pregnancy
Zahra Tavoli, Azadeh Tavoli, Razieh Amirpour, Reihaneh Hosseini, Ali Montazeri
An ethnographic investigation of the maternity healthcare experience of immigrants in rural and urban Alberta, Canada
Gina M Higginbottom, Jalal Safipour, Sophie Yohani, Beverly O’Brien, Zubia Mumtaz, Patricia Paton, Yvonne Chiu, Rubina Barolia
The impact of a community driven mass media campaign on the utilisation of maternal health care services in rural Malawi
Collins O. F. Zamawe, Masford Banda, Albert N. Dube
Early nasogastric tube feeding in optimising treatment for hyperemesis gravidarum: the MOTHER randomised controlled trial (Maternal and Offspring outcomes after Treatment of HyperEmesis by Refeeding)
Iris J. Grooten, Ben W. Mol, Joris A. M. van der Post, Carrie Ris-Stalpers, Marjolein Kok, Joke M. J. Bais, Caroline J. Bax, Johannes J. Duvekot, Henk A. Bremer, Martina M. Porath, Wieteke M. Heidema, Kitty W. M. Bloemenkamp, Hubertina C. J. Scheepers, Maureen T. M. Franssen, Martijn A. Oudijk, Tessa J. Roseboom, Rebecca C. Painter
Use of prophylactic uterotonics during the third stage of labor: a survey of provider practices in community health facilities in Sierra Leone
Abirami Natarajan, Roy Ahn, Brett D. Nelson, Melody Eckardt, Jennifer Kamara, SAS Kargbo, Pity Kanu, Thomas F. Burke
Maternal near misses from two referral hospitals in Uganda: a prospective cohort study on incidence, determinants and prognostic factors
Annettee Nakimuli, Sarah Nakubulwa, Othman Kakaire, Michael O. Osinde, Scovia N. Mbalinda, Rose C. Nabirye, Nelson Kakande, Dan K. Kaye
Neonatal and maternal outcomes following midtrimester preterm premature rupture of the membranes: a retrospective cohort study
Laura Aoife Linehan, Jennifer Walsh, Aoife Morris, Louise Kenny, Keelin O’Donoghue, Eugene Dempsey, Noirin Russell
Vitamin B12 concentrations in pregnant Colombian women: analysis of nationwide data 2010
Robinson Ramírez-Vélez, Jorge Enrique Correa-Bautista, Javier Martínez-Torres, José Francisco Meneses-Echávez, Felipe Lobelo
Maternal dietary intake and physical activity habits during the postpartum period: associations with clinician advice in a sample of Australian first time mothers
Paige van der Pligt, Ellinor K Olander, Kylie Ball, David Crawford, Kylie D Hesketh, Megan Teychenne, Karen Campbell
Continuity of care by a primary midwife (caseload midwifery) increases women’s satisfaction with antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care: results from the COSMOS randomised controlled trial
Della A. Forster, Helen L. McLachlan, Mary-Ann Davey, Mary Anne Biro, Tanya Farrell, Lisa Gold, Maggie Flood, Touran Shafiei, Ulla Waldenström
Gaining insight into how women conceptualize satisfaction: Western Australian women’s perception of their maternity care experiences
Lucy Lewis, Yvonne L. Hauck, Fiona Ronchi, Caroline Crichton, Liana Waller
Ancestry informative markers and selected single nucleotide polymorphisms in immunoregulatory genes on preterm labor and preterm premature rupture of membranes: a case control study
Bruna Ribeiro de Andrade Ramos, Niele Dias Mendes, Aline Aki Tanikawa, Marcos Antônio Trindade Amador, Ney Pereira Carneiro dos Santos, Sidney Emanuel Batista dos Santos, Erick C. Castelli, Steven S. Witkin, Márcia Guimarães da Silva
Reluctance to care for patients with HIV or hepatitis B / C in Japan
Koji Wada, Derek R. Smith, Tomohiro Ishimaru
Determinants of early initiation of breastfeeding in Nigeria: a population-based study using the 2013 demograhic and health survey data
Anselm S. Berde, Siddika Songül Yalcin
Women’s experience of intrapartum transfer from a Western Australian birth centre co-located to a tertiary maternity hospital
Lesley Kuliukas, Ravani Duggan, Lucy Lewis, Yvonne Hauck
Women’s preferences and mode of delivery in public and private hospitals: a prospective cohort study
Agustina Mazzoni, Fernando Althabe, Laura Gutierrez, Luz Gibbons, Nancy H. Liu, Ana María Bonotti, Gustavo H. Izbizky, Marta Ferrary, Nora Viergue, Silvia I. Vigil, Gabriela Zalazar Denett, José M. Belizán
Improved pregnancy outcomes with increasing antiretroviral coverage in South Africa
Theron Moodley, Dhayendre Moodley, Motshedisi Sebitloane, Niren Maharaj, Benn Sartorius
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth reviewer acknowledgement 2015
Nawsheen Boodhun
A cross-sectional survey of policies guiding second stage labor in urban Japanese hospitals, clinics and midwifery birth centers
Kaori Baba, Yaeko Kataoka, Kaori Nakayama, Yukari Yaju, Shigeko Horiuchi, Hiromi Eto
Web-based interventions for prevention and treatment of perinatal mood disorders: a systematic review
Eleanor W. Lee, Fiona C. Denison, Kahyee Hor, Rebecca M. Reynolds
Caesarean section by maternal age group among singleton deliveries and primiparous Japanese women: a secondary analysis of the WHO Global Survey on Maternal and Perinatal Health
Kyoko Yoshioka-Maeda, Erika Ota, Togoobaatar Ganchimeg, Mariko Kuroda, Rintaro Mori
“Is it realistic?” the portrayal of pregnancy and childbirth in the media
Ann Luce, Marilyn Cash, Vanora Hundley, Helen Cheyne, Edwin van Teijlingen, Catherine Angell
A geospatial analysis of the impacts of maternity care fee payment policies on the uptake of skilled birth care in Ghana
Fiifi Amoako Johnson
Qualitative exploration of facilitating factors and barriers to use of antenatal care services by pregnant women in urban and rural settings in Pakistan
Yasir Bin Nisar, Brekhna Aurangzeb, Michael J Dibley, Ashraful Alam
Community and provider perceptions of traditional and skilled birth attendants providing maternal health care for pastoralist communities in Kenya: a qualitative study
Abbey Byrne, Tanya Caulfield, Pamela Onyo, Josephat Nyagero, Alison Morgan, John Nduba, Michelle Kermode
Assessing use of a printed lifestyle intervention tool by women with borderline gestational diabetes and their achievement of diet and exercise goals: a descriptive study
Shanshan Han, Philippa F. Middleton, Thach S. Tran, Caroline A. Crowther
Constructing maternal morbidity – towards a standard tool to measure and monitor maternal health beyond mortality
Doris Chou, Özge Tunçalp, Tabassum Firoz, Maria Barreix, Veronique Filippi, Peter von Dadelszen, Nynke van den Broek, Jose Guilherme Cecatti, Lale Say
Factors associated with utilization of motorcycle ambulances by pregnant women in rural eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study
Rogers Ssebunya, Joseph K. B. Matovu
‘The money is important but all women anyway go to hospital for childbirth nowadays’ - a qualitative exploration of why women participate in a conditional cash transfer program to promote institutional deliveries in Madhya Pradesh, India
Kristi Sidney, Rachel Tolhurst, Kate Jehan, Vishal Diwan, Ayesha De Costa
Linear trends and seasonality of births and perinatal outcomes in Upper East Region, Ghana from 2010 to 2014
Eric Osei, Isaac Agbemefle, Gideon Kye-Duodu, Fred Newton Binka
Study protocol of SWEPIS a Swedish multicentre register based randomised controlled trial to compare induction of labour at 41 completed gestational weeks versus expectant management and induction at 42 completed gestational weeks
Helen Elden, Henrik Hagberg, Anna Wessberg, Verena Sengpiel, Andreas Herbst, Maria Bullarbo, Christina Bergh, Kristian Bolin, Snezana Malbasic, Sissel Saltvedt, Olof Stephansson, Anna-Karin Wikström, Lars Ladfors, Ulla-Britt Wennerholm
Factors influencing women’s preference for health facility deliveries in Jharkhand state, India: a cross sectional analysis
Sanghita Bhattacharyya, Aradhana Srivastava, Reetabrata Roy, Bilal I. Avan
Millennium development Goal 5: progress and challenges in reducing maternal deaths in Ghana
Minerva Kyei-Nimakoh, Mary Carolan-Olah, Terence V. McCann
Serum level and polymorphisms of retinol-binding protein-4 and risk for gestational diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis
Shimin Hu, Qian Liu, Xin Huang, Hongzhuan Tan
A systematic review to examine the evidence regarding discussions by midwives, with women, around their options for where to give birth
Catherine Henshall, Beck Taylor, Sara Kenyon
Awareness of cytomegalovirus and risk factors for susceptibility among pregnant women, in Montreal, Canada
Sarah Wizman, Valérie Lamarre, Lena Coic, Fatima Kakkar, Jean-Baptiste Le Meur, Céline Rousseau, Marc Boucher, Bruce Tapiero
Fetal heart rate monitoring of short term variation (STV): a methodological observational study
Stina Wretler, Malin Holzmann, Sophie Graner, Pelle Lindqvist, Susanne Falck, Lennart Nordström
Early pregnancy fasting plasma glucose and lipid concentrations in pregnancy and association to offspring size: a retrospective cohort study
Bin Liu, Huizhen Geng, Juan Yang, Ying Zhang, Langhui Deng, Weiqing Chen, Zilian Wang
Fertility rates among very young adolescent women: temporal and spatial trends in Brazil
Ana Luiza Vilela Borges, Christiane Borges do Nascimento Chofakian, Ana Paula Sayuri Sato, Elizabeth Fujimori, Luciane Simões Duarte, Murilo Novaes Gomes
Towards universal access to skilled birth attendance: the process of transforming the role of traditional birth attendants in Rural China
Hong Jiang, Xu Qian, Lili Chen, Jian Li, Erin Escobar, Mary Story, Shenglan Tang
Why do some women choose to freebirth in the UK? An interpretative phenomenological study
Claire Feeley, Gill Thomson
Associations between maternal lipid profile and pregnancy complications and perinatal outcomes: a population-based study from China
Wen-Yuan Jin, Sheng-Liang Lin, Ruo-Lin Hou, Xiao-Yang Chen, Ting Han, Yan Jin, Li Tang, Zhi-Wei Zhu, Zheng-Yan Zhao
Increased prevalence of some birth defects in Korea, 2009–2010
Dirga Kumar Lamichhane, Jong-Han Leem, Myungsook Park, Jung Ae Kim, Hwan Cheol Kim, Jin Hee Kim, Yun-Chul Hong
Higher maternal leptin levels at second trimester are associated with subsequent greater gestational weight gain in late pregnancy
Marilyn Lacroix, Marie-Claude Battista, Myriam Doyon, Julie Moreau, Julie Patenaude, Laetitia Guillemette, Julie Ménard, Jean-Luc Ardilouze, Patrice Perron, Marie-France Hivert
New architectural design of delivery room reduces morbidity in preterm neonates: a prospective cohort study
Gianluca Terrin, Francesca Conte, Antonella Scipione, Vincenzo Aleandri, Maria Di Chiara, Erica Bacchio, Francesco Messina, Mario De Curtis
Birth weight centiles by gestational age for twins born in south India
Prasanna Premkumar, Belavendra Antonisamy, Jiji Mathews, Santhosh Benjamin, Annie Regi, Ruby Jose, Anil Kuruvilla, Mathews Mathai
Internet use by pregnant women seeking pregnancy-related information: a systematic review
Padaphet Sayakhot, Mary Carolan-Olah
Opportunities for male involvement during pregnancy in Magu district, rural Tanzania
E. Vermeulen, A. Solnes Miltenburg, J. Barras, N. Maselle, M. van Elteren, J. van Roosmalen
Development of a tool to measure women’s perception of respectful maternity care in public health facilities
Ephrem D. Sheferaw, Teka Z. Mengesha, Solomon B. Wase
Lifestyle INtervention for Diabetes prevention After pregnancy (LINDA-Brasil): study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial
Maria Inês Schmidt, Bruce B. Duncan, Cristina Castilhos, Eliana Márcia Wendland, Pedro C. Hallal, Beatriz D’Agord Schaan, Michele Drehmer, Adriana Costa e Forti, Cristina Façanha, Maria Angélica Nunes
An exploration of village-level uterotonic practices in Fenerive-Est, Madagascar
Lillian Collins, Kristin Mmari, Luke C. Mullany, Christian W. Gruber, Rachel Favero
Management of ureteral stenting for postrenal failure during pregnancy after ureteral reimplantation: a case report
Yutaka Yoneoka, Shoji Kaku, Shunichiro Tsuji, Hiroto Yamashita, Takashi Inoue, Fuminori Kimura, Takashi Murakami
Diagnosing onset of labor: a systematic review of definitions in the research literature
Gillian E. Hanley, Sarah Munro, Devon Greyson, Mechthild M. Gross, Vanora Hundley, Helen Spiby, Patricia A. Janssen
Reliability and validity of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) for detecting perinatal common mental disorders (PCMDs) among women in low-and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review
Sumitra Devi Shrestha, Rina Pradhan, Thach D. Tran, Rosa C. Gualano, Jane R. W. Fisher
Birth preparedness, complication readiness and other determinants of place of delivery among mothers in Goba District, Bale Zone, South East Ethiopia
Semere Sileshi Belda, Mulugeta Betre Gebremariam
Natural history of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in pregnancy: postpartum histo-pathologic outcome and review of the literature
Mariella Mailath-Pokorny, Richard Schwameis, Christoph Grimm, Alexander Reinthaller, Stephan Polterauer
Are all immigrant mothers really at risk of low birth weight and perinatal mortality? The crucial role of socio-economic status
Judith Racape, Claudia Schoenborn, Mouctar Sow, Sophie Alexander, Myriam De Spiegelaere
Prevalence of anaemia and associated risk factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Gulu and Hoima Regional Hospitals in Uganda: A cross sectional study
Gerald Obai, Pancras Odongo, Ronald Wanyama
The UK Midwifery Study System (UKMidSS): a programme of work to establish a research infrastructure to carry out national studies of uncommon conditions and events in midwifery units
Rachel E Rowe, Jennifer J Kurinczuk, Jennifer Hollowell, Marian Knight
Validation of the Spanish version of mackey childbirth satisfaction rating scale
Pablo Caballero, Beatriz E. Delgado-García, Isabel Orts-Cortes, Joaquin Moncho, Pamela Pereyra-Zamora, Andreu Nolasco
The predictive value of sequential cervical length screening in singleton pregnancies after cerclage: a retrospective cohort study
Sophie Pils, Wolfgang Eppel, Regina Promberger, Max-Paul Winter, Rudolf Seemann, Johannes Ott
Women and their birth partners’ experiences following a primary postpartum haemorrhage: a qualitative study
T. Dunning, J. M. Harris, J. Sandall
Health care professionals’ knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to umbilical cord blood banking and donation: an integrative review
Lisa Peberdy, Jeanine Young, Lauren Kearney
Risk factors for vaginal fistula symptoms in Sub-Saharan Africa: a pooled analysis of national household survey data
Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, Véronique Filippi, Nathalie Maulet, Sékou Samadoulougou, Marcia C. Castro, Nicolas Meda, Mariève Pouliot, Fati Kirakoya-Samadoulougou
Factors associated with adoption of beneficial newborn care practices in rural Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study
Michael O. Owor, Joseph K. B. Matovu, Daniel Murokora, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Peter Waiswa
The obstetric care subsidy policy in Burkina Faso: what are the effects after five years of implementation? Findings of a complex evaluation
Rasmané Ganaba, Patrick G. C. Ilboudo, Jenny A. Cresswell, Maurice Yaogo, Cheick Omar Diallo, Fabienne Richard, Nadia Cunden, Veronique Filippi, Sophie Witter
Satisfaction with emergency obstetric and new born care services among clients using public health facilities in Jimma Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia; a cross sectional study
Alemayehu Kumsa, Gurmessa Tura, Aderajew Nigusse, Getahun Kebede
Perinatal health outcomes of East African immigrant populations in Victoria, Australia: a population based study
Fetene B. Belihu, Mary-Ann Davey, Rhonda Small
Maternal hepatitis B virus carrier status and pregnancy outcomes: a prospective cohort study
Ai-Ming Cui, Xiao-Yan Cheng, Jian-Guo Shao, Hai-Bo Li, Xu-Lin Wang, Yi Shen, Li-Jing Mao, Sheng Zhang, Hai-Yun Liu, Lei Zhang, Gang Qin
Stressful events, social health issues and psychological distress in Aboriginal women having a baby in South Australia: implications for antenatal care
Donna Weetra, Karen Glover, Mary Buckskin, Jackie Ah Kit, Cathy Leane, Amanda Mitchell, Deanna Stuart-Butler, May Turner, Jane Yelland, Deirdre Gartland, Stephanie J Brown
Better than nothing? maternal, newborn, and child health services and perinatal mortality, Lubumbashi, democratic republic of the Congo: a cohort study
Abel Mukengeshayi Ntambue, Françoise Kaj Malonga, Michele Dramaix-Wilmet, Roger Nlandu Ngatu, Philippe Donnen
The impact of caesarean section on breastfeeding initiation, duration and difficulties in the first four months postpartum
Amy J. Hobbs, Cynthia A. Mannion, Sheila W. McDonald, Meredith Brockway, Suzanne C. Tough
The influence of grandmothers on breastfeeding rates: a systematic review
Joel Negin, Jenna Coffman, Pavle Vizintin, Camille Raynes-Greenow
Caesarean section following induction of labour in uncomplicated first births- a population-based cross-sectional analysis of 42,950 births
Mary-Ann Davey, James King
Comparison of birth certificates and hospital-based birth data on pregnancy complications in Los Angeles and Orange County, California
Nekisa Haghighat, Maogui Hu, Olivier Laurent, Judith Chung, Peter Nguyen, Jun Wu
High prevalence of herpes simplex virus (HSV)- type 2 co-infection among HIV-positive women in Ukraine, but no increased HIV mother-to-child transmission risk
Karoline Aebi-Popp, Heather Bailey, Ruslan Malyuta, Alla Volokha, Claire Thorne
Determining the psychometric properties of the Enhancing Decision-making Assessment in Midwifery (EDAM) measure in a cross cultural context
Elaine Jefford, Julie Jomeen, Colin R. Martin
Postpartum sacral stress fracture: a case report
Nadeen Hilal, Anwar H. Nassar
Effect of a pro-breastfeeding intervention on the maintenance of breastfeeding for 2 years or more: randomized clinical trial with adolescent mothers and grandmothers
Cristiano Francisco da Silva, Leandro Meirelles Nunes, Renata Schwartz, Elsa Regina Justo Giugliani
Study protocol: Mother and Infant Nutritional Assessment (MINA) cohort study in Qatar and Lebanon
Farah Naja, Lara Nasreddine, Al Anoud Al Thani, Khaled Yunis, Michael Clinton, Anwar Nassar, Sara Farhat Jarrar, Patricia Moghames, Ghina Ghazeeri, Sajjad Rahman, Walaa Al-Chetachi, Eman Sadoun, Nibal Lubbad, Zelaikha Bashwar, Hiba Bawadi, Nahla Hwalla
Barriers to and determinants of the use of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in Cross River State, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study
Soter Ameh, Eme Owoaje, Angela Oyo-Ita, Caroline W. Kabiru, Obaji E. O. Akpet, Aniekan Etokidem, Okokon Enembe, Nnette Ekpenyong
Inadequate prenatal care use and breastfeeding practices in Canada: a national survey of women
Christy Costanian, Alison K. Macpherson, Hala Tamim
Marvellous to mediocre: findings of national survey of UK practice and provision of care in pregnancies after stillbirth or neonatal death
T. A. Mills, C. Ricklesford, A. E. P. Heazell, A. Cooke, T. Lavender
Survival analysis and prognostic factors of timing of first childbirth among women in Nigeria
Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe, Erhabor Sunday Idemudia
Antenatal consultation for parents whose child may require admission to neonatal intensive care: a focus group study for media design
Patrick von Hauff, Karen Long, Barbara Taylor, Michael A. van Manen
Previous induced abortion among young women seeking abortion-related care in Kenya: a cross-sectional analysis
Caroline W. Kabiru, Boniface A. Ushie, Michael M. Mutua, Chimaraoke O. Izugbara
Signal functions for measuring the ability of health facilities to provide abortion services: an illustrative analysis using a health facility census in Zambia
Oona M. R. Campbell, Estela M. L. Aquino, Bellington Vwalika, Sabine Gabrysch
Transmasculine individuals’ experiences with lactation, chestfeeding, and gender identity: a qualitative study
Trevor MacDonald, Joy Noel-Weiss, Diana West, Michelle Walks, MaryLynne Biener, Alanna Kibbe, Elizabeth Myler
Effect of pregnancy intention, postnatal depressive symptoms and social support on early childhood stunting: findings from India
Ashish Kumar Upadhyay, Swati Srivastava
Influencing factors associated with the mode of birth among childbearing women in Hunan Province: a cross-sectional study in China
Yuhui Shi, Ying Jiang, Qingqi Zeng, Yanfei Yuan, Hui Yin, Chun Chang, Ruyan Pang
Effects of additional anterior body mass on gait
Simone V. Gill, Maureen Ogamba, Cara L. Lewis
Risk factors for small-for-gestational-age and preterm births among 19,269 Tanzanian newborns
Alfa Muhihi, Christopher R. Sudfeld, Emily R. Smith, Ramadhani A. Noor, Salum Mshamu, Christina Briegleb, Mohamed Bakari, Honorati Masanja, Wafaie Fawzi, Grace Jean-Yee Chan
The Breathing for Life Trial: a randomised controlled trial of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO)-based management of asthma during pregnancy and its impact on perinatal outcomes and infant and childhood respiratory health
Vanessa E. Murphy, Megan E. Jensen, Joerg Mattes, Michael J. Hensley, Warwick B. Giles, Michael J. Peek, Andrew Bisits, Leonie K. Callaway, Kirsten McCaffery, Helen L. Barrett, Paul B. Colditz, Sean K. Seeho, John Attia, Andrew Searles, Christopher Doran, Heather Powell, Peter G. Gibson
Stillbirth and neonatal death rates across time: the influence of pregnancy terminations and birth defects in a Western Australian population-based cohort study
Brad M. Farrant, Fiona J. Stanley, Pia Hardelid, Carrington C.J. Shepherd
Measuring the course of anxiety in women giving birth by caesarean section: a prospective study
Philip Hepp, Carsten Hagenbeck, Bettina Burghardt, Bernadette Jaeger, Oliver T. Wolf, Tanja Fehm, Nora K. Schaal
Predictors of a negative labour and birth experience based on a national survey of Canadian women
Andrei Smarandache, Theresa H. M. Kim, Yvonne Bohr, Hala Tamim
A description of sleep behaviour in healthy late pregnancy, and the accuracy of self-reports
Jordan P. R. McIntyre, Cayley M. Ingham, B. Lynne Hutchinson, John M. D. Thompson, Lesley M. McCowan, Peter R. Stone, Andrew G. Veale, Robin Cronin, Alistair W Stewart, Kevin M. Ellyett, Edwin A. Mitchell
The availability of emergency obstetric care in the context of the JSY cash transfer programme in Madhya Pradesh, India
Yogesh Sabde, Vishal Diwan, Bharat Randive, Sarika Chaturvedi, Kristi Sidney, Mariano Salazar, Ayesha De Costa
Effects of simvastatin, rosuvastatin and pravastatin on soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt-1) and soluble endoglin (sENG) secretion from human umbilical vein endothelial cells, primary trophoblast cells and placenta
Fiona C. Brownfoot, Stephen Tong, Natalie J. Hannan, Roxanne Hastie, Ping Cannon, Tu’uhevaha J. Kaitu’u-Lino
Improving the provision of pregnancy care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: a continuous quality improvement initiative
Melanie E. Gibson-Helm, Alice R. Rumbold, Helena J. Teede, Sanjeeva Ranasinha, Ross S. Bailie, Jacqueline A. Boyle
Impact of vitamin D deficiency on maternal and birth outcomes in the Saudi population: a cross-sectional study
Ghadeer K. Al-Shaikh, Gehan H. Ibrahim, Amel A. Fayed, Hazem Al-Mandeel
Teenage pregnancy: the impact of maternal adolescent childbearing and older sister’s teenage pregnancy on a younger sister
Elizabeth Wall-Wieler, Leslie L. Roos, Nathan C. Nickel
Reasons for accepting or declining Down syndrome screening in Dutch prospective mothers within the context of national policy and healthcare system characteristics: a qualitative study
Neeltje M. T. H. Crombag, Hennie Boeije, Rita Iedema-Kuiper, Peter C. J. I. Schielen, Gerard H. A. Visser, Jozien M. Bensing
Factors associated with postnatal care utilisation in Rwanda: A secondary analysis of 2010 Demographic and Health Survey data
Bernard N. Rwabufigiri, Judith Mukamurigo, Dana R. Thomson, Bethany L. Hedt-Gautier, Jean Paul S. Semasaka
Reproductive trends in females with inflammatory joint disease
Marianne Wallenius, Kjell Å. Salvesen, Anne K. Daltveit, Johan F. Skomsvoll
Perinatal maternal depression and cortisol function in pregnancy and the postpartum period: a systematic literature review
Sunaina Seth, Andrew J. Lewis, Megan Galbally
Case mix adjustment of health outcomes, resource use and process indicators in childbirth care: a register-based study
Johan Mesterton, Peter Lindgren, Anna Ekenberg Abreu, Lars Ladfors, Monica Lilja, Sissel Saltvedt, Isis Amer–Wåhlin
A retrospective population-based study of induction of labour trends and associated factors among aboriginal and non-aboriginal mothers in the northern territory between 2001 and 2012
Pasqualina Coffey, John Condon, Karen Dempsey, Steven Guthridge, Fintan Thompson
Fetal movement in late pregnancy – a content analysis of women’s experiences of how their unborn baby moved less or differently
Anders Linde, Susanne Georgsson, Karin Pettersson, Sofia Holmström, Emma Norberg, Ingela Rådestad
Bioimpedance cardiography in pregnancy: A longitudinal cohort study on hemodynamic pattern and outcome
Martin Andreas, Lorenz Kuessel, Stefan P. Kastl, Stefan Wirth, Kathrin Gruber, Franziska Rhomberg, Fatemeh A. Gomari-Grisar, Maximilian Franz, Harald Zeisler, Michael Gottsauner-Wolf
Effectiveness of the Home Based Life Saving Skills training by community health workers on knowledge of danger signs, birth preparedness, complication readiness and facility delivery, among women in Rural Tanzania
Furaha August, Andrea B. Pembe, Rose Mpembeni, Pia Axemo, Elisabeth Darj
Experiences and preferences of care among Swedish immigrants following a prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart defect in the fetus: a qualitative interview study
Tommy Carlsson, Ulla Melander Marttala, Elisabet Mattsson, Anders Ringnér
Perceived barriers and enablers of physical activity in postpartum women: a qualitative approach
Maryam Saligheh, Beverley McNamara, Rosanna Rooney
Determinants of stillbirths in Ghana: does quality of antenatal care matter?
Patience A. Afulani
The Probiotics in Pregnancy Study (PiP Study): rationale and design of a double-blind randomised controlled trial to improve maternal health during pregnancy and prevent infant eczema and allergy
Christine Barthow, Kristin Wickens, Thorsten Stanley, Edwin A. Mitchell, Robyn Maude, Peter Abels, Gordon Purdie, Rinki Murphy, Peter Stone, Janice Kang, Fiona Hood, Judy Rowden, Phillipa Barnes, Penny Fitzharris, Jeffrey Craig, Rebecca F. Slykerman, Julian Crane
The status of maternal and newborn health care services in Zanzibar
Bakar Fakih, Azzah A. S. Nofly, Ali O. Ali, Abdallah Mkopi, Ali Hassan, Ali M. Ali, Kate Ramsey, Theopista John Kabuteni, Godfrey Mbaruku, Mwifadhi Mrisho
Maternal haemoglobin concentrations before and during pregnancy and stillbirth risk: a population-based case-control study
Siavash Maghsoudlou, Sven Cnattingius, Olof Stephansson, Mohsen Aarabi, Shahriar Semnani, Scott M. Montgomery, Shahram Bahmanyar
Can a community health worker administered postnatal checklist increase health-seeking behaviors and knowledge?: evidence from a randomized trial with a private maternity facility in Kiambu County, Kenya
Margaret McConnell, Allison Ettenger, Claire Watt Rothschild, Faith Muigai, Jessica Cohen
Postpartum depressive symptoms and its association to daytime sleepiness and restless legs during pregnancy
Maria Sarberg, Marie Bladh, Eva Svanborg, Ann Josefsson
Religious beliefs and practices in pregnancy and labour: an inductive qualitative study among post-partum women in Ghana
Lydia Aziato, Philippa N. A. Odai, Cephas N. Omenyo
Characterization of B cells in healthy pregnant women from late pregnancy to post-partum: a prospective observational study
Jorge Lima, Catarina Martins, Maria J. Leandro, Glória Nunes, Maria-José Sousa, Jorge C. Branco, Luís-Miguel Borrego
Effect of interpregnancy interval on adverse pregnancy outcomes in northern Tanzania: a registry-based retrospective cohort study
Michael J. Mahande, Joseph Obure
Boosting antenatal care attendance and number of hospital deliveries among pregnant women in rural communities: a community initiative in Ghana based on mobile phones applications and portable ultrasound scans
Benjamin Amoah, Evelyn A. Anto, Prince K. Osei, Kojo Pieterson, Alessandro Crimi
The adequacy of antenatal care services among slum residents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Yibeltal T. Bayou, Yohana S. Mashalla, Gloria Thupayagale-Tshweneagae
Evaluation of satisfaction with care in a midwifery unit and an obstetric unit: a randomized controlled trial of low-risk women
Stine Bernitz, Pål Øian, Leiv Sandvik, Ellen Blix
Knowledge, practice and associated factors of essential newborn care at home among mothers in Gulomekada District, Eastern Tigray, Ethiopia, 2014
Haftom Gebrehiwot Misgna, Haftu Berhe Gebru, Mulugeta Molla Birhanu
Identification of fetal cardiac anatomy and hemodynamics: a novel enhanced screening protocol
Ying Zhang, Ai-Lu Cai, Wei-dong Ren, Ya-Jun Guo, Dong-yu Zhang, Wei Sun, Yu Wang, Lei Wang, Yue Qin, Li-ping Huang
Hormone concentrations throughout uncomplicated pregnancies: a longitudinal study
Helena Schock, Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Eva Lundin, Kjell Grankvist, Hans-Åke Lakso, Annika Idahl, Matti Lehtinen, Heljä-Marja Surcel, Renée T. Fortner
Dirty and 40 days in the wilderness: Eliciting childbirth and postnatal cultural practices and beliefs in Nepal
Sheetal Sharma, Edwin van Teijlingen, Vanora Hundley, Catherine Angell, Padam Simkhada
Decision-making for delivery location and quality of care among slum-dwellers: a qualitative study in Uttar Pradesh, India
May Sudhinaraset, Naomi Beyeler, Sandhya Barge, Nadia Diamond-Smith
Institutional delivery and postnatal care services utilizations in Abuna Gindeberet District, West Shewa, Oromiya Region, Central Ethiopia: A Community-based cross sectional study
Birhanu Darega, Nagasa Dida, Fikru Tafese, Shimeles Ololo
Maternal outcomes of term breech presentation delivery: impact of successful external cephalic version in a nationwide sample of delivery admissions in the United States
Carolyn F. Weiniger, Deirdre J. Lyell, Lawrence C. Tsen, Alexander J. Butwick, BatZion Shachar, William M. Callaghan, Andreea A. Creanga, Brian T. Bateman
Implementation of repeat HIV testing during pregnancy in Kenya: a qualitative study
Anna Joy Rogers, Elly Weke, Zachary Kwena, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Patrick Oyaro, Craig R. Cohen, Janet M. Turan
Improving the quality of obstetric care for women with obstructed labour in the national referral hospital in Uganda: lessons learnt from criteria based audit
Herbert Kayiga, Judith Ajeani, Paul Kiondo, Dan K. Kaye
Arsenic exposure and risk of preeclampsia in a Mexican mestizo population
Ada Sandoval-Carrillo, Edna M. Méndez-Hernández, Elizabeth I. Antuna-Salcido, Sergio M. Salas-Pacheco, Fernando Vázquez-Alaniz, Alfredo Téllez-Valencia, Marisela Aguilar-Durán, Marcelo Barraza-Salas, Francisco X. Castellanos-Juárez, Osmel La Llave-León, José M. Salas-Pacheco
Effectiveness of a cervical pessary for women who did not deliver 48 h after threatened preterm labor (Assessment of perinatal outcome after specific treatment in early labor: Apostel VI trial)
Frederik J. R. Hermans, Ewoud Schuit, Brent C. Opmeer, Martijn A. Oudijk, Mireille Bekker, Mallory Woiski, Caroline J. Bax, Marieke Sueters, Hubertina C. J. Scheepers, Maureen T. M. Franssen, Eva Pajkrt, Ben Willem J. Mol, Marjolein Kok
Erratum to: The use of balloons for uterine cervical ripening is associated with an increased risk of umbilical cord prolapse: population based questionnaire survey in Japan
Junichi Hasegawa, Akihiko Sekizawa, Tomoaki Ikeda, Mitsuhiko Koresawa, Isamu Ishiwata, Masakiyo Kawabata, Katsuyuki Kinoshita
Risk factors for antenatal hypovitaminosis D in an urban district in Malaysia
Noriklil Bukhary Ismail Bukhary, Zaleha Md Isa, Khadijah Shamsuddin, Khor Geok Lin, Zaleha Abdullah Mahdy, Haslinda Hassan, Noor Sharifatul Hana Yeop
A double blind randomised controlled trial comparing standard dose of iron supplementation for pregnant women with two screen-and-treat approaches using hepcidin as a biomarker for ready and safe to receive iron
Amat Bah, Rita Wegmuller, Carla Cerami, Lindsay Kendall, Sant-Rayn Pasricha, Sophie E. Moore, Andrew M. Prentice
Effect of maternal Helicobacter Pylori infection on birth weight in an urban community in Uganda
Ronald Wanyama, Mike N. Kagawa, Kenneth C. Opio, Rhona K. Baingana
Gestational age specific stillbirth risk among Indigenous and non-Indigenous women in Queensland, Australia: a population based study
Ibinabo Ibiebele, Michael Coory, Gordon C. S. Smith, Frances M Boyle, Susan Vlack, Philippa Middleton, Yvette Roe, Vicki Flenady
Socioeconomic and demographic determinants of birth weight in southern rural Ghana: evidence from Dodowa Health and Demographic Surveillance System
Alfred Kwesi Manyeh, Vida Kukula, Gabriel Odonkor, Rosemond Akepene Ekey, Alexander Adjei, Solomon Narh-Bana, David Etsey Akpakli, Margaret Gyapong
Enhancing energy expenditure and enjoyment of exercise during pregnancy through the addition of brief higher intensity intervals to traditional continuous moderate intensity cycling
Ming Jing Ong, Karen E. Wallman, Paul A. Fournier, John P. Newnham, Kym J. Guelfi
Risk factors for large-for-gestational age infants in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes
Astrid Morrens, Johan Verhaeghe, Christine Vanhole, Roland Devlieger, Chantal Mathieu, Katrien Benhalima
Identifying families’ shared disease experiences through a qualitative analysis of online twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome stories
Rebecca Fischbein, James Meeker, Julia R. Saling, Michelle Chyatte, Lauren Nicholas
Vertebral artery dissection in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a case series and literature review
Renuka Shanmugalingam, Nina Reza Pour, Siang Chye Chuah, Thi Mong Vo, Roy Beran, Annemarie Hennessy, Angela Makris
Birth preparedness and place of birth in Tandahimba district, Tanzania: what women prepare for birth, where they go to deliver, and why
Tara Tancred, Tanya Marchant, Claudia Hanson, Joanna Schellenberg, Fatuma Manzi
Attitudes towards the implementation of universal umbilical artery lactate analysis in a South African district hospital
Emma R. Allanson, Kate Grobicki, Robert C. Pattinson, Jan E. Dickinson
CONCEPTT: Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Women with Type 1 Diabetes in Pregnancy Trial: A multi-center, multi-national, randomized controlled trial - Study protocol
Denice S. Feig, Elizabeth Asztalos, Rosa Corcoy, Alberto De Leiva, Lois Donovan, Moshe Hod, Lois Jovanovic, Erin Keely, Craig Kollman, Ruth McManus, Kellie Murphy, Katrina Ruedy, J. Johanna Sanchez, George Tomlinson, Helen R. Murphy
Midwifery-led antenatal care models: mapping a systematic review to an evidence-based quality framework to identify key components and characteristics of care
Andrew Symon, Jan Pringle, Helen Cheyne, Soo Downe, Vanora Hundley, Elaine Lee, Fiona Lynn, Alison McFadden, Jenny McNeill, Mary J Renfrew, Mary Ross-Davie, Edwin van Teijlingen, Heather Whitford, Fiona Alderdice
Perinatal outcomes of reduced fetal movements: a cohort study
Claire M. McCarthy, S. Meaney, K. O’Donoghue
Pathways to emotional closeness in neonatal units – a cross-national qualitative study
Renée Flacking, Gill Thomson, Anna Axelin
The use and value of digital media for information about pregnancy and early motherhood: a focus group study
Deborah Lupton
Determinants of use of supervised delivery care under Ghana’s fee exemption policy for maternal healthcare: the case of the Central Region
Henrietta Asante-Sarpong, Adobea Yaa Owusu, Sheela Saravanan, Ernest Appiah, Mumuni Abu
Metformin in women with type 2 diabetes in pregnancy (MiTy): a multi-center randomized controlled trial
Denice S. Feig, Kellie Murphy, Elizabeth Asztalos, George Tomlinson, Johanna Sanchez, Bernard Zinman, Arne Ohlsson, Edmond A. Ryan, I. George Fantus, Anthony B. Armson, Lorraine L. Lipscombe, Jon F.R. Barrett, George Carson, Suzanne Williams, Sheila Kelly, Heather Clark, Diane Donat, Shital Gandhi, Barbara Cleave, Michele Strom, Lois Donovan, Carolyn Oldford, Catherine Young, Brenda Galway, Minnie Parsons, Ariane Godbout, Michele Mahone, Florence Weber, Marie-Josee Bedard, Bi Lan Wo, Sylvie Daigle, Amir Hanna, Maria Wolfs, Leanne De Souza, Robyn Houlden, Adriana Breen, Tina Kader, Luca Cefis, Erin Keely, Josee Champagne, Jennifer Klinke, Julie Lee, Peter Subrt, Francina Carr, Sharon Young, Peter Subrt, Francina Carr, Sharon Young, Sarah Kwong, Heather Rylance, Helene Long, Julie Lambert, Julia Lowe, Anna Rogowsky, Susan Jackson, Sora Ludwig, Laurie Slater, Lori Berard, David McIntyre, Anne Tremellen, Ruth McManus, Sara Meltzer, Natasha Garfield, Shari Segal, David Miller, Karen Coles, Carol Fergusson, Jill Newstead-Angel, Judy Brandt, Thomas Ransom, Darlene Baxendale, Evelyne Rey, Diane Francoeur, Sophie Perreault, Heather Rylance, Dory Sample, David Thompson, Sharon Thompson, John S Weisnagel, Camile Lambert, Valerie-Eve Julien, Marie-Christine Dube, Louise Rheaume, Afshan Zahedi, Grace Lee, Krystyna Szwiega, Asma Qureshi, Siobhan Tobin
“Just because you’re pregnant, doesn’t mean you’re sick!” A qualitative study of beliefs regarding physical activity in black South African women
Estelle D. Watson, Shane A. Norris, Catherine E. Draper, Rachel A. Jones, Mireille N. M. van Poppel, Lisa K. Micklesfield
Educational intervention regarding diet and physical activity for pregnant women: changes in knowledge and practices among health professionals
Maíra Barreto Malta, Maria Antonieta de Barros Leite Carvalhaes, Monica Yuri Takito, Vera Lucia Pamplona Tonete, Aluísio J D Barros, Cristina Maria Garcia de Lima Parada, Maria Helena D’Aquino Benício
Hair cortisol as a hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis biomarker in pregnant women with asthma: a retrospective observational study
Laura Smy, Kaitlyn Shaw, Ursula Amstutz, Anne Smith, Howard Berger, Bruce Carleton, Gideon Koren
Maternal near miss and mortality due to postpartum infection: a cross-sectional analysis from Rwanda
Denis Rwabizi, Stephen Rulisa, Findlater Aidan, Maria Small
Examining the impact of introducing ICD-MM on observed trends in maternal mortality rates in the UK 2003–13
Marian Knight, Manisha Nair, Peter Brocklehurst, Sara Kenyon, James Neilson, Judy Shakespeare, Derek Tuffnell, Jennifer J. Kurinczuk
Estimation of umbilical cord blood leptin and insulin based on anthropometric data by means of artificial neural network approach: identifying key maternal and neonatal factors
José Guzmán-Bárcenas, José Alfredo Hernández, Joel Arias-Martínez, Héctor Baptista-González, Guillermo Ceballos-Reyes, Claudine Irles
Path model of antenatal stress and depressive symptoms among Chinese primipara in late pregnancy
Yingtao Li, Yingchun Zeng, Wei Zhu, Ying Cui, Jie Li
Delivering care under uncertainty: Swiss providers’ experiences in caring for women with spinal cord injury during pregnancy and childbirth – an expert interview study
Sue Bertschy, Jürgen Pannek, Thorsten Meyer
Antenatal physical activity: a qualitative study exploring women’s experiences and the acceptability of antenatal walking groups
Sinéad Currie, Cindy Gray, Ashley Shepherd, Rhona J. McInnes
Does mobile phone ownership predict better utilization of maternal and newborn health services? a cross-sectional study in Timor-Leste
Juan Nie, Jennifer Anna Unger, Susan Thompson, Marisa Hofstee, Jing Gu, Mary Anne Mercer
Women’s experience of maternal morbidity: a qualitative analysis
S. Meaney, J. E. Lutomski, L. O’ Connor, K. O’ Donoghue, R. A. Greene
Factors associated with severe maternal morbidity in Kelantan, Malaysia: A comparative cross-sectional study
Mohd Noor Norhayati, Nik Hussain Nik Hazlina, Abd. Aziz Aniza, Zaharah Sulaiman
Predicting who fails to meet the physical activity guideline in pregnancy: a prospective study of objectively recorded physical activity in a population-based multi-ethnic cohort
Kåre Rønn Richardsen, Ragnhild Sørum Falk, Anne Karen Jenum, Kjersti Mørkrid, Egil Wilhelm Martinsen, Yngvar Ommundsen, Sveinung Berntsen
Concordance between self-reported pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and BMI measured at the first prenatal study contact
Barnabas K. Natamba, Sixto E. Sanchez, Bizu Gelaye, Michelle A. Williams
Opinions of maternity care professionals and other stakeholders about integration of maternity care: a qualitative study in the Netherlands
Hilde Perdok, Suze Jans, Corine Verhoeven, Lidewij Henneman, Therese Wiegers, Ben Willem Mol, François Schellevis, Ank de Jonge
Maternal and cord blood adiponectin levels in relation to post-natal body size in infants in the first year of life: a prospective study
Zhe-qing Zhang, Qing-gui Lu, Jie Huang, Chang-ya Jiao, Shao-ming Huang, Li-mei Mao
The timing of antenatal care initiation and the content of care in Sindh, Pakistan
Sohail Agha, Hannah Tappis
Women’s perceptions of antenatal care: are we following guideline recommended care?
Amy Waller, Jamie Bryant, Emilie Cameron, Mohamed Galal, Juliana Quay, Rob Sanson-Fisher
Eating soup with nails of pig: thematic synthesis of the qualitative literature on cultural practices and beliefs influencing perinatal nutrition in low and middle income countries
Shanti Raman, Rachel Nicholls, Jan Ritchie, Husna Razee, Samaneh Shafiee
Sleeping patterns of Swedish women experiencing a stillbirth between 2000–2014 - an observational study
Ingela Rådestad, Taina Sormunen, Lisa Rudenhed, Karin Pettersson
Determinants of breastfeeding initiation and cessation among employed mothers: a prospective cohort study
Rada K. Dagher, Patricia M. McGovern, Jesse D. Schold, Xian J. Randall
AURORA: bariatric surgery registration in women of reproductive age - a multicenter prospective cohort study
Goele Jans, Christophe Matthys, Sarah Bel, Lieveke Ameye, Matthias Lannoo, Bart Van der Schueren, Bruno Dillemans, Luc Lemmens, Jean-Pierre Saey, Yves van Nieuwenhove, Pascale Grandjean, Ben De Becker, Hilde Logghe, Marc Coppens, Kristien Roelens, Anne Loccufier, Johan Verhaeghe, Roland Devlieger
Perineal injuries and birth positions among 2992 women with a low risk pregnancy who opted for a homebirth
Malin Edqvist, Ellen Blix, Hanne K. Hegaard, Olöf Ásta Ólafsdottir, Ingegerd Hildingsson, Karen Ingversen, Margareta Mollberg, Helena Lindgren
The impact of socioeconomic factors on the efficiency of voluntary toxoplasmosis screening during pregnancy: a population-based study
A. E. Lange, J. R. Thyrian, S. Wetzka, S. Flessa, W. Hoffmann, M. Zygmunt, C. Fusch, H. N. Lode, M. Heckmann
Are hypertensive disorders in pregnancy associated with congenital malformations in offspring? Evidence from the WHO Multicountry cross sectional survey on maternal and newborn health
S. Bellizzi, M. M. Ali, E. Abalos, A. P. Betran, J. Kapila, C. Pileggi-Castro, J. P. Vogel, M. Merialdi
Communication of support and critique in Swedish virtual community threads about prenatal diagnoses of fetal anomalies
Tommy Carlsson, Mats Landqvist, Elisabet Mattsson
Progress in the utilization of antenatal and delivery care services in Bangladesh: where does the equity gap lie?
Mohammad Habibullah Pulok, Md Nasim-Us Sabah, Jalal Uddin, Ulrika Enemark
Adopting a healthy lifestyle when pregnant and obese – an interview study three years after childbirth
Anna Dencker, Åsa Premberg, Ellinor K. Olander, Christine McCourt, Karin Haby, Sofie Dencker, Anna Glantz, Marie Berg
Survival of neonates and predictors of their mortality in Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia: prospective cohort study
Hayelom Gebrekirstos Mengesha, Alem Desta Wuneh, Wondwossen Terefe Lerebo, Tesfay Hailu Tekle
Vitamin D levels and perinatal depressive symptoms in women at risk: a secondary analysis of the mothers, omega-3, and mental health study
Jennifer Anne Williams, Vivian C. Romero, Chelsea M. Clinton, Delia M. Vazquez, Sheila M. Marcus, Julie L. Chilimigras, Susan E. Hamilton, Lucy J. Allbaugh, Anjel M. Vahratian, Ronald M. Schrader, Ellen L. Mozurkewich
Erratum to: Fertility rates among very young adolescent women: temporal and spatial trends in Brazil
Ana Luiza Vilela Borges, Christiane Borges do Nascimento Chofakian, Ana Paula Sayuri Sato, Elizabeth Fujimori, Luciane Simões Duarte, Murilo Novaes Gomes
The burden of maternal morbidity and mortality attributable to hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: a prospective cohort study from Uganda
Annettee Nakimuli, Sarah Nakubulwa, Othman Kakaire, Michael Odongo Osinde, Scovia Nalugo Mbalinda, Nelson Kakande, Rose Chalo Nabirye, Dan Kabonge Kaye
Evaluation of the vaginal flora in pregnant women receiving opioid maintenance therapy: a matched case-control study
Alex Farr, Herbert Kiss, Michael Hagmann, Iris Holzer, Verena Kueronya, Peter W. Husslein, Ljubomir Petricevic
Puerperal sepsis, the leading cause of maternal deaths at a Tertiary University Teaching Hospital in Uganda
Joseph Ngonzi, Yarine Fajardo Tornes, Peter Kivunike Mukasa, Wasswa Salongo, Jerome Kabakyenga, Masembe Sezalio, Kristien Wouters, Yves Jacqueym, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden
Use of a web-based educational intervention to improve knowledge of healthy diet and lifestyle in women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus compared to standard clinic-based education
Padaphet Sayakhot, Mary Carolan-Olah, Cheryl Steele
Prevalence and factors associated with cracked nipples in the first month postpartum
Kamila Juliana da Silva Santos, Géssica Silva Santana, Tatiana de Oliveira Vieira, Carlos Antônio de Souza Teles Santos, Elsa Regina Justo Giugliani, Graciete Oliveira Vieira
Pre-pregnancy obesity and non-adherence to multivitamin use: findings from the National Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (2009–2011)
Saba W. Masho, Amani Bassyouni, Susan Cha
Excessive bleeding is a normal cleansing process: a qualitative study of postpartum haemorrhage among rural Uganda women
Sam Ononge, Elialilia Sarikiaeli Okello, Florence Mirembe
Use of metabolomics for the identification and validation of clinical biomarkers for preterm birth: Preterm SAMBA
Jose G. Cecatti, Renato T. Souza, Karolina Sulek, Maria L. Costa, Louise C. Kenny, Lesley M. McCowan, Rodolfo C. Pacagnella, Silas G. Villas-Boas, Jussara Mayrink, Renato Passini Jr, Kleber G. Franchini, Philip N. Baker, Mary A. Parpinelli, Jussara Mayrink, Kleber G. Franchini, Iracema M. Calderon, Bianca F. Cassettari, Janete Vetorazzi, Lucia Pfitscher, Edilberto P. Rocha Filho, Débora F. Leite, Francisco E. Feitosa, Carolina L. Costa e Silva, Lucilla Poston, Jenny E. Myers, Nigel A.B. Simpson, James J. Walker, Gus A. Dekker, Claire T. Roberts
Women’s birth place preferences in the United Kingdom: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of the quantitative literature
Jennifer Hollowell, Yangmei Li, Reem Malouf, James Buchanan
Infant and young child feeding practices differ by ethnicity of Vietnamese mothers
Tuan T. Nguyen, Phuong H. Nguyen, Nemat Hajeebhoy, Huan V. Nguyen, Edward A. Frongillo
Who is distressed? A comparison of psychosocial stress in pregnancy across seven ethnicities
Alexandra M. Robinson, Karen M. Benzies, Sharon L. Cairns, Tak Fung, Suzanne C. Tough
Kikiskawâwasow - prenatal healthcare provider perceptions of effective care for First Nations women: an ethnographic community-based participatory research study
Richard T. Oster, Grant Bruno, Margaret Montour, Matilda Roasting, Rick Lightning, Patricia Rain, Bonny Graham, Maria J. Mayan, Ellen L. Toth, Rhonda C. Bell
Reasons for current pregnancy amongst grand multiparous Gambian women - a cross sectional survey
Patrick Idoko, Glenda Nkeng, Matthew Anyawu
Could the erythrocyte indices or serum ferritin predict the therapeutic response to a trial with oral iron during pregnancy? Results from the Accuracy study for Maternal Anaemia diagnosis (AMA)
Cristiane Campello Bresani Salvi, Maria Cynthia Braga, José Natal Figueirôa, Malaquias Batista Filho
Self-reported practices among traditional birth attendants surveyed in western Kenya: a descriptive study
Sherri Bucher, Olive Konana, Edward Liechty, Ana Garces, Peter Gisore, Irene Marete, Constance Tenge, Evelyn Shipala, Linda Wright, Fabian Esamai
Association between maternal nutritional status in pregnancy and offspring cognitive function during childhood and adolescence; a systematic review
Sargoor R. Veena, Catharine R. Gale, Ghattu V. Krishnaveni, Sarah H Kehoe, Krishnamachari Srinivasan, Caroline HD Fall
The diagnosis of pre-eclampsia using two revised classifications in the Finnish Pre-eclampsia Consortium (FINNPEC) cohort
Jenni Kallela, Tiina Jääskeläinen, Eija Kortelainen, Seppo Heinonen, Eero Kajantie, Juha Kere, Katja Kivinen, Anneli Pouta, Hannele Laivuori
A pre-post study of a multi-country scale up of resuscitation training of facility birth attendants: does Helping Babies Breathe training save lives?
Roopa M. Bellad, Akash Bang, Waldemar A. Carlo, Elizabeth M. McClure, Sreelatha Meleth, Norman Goco, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Richard J. Derman, Patricia L. Hibberd, Archana Patel, Fabian Esamai, Sherri Bucher, Peter Gisore, Linda L. Wright, Roopa M. Bellad, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Bhala S. Kodkany, Manjunath S. Somannavar, Veena R. Herekar, Sunil S. Vernekar, Narayan V. Honnungar, Chandrashekhar C. Karadiguddi, Akash Bang, Archana Patel, Savita R. Bhargava, Kunal Kurhe, Rakesh Kukde, Peter Gisore, Fabian Esamai, David Muyodi, Coletta Makokha, Waldemar A. Carlo, Elizabeth M. McClure, Sreelatha Meleth, Dennis D. Wallace, Norman Goco, Janet L. Moore, Patricia L. Hibberd, Edward A. Liechty, Sherri Bucher, Richard J. Derman, Frances J. Jaeger, Linda L. Wright
Characteristics of a global classification system for perinatal deaths: a Delphi consensus study
Aleena M. Wojcieszek, Hanna E. Reinebrant, Susannah Hopkins Leisher, Emma Allanson, Michael Coory, Jan Jaap Erwich, J. Frederik Frøen, Jason Gardosi, Sanne Gordijn, Metin Gulmezoglu, Alexander E. P. Heazell, Fleurisca J. Korteweg, Elizabeth McClure, Robert Pattinson, Robert M. Silver, Gordon Smith, Zheyi Teoh, Özge Tunçalp, Vicki Flenady
Maternal nutrition, inadequate gestational weight gain and birth weight: results from a prospective birth cohort
Anke Diemert, Susanne Lezius, Mirja Pagenkemper, Gudula Hansen, Alina Drozdowska, Kurt Hecher, Petra Arck, Birgit C. Zyriax
Effect of L-arginine and sildenafil citrate on intrauterine growth restriction fetuses: a meta-analysis
Juncao Chen, Xiaoyuan Gong, Pingyang Chen, Kaiju Luo, Xiuquan Zhang
Perception of drug teratogenicity among general practitioners and specialists in obstetrics/gynecology: a regional and national questionnaire-based survey
Charlotte Gils, Anton Pottegård, Zandra Nymand Ennis, Per Damkier
Normal ranges for fetal electrocardiogram values for the healthy fetus of 18–24 weeks of gestation: a prospective cohort study
Kim M. J. Verdurmen, Carlijn Lempersz, Rik Vullings, Christian Schroer, Tammo Delhaas, Judith O. E. H. van Laar, S. Guid Oei
Prevalence and incidence of domestic violence during pregnancy and associated risk factors: a longitudinal cohort study in the south of Sweden
Hafrún Finnbogadóttir, Anna-Karin Dykes, Christine Wann-Hansson
Factors determining choice of delivery place among women of child bearing age in Dega Damot District, North West of Ethiopia: a community based cross- sectional study
AlemayehuSayih Belay, EndalewGemechu Sendo
Elective cesarean section or not? Maternal age and risk of adverse outcomes at term: a population-based registry study of low-risk primiparous women
Lina Herstad, Kari Klungsøyr, Rolv Skjærven, Tom Tanbo, Lisa Forsén, Thomas Åbyholm, Siri Vangen
Use of the National Diabetes Data Group and the Carpenter-Coustan criteria for assessing gestational diabetes mellitus and risk of adverse pregnancy outcome
Mei-Chun Lu, Song-Shan Huang, Yuan-Horng Yan, Panchalli Wang
Persistent barriers to care; a qualitative study to understand women’s experiences in areas served by the midwives service scheme in Nigeria
Josephine Exley, Emma Pitchforth, Edward Okeke, Peter Glick, Isa Sadeeq Abubakar, Amalavoyal Chari, Usman Bashir, Kun Gu, Obinna Onwujekwe
Inadequate fetal heart rate monitoring and poor use of partogram associated with intrapartum stillbirth: a case-referent study in Nepal
Ashish KC, Johan Wrammert, Robert B. Clark, Uwe Ewald, Mats Målqvist
Coverage and timing of antenatal care among poor women in 6 Mesoamerican countries
Emily Dansereau, Claire R. McNellan, Marielle C. Gagnier, Sima S. Desai, Annie Haakenstad, Casey K. Johanns, Erin B. Palmisano, Diego Ríos-Zertuche, Alexandra Schaefer, Paola Zúñiga-Brenes, Bernardo Hernandez, Emma Iriarte, Ali H. Mokdad
Antenatal corticosteroid therapy for foetal maturation in women with eclampsia and severe pre-eclampsia in a rural hospital in Western Tanzania
R. Mooij, I. H. Mwampagatwa, J. van Dillen, J. Stekelenburg
The prevalence of disrespect and abuse during facility-based childbirth in urban Tanzania
David Sando, Hannah Ratcliffe, Kathleen McDonald, Donna Spiegelman, Goodluck Lyatuu, Mary Mwanyika-Sando, Faida Emil, Mary Nell Wegner, Guerino Chalamilla, Ana Langer
Obesity in young age is a risk factor for preeclampsia: a facility based case-control study, northwest Ethiopia
Mulualem Endeshaw, Fantu Abebe, Solomon Worku, Lalem Menber, Muluken Assress, Muluken Assefa
The impact of the implementation of the postpartum haemorrhage management guidelines at the first regional perinatal centre in Southern Kazakhstan
Ruta J. Nadisauskiene, Paulius Dobozinskas, Justina Kacerauskiene, Mindaugas Kliucinskas, Ismailov Zhumagali, Madina Kokenova, Jesengeldy Bekeshov, Saltanat Dzabagijeva, Aigul Sapargalijeva, Inna Glazebnaja, Gulmyra Konyrbajeva, Zijas Uteshova, Aina Tasbulatova
A randomized controlled trial of vitamin D supplementation on perinatal depression: in Iranian pregnant mothers
Farideh Vaziri, Samira Nasiri, Zohreh Tavana, Mohammad Hossein Dabbaghmanesh, Farkhondeh Sharif, Peyman Jafari
The influence of travel time on emergency obstetric care seeking behavior in the urban poor of Bangladesh: a GIS study
Rocco Panciera, Akib Khan, Syed Jafar Raza Rizvi, Shakil Ahmed, Tanvir Ahmed, Rubana Islam, Alayne M. Adams
Coverage, compliance, acceptability and feasibility of a program to prevent pre-eclampsia and eclampsia through calcium supplementation for pregnant women: an operations research study in one district of Nepal
Kusum Thapa, Harshad Sanghvi, Barbara Rawlins, Yagya B. Karki, Kiran Regmi, Shilu Aryal, Yeshoda Aryal, Peter Murakami, Jona Bhattarai, Stephanie Suhowatsky
Incidence of immediate postpartum hemorrhages in French maternity units: a prospective observational study (HERA study)
Françoise Vendittelli, Chloé Barasinski, Bruno Pereira, Didier Lémery, Bernard Branger, Laure Connan, Catherine Crenn-Hébert, Caroline Da Costa Correia, Michel Dreyfus, Paul Lefèvre, Anne Legrand
Risk factors and outcomes of fetal macrosomia in a tertiary centre in Tanzania: a case-control study
Aisha Salim Said, Karim Premji Manji
Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy in Brazilian Portuguese
Ana Luiza Vilela Borges, Geraldine Barrett, Osmara Alves dos Santos, Natalia de Castro Nascimento, Fernanda Bigio Cavalhieri, Elizabeth Fujimori
Perceptions and understandings of pregnancy, antenatal care and postpartum care among rural Lao women and their families
Vanphanom Sychareun, Vathsana Somphet, Kongmany Chaleunvong, Visanou Hansana, Alongkone Phengsavanh, Sisouvanh Xayavong, Rebecca Popenoe
Analyzing video recorded support of postnatal transition in preterm infants following a c-section
Dimitrios Konstantelos, Jürgen Dinger, Sascha Ifflaender, Mario Rüdiger
Relationship between hyperemesis gravidarum and small-for-gestational-age in the Japanese population: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS)
Seiichi Morokuma, Mototsugu Shimokawa, Kiyoko Kato, Masafumi Sanefuji, Eiji Shibata, Mayumi Tsuji, Ayako Senju, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Koichi Kusuhara, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Hirohisa Saito, Reiko Kishi, Nobuo Yaegashi, Koichi Hashimoto, Chisato Mori, Fumiki Hirahara, Zentaro Yamagata, Hidekuni Inadera, Michihiro Kamijima, Ikuo Konishi, Hiroyasu Iso, Masayuki Shima, Toshihide Ogawa, Narufumi Suganuma, Koichi Kusuhara, Takahiko Katoh
This baby is not for turning: Women’s experiences of attempted external cephalic version
N. P. Watts, K. Petrovska, A. Bisits, C. Catling, C. S. E. Homer
Erratum to: CONCEPTT: Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Women with Type 1 Diabetes in Pregnancy Trial: A multi-center, multi-national, randomized controlled trial - Study protocol
Denice S. Feig, Elizabeth Asztalos, Rosa Corcoy, Alberto De Leiva, Lois Donovan, Moshe Hod, Lois Jovanovic, Erin Keely, Craig Kollman, Ruth McManus, Kellie Murphy, Katrina Ruedy, J. Johanna Sanchez, George Tomlinson, Helen R. Murphy
A common monitoring framework for ending preventable maternal mortality, 2015–2030: phase I of a multi-step process
Allisyn C. Moran, R. Rima Jolivet, Doris Chou, Sarah L. Dalglish, Kathleen Hill, Kate Ramsey, Barbara Rawlins, Lale Say
Uterine salvage management for atonic postpartum hemorrhage using “modified lynch suture”
M. El-Sokkary, K. Wahba, Y. El-Shahawy
Determinants of institutional birth among women in rural Nepal: a mixed-methods cross-sectional study
Sheela Maru, Sindhya Rajeev, Richa Pokhrel, Agya Poudyal, Pooja Mehta, Deepak Bista, Lynn Borgatta, Duncan Maru
A mixed method study exploring adherence to and acceptability of small quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) among pregnant and lactating women in Ghana and Malawi
Moses K. Klevor, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Per Ashorn, Mary Arimond, Kathryn G. Dewey, Anna Lartey, Kenneth Maleta, Nozgechi Phiri, Juha Pyykkö, Mamane Zeilani, Ulla Ashorn
Situational analysis of facilitators and barriers to availability and utilization of magnesium sulfate for eclampsia and severe preeclampsia in the public health system in Brazil
Fátima Aparecida Lotufo, Mary Angela Parpinelli, Maria José Osis, Fernanda Garanhani Surita, Maria Laura Costa, José Guilherme Cecatti
Measuring progress in maternal and newborn health care in Mexico: validating indicators of health system contact and quality of care
Ann K. Blanc, Claudia Diaz, Katharine J. McCarthy, Karla Berdichevsky
Growing inequities in maternal health in South Africa: a comparison of serial national household surveys
Njeri Wabiri, Matthew Chersich, Olive Shisana, Duane Blaauw, Helen Rees, Ntabozuko Dwane
Beyond the numbers of maternal near-miss in Rwanda – a qualitative study on women’s perspectives on access and experiences of care in early and late stage of pregnancy
Jessica Påfs, Aimable Musafili, Pauline Binder-Finnema, Marie Klingberg-Allvin, Stephen Rulisa, Birgitta Essén
Audit of a program to increase the use of vacuum extraction in Mulago Hospital, Uganda
Barbara Nolens, John Lule, Flavia Namiiro, Jos van Roosmalen, Josaphat Byamugisha
Consumers attitudes and beliefs towards the receipt of antenatal corticosteroids and use of clinical practice guidelines
E. L. McGoldrick, T. Crawford, J. A. Brown, K. M. Groom, C. A. Crowther
Recombinant human relaxin versus placebo for cervical ripening: a double-blind randomised trial in pregnant women scheduled for induction of labour
Gerson Weiss, Sam Teichman, Dennis Stewart, David Nader, Susan Wood, Peter Breining, Elaine Unemori
The prevalence of women’s emotional and physical health problems following a postpartum haemorrhage: a systematic review
Margaret Carroll, Deirdre Daly, Cecily M. Begley
What factors influence health professionals to use decision aids for Down syndrome prenatal screening?
Johanie Lépine, Maria Esther Leiva Portocarrero, Agathe Delanoë, Hubert Robitaille, Isabelle Lévesque, François Rousseau, Brenda J. Wilson, Anik M. C. Giguère, France Légaré
Are women who quit smoking at high risk of excess weight gain throughout pregnancy?
Adam Hulman, Olha Lutsiv, Christina K. Park, Lynette Krebs, Joseph Beyene, Sarah D. McDonald
The relationship of prenatal maternal depression or anxiety to maternal caregiving behavior and infant behavior self-regulation during infant heel lance: an ethological time-based study of behavior
Fay F. Warnock, Kenneth D. Craig, Roger Bakeman, Thaila Castral, Jila Mirlashari
Effect of provision of an integrated neonatal survival kit and early cognitive stimulation package by community health workers on developmental outcomes of infants in Kwale County, Kenya: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial
Lisa G. Pell, Diego G. Bassani, Lucy Nyaga, Isaac Njagi, Catherine Wanjiku, Thulasi Thiruchselvam, William Macharia, Ripudaman S. Minhas, Patricia Kitsao-Wekulo, Amyn Lakhani, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Robert Armstrong, Shaun K. Morris
Does charge-free screening improve detection of gestational diabetes in women from deprived areas: a cross-sectional study
Andreas Beyerlein, Daniela Koller, Anette-Gabriele Ziegler, Nicholas Lack, Werner Maier
‘It made you think twice’ – an interview study of women’s perception of a web-based decision aid concerning screening and diagnostic testing for fetal anomalies
Annika Åhman, Anna Sarkadi, Peter Lindgren, Christine Rubertsson
Nutrient intakes and nutritional biomarkers in pregnant adolescents: a systematic review of studies in developed countries
Katie Marvin-Dowle, Victoria Jane Burley, Hora Soltani
Classification systems for causes of stillbirth and neonatal death, 2009–2014: an assessment of alignment with characteristics for an effective global system
Susannah Hopkins Leisher, Zheyi Teoh, Hanna Reinebrant, Emma Allanson, Hannah Blencowe, Jan Jaap Erwich, J. Frederik Frøen, Jason Gardosi, Sanne Gordijn, A. Metin Gülmezoglu, Alexander E. P. Heazell, Fleurisca Korteweg, Joy Lawn, Elizabeth M. McClure, Robert Pattinson, Gordon C. S. Smith, Ӧzge Tunçalp, Aleena M. Wojcieszek, Vicki Flenady
The effects of embryo culture media on the birthweight of singletons via fresh or frozen-thawed embryo transfer: a large-scale retrospective study
Fang Gu, Mingfen Deng, Jun Gao, Zilian Wang, Chenhui Ding, Yanwen Xu, Canquan Zhou
Reducing repeat pregnancies in adolescence: applying realist principles as part of a mixed-methods systematic review to explore what works, for whom, how and under what circumstances
Joanna M. Charles, Jo Rycroft-Malone, Rabeea’h Aslam, Maggie Hendry, Diana Pasterfield, Rhiannon Whitaker
Medication utilization pattern for management of pregnancy complications: a study in Western Nepal
Ramesh Devkota, G. M. Khan, Kadir Alam, Amisha Regmi, Binaya Sapkota
Institutional delivery in public and private sectors in South Asia: a comparative analysis of prospective data from four demographic surveillance sites
Sushmita Das, Glyn Alcock, Kishwar Azad, Abdul Kuddus, Dharma S. Manandhar, Bhim Prasad Shrestha, Nirmala Nair, Shibanand Rath, Neena Shah More, Naomi Saville, Tanja A. J. Houweling, David Osrin
Predicting stillbirth in a low resource setting
Gbenga A. Kayode, Diederick E. Grobbee, Mary Amoakoh-Coleman, Ibrahim Taiwo Adeleke, Evelyn Ansah, Joris A. H. de Groot, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch
The social, psychological, emotional morbidity and adjustment techniques for women with anal incontinence following Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury: use of a word picture to identify a hidden syndrome
M. R. B. Keighley, Yvette Perston, Elissa Bradshaw, Joanne Hayes, D. Margaret Keighley, Sara Webb
The use of anti stretch marks’ products by women in pregnancy: a descriptive, cross-sectional survey
Miriam Brennan, Mike Clarke, Declan Devane
The Gestational Diabetes Management System (GooDMomS): development, feasibility and lessons learned from a patient-informed, web-based pregnancy and postpartum lifestyle intervention
Wanda K. Nicholson, A. Jenna Beckham, Karen Hatley, Molly Diamond, La-Shell Johnson, Sherri L. Green, Deborah Tate
Bacterial vaginosis and adverse outcomes among full-term infants: a cohort study
Adam S. Dingens, Tessa S. Fairfortune, Susan Reed, Caroline Mitchell
eRegistries: governance for electronic maternal and child health registries
Sonja L. Myhre, Jane Kaye, Lee A. Bygrave, Margunn Aanestad, Buthaina Ghanem, Patricia Mechael, J. Frederik Frøen
Women’s and clinicians perspectives of presentation with reduced fetal movements: a qualitative study
R. M. D. Smyth, W. Taylor, A. E. Heazell, C. Furber, M. Whitworth, T. Lavender
Heterogeneity of respiratory distress syndrome: risk factors and morbidity associated with early and late gestation disease
Azar Mehrabadi, Sarka Lisonkova, K.S. Joseph
Patterns and determinants of dropout from maternity care continuum in Nigeria
Joshua O. Akinyemi, Rotimi F. Afolabi, Olutosin A. Awolude
Erratum to: The influence of travel time on emergency obstetric care seeking behavior in the urban poor of Bangladesh: a GIS study
Rocco Panciera, Akib Khan, Syed Jafar Raza Rizvi, Shakil Ahmed, Tanvir Ahmed, Rubana Islam, Alayne M. Adams
Poverty, partner discord, and divergent accounts; a mixed methods account of births before arrival to health facilities in Morogoro Region, Tanzania
Shannon A. McMahon, Rachel P. Chase, Peter J. Winch, Joy J. Chebet, Giulia V. R. Besana, Idda Mosha, Zaina Sheweji, Caitlin E. Kennedy
Perinatal health care services for imprisoned pregnant women and associated outcomes: a systematic review
Eleanor Bard, Marian Knight, Emma Plugge
Is maternal trait anxiety a risk factor for late preterm and early term deliveries?
Margarete Erika Vollrath, Verena Sengpiel, Markus A. Landolt, Bo Jacobsson, Beatrice Latal
Sources of information on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, satisfaction with diagnostic process and information provision
Padaphet Sayakhot, Mary Carolan-Olah
Obesity and pregnancy outcomes: Do the relationships differ by maternal region of birth? A retrospective cohort study
Miranda Davies-Tuck, Joanne C. Mockler, Lynne Stewart, Michelle Knight, Euan M. Wallace
‘The greatest feeling you get, knowing you have made a big difference’: survey findings on the motivation and experiences of trained volunteer doulas in England
Helen Spiby, Jenny Mcleish, Josephine Green, Zoe Darwin
Effects of supervised aerobic and strength training in overweight and grade I obese pregnant women on maternal and foetal health markers: the GESTAFIT randomized controlled trial
Virginia A. Aparicio, Olga Ocón, Carmen Padilla-Vinuesa, Alberto Soriano-Maldonado, Lidia Romero-Gallardo, Milkana Borges-Cósic, Irene Coll-Risco, Pilar Ruiz-Cabello, Pedro Acosta-Manzano, Fernando Estévez-López, Inmaculada C. Álvarez-Gallardo, Manuel Delgado-Fernández, Jonatan R. Ruiz, Mireille N. Van Poppel, Julio J. Ochoa-Herrera
Measuring maternal mortality using a Reproductive Age Mortality Study (RAMOS)
Florence Mgawadere, Regine Unkels, Adetoro Adegoke, Nynke van den Broek
‘We saw she was in danger, but couldn’t do anything’: Missed opportunities and health worker disempowerment during birth care in rural Burkina Faso
Andrea Melberg, Abdoulaye Hama Diallo, Thorkild Tylleskär, Karen Marie Moland
eRegistries: indicators for the WHO Essential Interventions for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health
Vicki Flenady, Aleena M. Wojcieszek, Ingvild Fjeldheim, Ingrid K. Friberg, Victoria Nankabirwa, Jagrati V. Jani, Sonja Myhre, Philippa Middleton, Caroline Crowther, David Ellwood, David Tudehope, Robert Pattinson, Jacqueline Ho, Jiji Matthews, Aurora Bermudez Ortega, Mahima Venkateswaran, Doris Chou, Lale Say, Garret Mehl, J. Frederik Frøen
“That was intense!” Spirituality during childbirth: a mixed-method comparative study of mothers’ and fathers’ experiences in a public hospital
Marie-Noëlle Bélanger-Lévesque, Marc Dumas, Simon Blouin, Jean-Charles Pasquier
Seeking order amidst chaos: a systematic review of classification systems for causes of stillbirth and neonatal death, 2009–2014
Susannah Hopkins Leisher, Zheyi Teoh, Hanna Reinebrant, Emma Allanson, Hannah Blencowe, Jan Jaap Erwich, J. Frederik Frøen, Jason Gardosi, Sanne Gordijn, A. Metin Gülmezoglu, Alexander E. P. Heazell, Fleurisca Korteweg, Joy Lawn, Elizabeth M. McClure, Robert Pattinson, Gordon C. S. Smith, Ӧzge Tunçalp, Aleena M. Wojcieszek, Vicki Flenady
Prevalence and factors associated with use of herbal medicines during pregnancy among women attending postnatal clinics in Gulu district, Northern Uganda
Richard Nyeko, Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, Abdullah Ali Halage
Service readiness, health facility management practices, and delivery care utilization in five states of Nigeria: a cross-sectional analysis
Anastasia J. Gage, Onyebuchi Ilombu, Akanni Ibukun Akinyemi
Does acupuncture have a role in the treatment of threatened miscarriage? Findings from a feasibility randomised trial and semi-structured participant interviews
Debra Betts, Caroline A. Smith, Hannah G. Dahlen
A descriptive longitudinal study protocol: recurrence and pregnancy post-repair of obstetric fistula in Guinea
Alexandre Delamou, Therese Delvaux, Abdoul Habib Beavogui, Alain Levêque, Wei-Hong Zhang, Vincent De Brouwere
Exploring the third delay: an audit evaluating obstetric triage at Mulago National Referral Hospital
Jennifer Forshaw, Stephanie Raybould, Emilie Lewis, Mark Muyingo, Andrew Weeks, Kate Reed, Logan Manikam, Josaphat Byamugisha
Antenatal depressive symptoms and maternal health care utilisation: a population-based study of pregnant women in Ethiopia
Tesera Bitew, Charlotte Hanlon, Eskinder Kebede, Girmay Medhin, Abebaw Fekadu
Why non-invasive maternal hemodynamics assessment is clinically relevant in early pregnancy: a literature review
Sharona Vonck, Anneleen Simone Staelens, Ine Bollen, Lien Broekx, Wilfried Gyselaers
Urinary iodine and thyroid determinants in pregnancy: a follow up study in Sri Lanka
Eric De Zoysa, Manjula Hettiarachchi, Chandrani Liyanage
Pregnancy in patients with tuberculosis: a TBNET cross-sectional survey
Graham H. Bothamley, Cordula Ehlers, Irina Salonka, Alena Skrahina, Angels Orcau, Luigi R. Codecasa, Maurizio Ferrarese, Dragica Pesut, Ivan Solovic, Andrii Dudnyk, Luis Anibarro, Claudia Denkinger, Lorenzo Guglielmetti, Inge Muylle, Marco Confalonieri
An interview study of pregnant women who were provided with indoor air quality measurements of second hand smoke to help them quit smoking
Heather Morgan, Elizabeth Treasure, Mo Tabib, Majella Johnston, Chris Dunkley, Deborah Ritchie, Sean Semple, Steve Turner
Concerns, attitudes, beliefs and information seeking practices with respect to nutrition-related issues: a qualitative study in French pregnant women
Clélia M. Bianchi, Jean-François Huneau, Gaëlle Le Goff, Eric O. Verger, François Mariotti, Patricia Gurviez
A qualitative study on factors that influence women’s choice of delivery in health facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tigest Shifraw, Yemane Berhane, Hanna Gulema, Tamil Kendall, Anne Austin
Co-morbidity of cervical incompetence with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) negatively impacts prognosis: A retrospective analysis of 178 patients
Yongqing Wang, Xunke Gu, Liyuan Tao, Yangyu Zhao
Maternal vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy and lactation to prevent acute respiratory infections in infancy in Dhaka, Bangladesh (MDARI trial): protocol for a prospective cohort study nested within a randomized controlled trial
Shaun K. Morris, Lisa G. Pell, Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Michelle C. Dimitris, Abdullah Mahmud, M. Munirul Islam, Tahmeed Ahmed, Eleanor Pullenayegum, Tahmid Kashem, Shaila S. Shanta, Jonathan Gubbay, Eszter Papp, Michelle Science, Stanley Zlotkin, Daniel E. Roth
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of routine third trimester ultrasound screening for intrauterine growth restriction: study protocol of a nationwide stepped wedge cluster-randomized trial in The Netherlands (The IRIS Study)
Jens Henrichs, Viki Verfaille, Laura Viester, Myrte Westerneng, Bert Molewijk, Arie Franx, Henriette van der Horst, Judith E. Bosmans, Ank de Jonge, Petra Jellema, Anneloes L. van Baar, Joke Bais, Gouke J. Bonsel, Jeroen van Dillen, Noortje T. L. van Duijnhoven, William A. Grobman, Henk Groen, Chantal W. P. M. Hukkelhoven, Trudy Klomp, Marjolein Kok, Marlou L. de Kroon, Maya Kruijt, Anneke Kwee, Sabina Ledda, Harry N. Lafeber, Jan M. van Lith, Ben Willem Mol, Marianne Nieuwenhuijze, Guid Oei, Cees Oudejans, K. Marieke Paarlberg, Eva Pajkrt, Aris T. Papageorghiou, Uma M. Reddy, Paul A. O. M. De Reu, Marlies Rijnders, Alieke de Roon-Immerzeel, Connie Scheele, Sicco A. Scherjon, Rosalinde Snijders, Marc E. Spaanderman, Pim W. Teunissen, Hanneke W. Torij, Tanja G Vrijkotte, Jos Twisk, Kristel C. Zeeman, Jun Zhang
Maternal antecedents of adiposity and studying the transgenerational role of hyperglycemia and insulin (MAASTHI): a prospective cohort study
Giridhara R. Babu, GVS Murthy, R. Deepa, Yamuna, Prafulla, H. Kiran Kumar, Maithili Karthik, Keerti Deshpande, Sara E. Benjamin Neelon, D. Prabhakaran, Anura Kurpad, Sanjay Kinra
Ureaplasma parvum genotype, combined vaginal colonisation with Candida albicans, and spontaneous preterm birth in an Australian cohort of pregnant women
Matthew S. Payne, Demelza J. Ireland, Rory Watts, Elizabeth A. Nathan, Lucy L. Furfaro, Matthew W. Kemp, Jeffrey A. Keelan, John P. Newnham
The impact of unrecognized autoimmune rheumatic diseases on the incidence of preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction: a longitudinal cohort study
Arsenio Spinillo, Fausta Beneventi, Elena Locatelli, Vèronique Ramoni, Roberto Caporali, Claudia Alpini, Giulia Albonico, Chiara Cavagnoli, Carlomaurizio Montecucco
Timely initiation of breastfeeding and associated factors among mothers in Motta town, East Gojjam zone, Amhara regional state, Ethiopia, 2015: a cross-sectional study
Tilahun Tewabe
The Infant Feeding Genogram: a tool for exploring family infant feeding history and identifying support needs
K. L. Darwent, R. J. McInnes, V. Swanson
Amniotic fluid embolism as a cause of maternal mortality in China between 1996 and 2013: a population-based retrospective study
Yi Mu, Nolan McDonnell, Zhuoyang Li, Juan Liang, Yanping Wang, Jun Zhu, Elizabeth Sullivan
A qualitative study of gestational weight gain goal setting
Shaniece Criss, Emily Oken, Lauren Guthrie, Marie-France Hivert
Transport of pregnant women and obstetric emergencies in India: an analysis of the ‘108’ ambulance service system data
Samiksha Singh, Pat Doyle, Oona M. R. Campbell, G. V. R. Rao, G. V. S. Murthy
Cardiotocography in breech versus vertex delivery: an examiner-blinded, cross-sectional nested case-control study
Elli Toivonen, Outi Palomäki, Heini Huhtala, Jukka Uotila
Protocol of the Low Birth Weight South Asia Trial (LBWSAT), a cluster-randomised controlled trial testing impact on birth weight and infant nutrition of Participatory Learning and Action through women’s groups, with and without unconditional transfers of fortified food or cash during pregnancy in Nepal
Naomi M. Saville, Bhim P. Shrestha, Sarah Style, Helen Harris-Fry, B. James Beard, Aman Sengupta, Sonali Jha, Anjana Rai, Vikas Paudel, Anni-Maria Pulkki-Brannstrom, Andrew Copas, Jolene Skordis-Worrall, Bishnu Bhandari, Rishi Neupane, Joanna Morrison, Lu Gram, Raghbendra Sah, Machhindra Basnet, Jayne Harthan, Dharma S. Manandhar, David Osrin, Anthony Costello
DECIDE: a cluster randomized controlled trial to reduce non-medically indicated caesareans in Burkina Faso
Charles Kaboré, Valéry Ridde, Séni Kouanda, Ludovic Queuille, Paul-André Somé, Isabelle Agier, Alexandre Dumont
Coping with worry while waiting for diagnostic results: a qualitative study of the experiences of pregnant couples following a high-risk prenatal screening result
Stina Lou, Camilla P. Nielsen, Lone Hvidman, Olav B. Petersen, Mette B. Risør
Banning traditional birth attendants from conducting deliveries: experiences and effects of the ban in a rural district of Kazungula in Zambia
Chilala Cheelo, Selestine Nzala, Joseph M. Zulu
Maternal Near Miss and quality of care in a rural Rwandan hospital
Richard Kalisa, Stephen Rulisa, Thomas van den Akker, Jos van Roosmalen
Induced abortion - impact on a subsequent pregnancy in first-time mothers: a registry-based study
Susanna Holmlund, Tommi Kauko, Jaakko Matomäki, Miia Tuominen, Juha Mäkinen, Päivi Rautava
The influence of physical activity during pregnancy on maternal, fetal or infant heart rate variability: a systematic review
Pavel Dietz, Estelle D. Watson, Matteo C. Sattler, Wolfgang Ruf, Sylvia Titze, Mireille van Poppel
Increasing prevalence and incidence of domestic violence during the pregnancy and one and a half year postpartum, as well as risk factors: -a longitudinal cohort study in Southern Sweden
Hafrún Finnbogadóttir, Anna-Karin Dykes
Obstetric outcomes for women with female genital mutilation at an Australian hospital, 2006–2012: a descriptive study
Nesrin Varol, Angela Dawson, Sabera Turkmani, John J. Hall, Susie Nanayakkara, Greg Jenkins, Caroline S. E. Homer, Kevin McGeechan
Effect of planned place of birth on obstetric interventions and maternal outcomes among low-risk women: a cohort study in the Netherlands
N. Bolten, A. de Jonge, E. Zwagerman, P. Zwagerman, T. Klomp, J. J. Zwart, C. C. Geerts
Pre-induction translabial ultrasound measurements in predicting mode of delivery compared to bishop score: a cross-sectional study
Soghra Khazardoost, Fahimeh Ghotbizadeh Vahdani, Sahar Latifi, Sedighe Borna, Maryam Tahani, Mohammad Ali Rezaei, Masoomeh Shafaat
Bipolar disorder in pregnancy and childbirth: a systematic review of outcomes
Marie Rusner, Marie Berg, Cecily Begley
Women’s status and experiences of mistreatment during childbirth in Uttar Pradesh: a mixed methods study using cultural health capital theory
May Sudhinaraset, Emily Treleaven, Jason Melo, Kanksha Singh, Nadia Diamond-Smith
Urinary incontinence among pregnant women, following antenatal care at University of Gondar Hospital, North West Ethiopia
Abey Bekele, Mulat Adefris, Senait Demeke
Predictive factors for the success of McRoberts’ manoeuvre and suprapubic pressure in relieving shoulder dystocia: a cross-sectional study
Zara Lin Zau Lok, Yvonne Kwun Yue Cheng, Tak Yeung Leung
Effects of ultrasound pregnancy dating on neonatal morbidity in late preterm and early term male infants: a register-based cohort study
Merit Kullinger, Bengt Haglund, Helle Kieler, Alkistis Skalkidou
Benefits and harms of screening for and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy: a systematic review
Konstanze Angelescu, Barbara Nussbaumer-Streit, Wiebke Sieben, Fülöp Scheibler, Gerald Gartlehner
Apunipima baby basket program: a retrospective cost study
Kim Edmunds, Andrew Searles, Johanna Neville, Rod Ling, Janya McCalman, Jacki Mein
Cesarean section may increase the risk of both overweight and obesity in preschool children
Erigene Rutayisire, Xiaoyan Wu, Kun Huang, Shuman Tao, Yunxiao Chen, Fangbiao Tao
The usefulness of CYFRA 21–1 to diagnose and predict preeclampsia: a nested case-control study
Lorenz Kuessel, Harald Zeisler, Robin Ristl, Julia Binder, Petra Pateisky, Maximilian Schmid, Julian Marschalek, Thomas Perkmann, Helmuth Haslacher, Heinrich Husslein
Self-reported pregnancy-related health problems and self-rated health status in Rwandan women postpartum: a population-based cross-sectional study
Jean Paul S. Semasaka, Gunilla Krantz, Manasse Nzayirambaho, Cyprien Munyanshongore, Kristina Edvardsson, Ingrid Mogren
“Why screen if we cannot follow-up and manage?” Challenges for gestational diabetes screening and management in low and lower-middle income countries: results of a cross-sectional survey
Bettina Utz, Vincent De Brouwere
Breech delivery at a University Hospital in Tanzania
Ulf Högberg, Catrin Claeson, Lone Krebs, Agneta Skoog Svanberg, Hussein Kidanto
Criteria-based audit to improve quality of care of foetal distress: standardising obstetric care at a national referral hospital in a low resource setting, Tanzania
Andrew H. Mgaya, Helena Litorp, Hussein L. Kidanto, Lennarth Nyström, Birgitta Essén
Periodontitis and gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
Samuel A. Abariga, Brian W. Whitcomb
Effectiveness of the WHO SCC on improving adherence to essential practices during childbirth, in resource constrained settings
Somesh Kumar, Vikas Yadav, Sudharsanam Balasubramaniam, Yashpal Jain, Chandra Shekhar Joshi, Kailash Saran, Bulbul Sood
Nightmare frequency in last trimester of pregnancy
Michael Schredl, Maria Gilles, Isabell Wolf, Verena Peus, Barbara Scharnholz, Marc Sütterlin, Michael Deuschle
Measuring oral health during pregnancy: sensitivity and specificity of a maternal oral screening (MOS) tool
Ajesh George, Hannah G. Dahlen, Anthony Blinkhorn, Shilpi Ajwani, Sameer Bhole, Sharon Ellis, Anthony Yeo, Emma Elcombe, Ayesha Sadozai, Maree Johnson
Improving the care pathway for women who request Caesarean section: an experience-based co-design study
Sara L. Kenyon, Nina Johns, Sandhya Duggal, Ruth Hewston, Nicola Gale
Advice given by community members to pregnant women: a mixed methods study
Bianca A. Verma, Lauren P. Nichols, Melissa A. Plegue, Michelle H. Moniz, Manisha Rai, Tammy Chang
Clinicians’ views of factors of importance for improving the rate of VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean section): a study from countries with low VBAC rates
Ingela Lundgren, Patricia Healy, Margaret Carroll, Cecily Begley, Andrea Matterne, Mechthild M. Gross, Susanne Grylka-Baeschlin, Jane Nicoletti, Sandra Morano, Christina Nilsson, Joan Lalor
Stillbirths and quality of care during labour at the low resource referral hospital of Zanzibar: a case-control study
Nanna Maaløe, Natasha Housseine, Ib Christian Bygbjerg, Tarek Meguid, Rashid Saleh Khamis, Ali Gharib Mohamed, Birgitte Bruun Nielsen, Jos van Roosmalen
The causes of maternal mortality in adolescents in low and middle income countries: a systematic review of the literature
Sarah Neal, Shanti Mahendra, Krishna Bose, Alma Virginia Camacho, Matthews Mathai, Andrea Nove, Felipe Santana, Zoë Matthews
Long-term adherence and effects on grip strength and upper leg performance of prescribed supplemental vitamin D in pregnant and recently pregnant women of Somali and Swedish birth with 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency: a before-and-after treatment study
Paul Kalliokoski, Nils Rodhe, Yngve Bergqvist, Monica Löfvander
Group based prenatal care in a low-and high risk population in the Netherlands: a study protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial
Birgit S. van Zwicht, Matty R. Crone, Jan M. M. van Lith, Marlies E. B. Rijnders
Determinants of use of health facility for childbirth in rural Hadiya zone, Southern Ethiopia
Netsanet Abera Asseffa, Fawole Bukola, Arowojolu Ayodele
Pregnancy outcome in women with Eisenmenger’s syndrome: a case series from west China
Ruiqi Duan, Xiumei Xu, Xiaodong Wang, Haiyan Yu, Yong You, Xinghui Liu, Aiyun Xing, Rong Zhou, Mingrong Xi
Are early first trimester weights valid proxies for preconception weight?
Rebecca A. Krukowski, Delia S. West, Marisha DiCarlo, Kartik Shankar, Mario A. Cleves, Marie E. Saylors, Aline Andres
Rationale and design of SuPPoRT: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial to compare three treatments: cervical cerclage, cervical pessary and vaginal progesterone, for the prevention of preterm birth in women who develop a short cervix
Natasha L. Hezelgrave, Helena A. Watson, Alexandra Ridout, Falak Diab, Paul T Seed, Evonne Chin-Smith, Rachel M. Tribe, Andrew H. Shennan
Metformin and dietary advice to improve insulin sensitivity and promote gestational restriction of weight among pregnant women who are overweight or obese: the GRoW Randomised Trial
Jodie M. Dodd, Rosalie M. Grivell, Andrea R. Deussen, Gustaaf Dekker, Jennie Louise, William Hague
Domestic violence among antenatal attendees in a Kathmandu hospital and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study
Monika Shrestha, Sumina Shrestha, Binjwala Shrestha
Assessment of the dimensionality of the Wijma delivery expectancy/experience questionnaire using factor analysis and Rasch analysis
J. F. Pallant, H. M. Haines, P. Green, J. Toohill, J. Gamble, D. K. Creedy, J. Fenwick
Institutionalizing postpartum intrauterine device (IUD) services in Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Nepal: study protocol for a cluster-randomized stepped-wedge trial
David Canning, Iqbal H. Shah, Erin Pearson, Elina Pradhan, Mahesh Karra, Leigh Senderowicz, Till Bärnighausen, Donna Spiegelman, Ana Langer
Pregnancy related anxiety and general anxious or depressed mood and the choice for birth setting: a secondary data-analysis of the DELIVER study
A. B. Witteveen, P. De Cock, A. C. Huizink, A. De Jonge, T. Klomp, M. Westerneng, C. C. Geerts
Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) training: What happens to knowledge and skills over time?
Akash Bang, Archana Patel, Roopa Bellad, Peter Gisore, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Fabian Esamai, Edward A. Liechty, Sreelatha Meleth, Norman Goco, Susan Niermeyer, William Keenan, Beena D. Kamath-Rayne, George A. Little, Susan B. Clarke, Victoria A. Flanagan, Sherri Bucher, Manish Jain, Nilofer Mujawar, Vinita Jain, Janet Rukunga, Niranjana Mahantshetti, Sangappa Dhaded, Manisha Bhandankar, Elizabeth M. McClure, Waldemar A. Carlo, Linda L. Wright, Patricia L. Hibberd
Prenatal diagnosis in Sweden 2011 to 2013—a register-based study
Kerstin Petersson, Marie Lindkvist, Margareta Persson, Peter Conner, Annika Åhman, Ingrid Mogren
Reduced neonatal mortality in a regional hospital in Mozambique linked to a Quality Improvement intervention
Maria Elena Cavicchiolo, Paolo Lanzoni, Mazungo Olivier Wingi, Damiano Pizzol, Marco Daverio, Liviana Da Dalt, Giovanni Putoto, Daniele Trevisanuto
Enoxaparin for the prevention of preeclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction in women with a prior history – an open-label randomised trial (the EPPI trial): study protocol
K. M. Groom, L. M. McCowan, P. R. Stone, L. C. Chamley, C. McLintock
A discriminant analysis prediction model of non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate based on risk factors
Huixia Li, Miyang Luo, Jiayou Luo, Jianfei Zheng, Rong Zeng, Qiyun Du, Junqun Fang, Na Ouyang
Provider adherence to first antenatal care guidelines and risk of pregnancy complications in public sector facilities: a Ghanaian cohort study
Mary Amoakoh-Coleman, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Irene Akua Agyepong, Gbenga A. Kayode, Diederick E. Grobbee, Evelyn K. Ansah
Open, trusting relationships underpin safety in rural maternity a hermeneutic phenomenology study
Susan Crowther, Elizabeth Smythe
Demonstration of early efficacy results of the delayed-release combination of doxylamine-pyridoxine for the treatment of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
Gideon Koren, Shannon Clark, Gary D. V. Hankins, Steve N. Caritis, Jason G. Umans, Menachem Miodovnik, Donald R. Mattison, Ilan Matok
The Spanish version of the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ-E): reliability and validity assessment
F. J. Soriano-Vidal, A. Oliver-Roig, J. Cabrero-García, N. Congost-Maestre, A. Dencker, M. Richart-Martínez
A randomised controlled demonstration trial of multifaceted nutritional intervention and or probiotics: the healthy mums and babies (HUMBA) trial
Karaponi Okesene-Gafa, Minglan Li, Rennae S. Taylor, John M. D. Thompson, Caroline A. Crowther, Christopher J. D. McKinlay, Lesley M. E. McCowan
Hyperemesis gravidarum and placental dysfunction disorders
Heleen M. Koudijs, Ary I. Savitri, Joyce L. Browne, Dwirani Amelia, Mohammad Baharuddin, Diederick E. Grobbee, Cuno S. P. M. Uiterwaal
Postpartum depression in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: a longitudinal study in Bethlehem
Sara Qandil, Samah Jabr, Stefan Wagler, Simon M. Collin
Evaluation of an international educational programme for health care professionals on best practice in the management of a perinatal death: IMproving Perinatal mortality Review and Outcomes Via Education (IMPROVE)
Paul A. Gardiner, Alison L. Kent, Viviana Rodriguez, Aleena M. Wojcieszek, David Ellwood, Adrienne Gordon, Patricia A. Wilson, Diana M. Bond, Adrian Charles, Susan Arbuckle, Glenn J. Gardener, Jeremy J. Oats, Jan Jaap Erwich, Fleurisca J. Korteweg, T. H. Nguyen Duc, Susannah Hopkins Leisher, Kamal Kishore, Robert M. Silver, Alexander E. Heazell, Claire Storey, Vicki Flenady
Longitudinal reference ranges for maternal plasma laeverin, and its role as a potential biomarker of preeclampsia
Mona Nystad, Vasilis Sitras, Kari Flo, Christian Widnes, Åse Vårtun, Tom Wilsgaard, Ganesh Acharya
First trimester serum placental growth factor and hyperglycosylated human chorionic gonadotropin are associated with pre-eclampsia: a case control study
Elina Keikkala, Sini Koskinen, Piia Vuorela, Hannele Laivuori, Jarkko Romppanen, Seppo Heinonen, Ulf-Håkan Stenman
A retrospective review of birth outcomes at the Mother and Child Health Hospital in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 2004–2013
Sonja J. Olsen, Phommady Vetsaphong, Phouvanh Vonglokham, Sara Mirza, Viengphone Khanthamaly, Touy Chanthalangsy, Seth Chittanavanh, Bounkong Syhavong, Ann Moen, Joseph Bresee, Andrew Corwin, Anonh Xeuatvongsa
Successful selective reduction of a heterotopic cesarean scar pregnancy in the second trimester: a case report and review of the literature
Haiyan Yu, Hong Luo, Fumin Zhao, Xinghui Liu, Xiaodong Wang
The Kaiser Permanente Northern California research program on genes, environment, and health (RPGEH) pregnancy cohort: study design, methodology and baseline characteristics
M. M. Hedderson, A. Ferrara, L. A. Avalos, S. K. Van den Eeden, E. P. Gunderson, D. K. Li, A. Altschuler, S. Woo, S. Rowell, V. Choudhary, F. Xu, T. Flanagan, C. Schaefer, L. A. Croen
What do antenatal care providers understand and do about oral health care during pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey in New South Wales, Australia
Ajesh George, Hannah G Dahlen, Jennifer Reath, Shilpi Ajwani, Sameer Bhole, Andrew Korda, Harrison Ng Chok, Charmaine Miranda, Amy Villarosa, Maree Johnson
Erratum to: Increasing prevalence and incidence of domestic violence during the pregnancy and one and a half year postpartum, as well as risk factors: −a longitudinal cohort study in Southern Sweden
Hafrún Finnbogadóttir, Anna-Karin Dykes
Oxidative stress and inflammation in retained placenta: a pilot study of protein and gene expression of GPX1 and NFκB
Margit Endler, Sissel Saltvedt, Mohamed Eweida, Helena Åkerud
Perinatal mortality among infants born during health user-fees (Cash & Carry) and the national health insurance scheme (NHIS) eras in Ghana: a cross-sectional study
Abdallah Ibrahim, Ernest T. Maya, Ernestina Donkor, Irene A. Agyepong, Richard M. Adanu
Experiences of health care in women with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy in Sweden: a qualitative interview study
Harshida Patel, Maria Schaufelberger, Cecily Begley, Marie Berg
Fetal membrane imaging and the prediction of preterm birth: a systematic review, current issues, and future directions
Vanessa Nunes, Jennifer Cross, John E. Speich, Danielle R. Morgan, Jerome F. Strauss III, Ronald M. Ramus
Implications of methodological differences in measuring the rates of exclusive breastfeeding in Nepal: findings from literature review and cohort study
Vishnu Khanal, Andy H. Lee, Jane A. Scott, Rajendra Karkee, Colin W. Binns
Impact of obstetric interventions on condition at birth in extremely preterm babies: evidence from a national cohort study
Andrei S. Morgan, Neil Marlow, Elizabeth S. Draper, Zarko Alfirević, Enid M. Hennessy, Kate Costeloe