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Latest Maternal Health Research

  • Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement
    US Preventive Task Force | February 2019
  • Gestational Weight Gain and Severe Maternal Morbidity at Delivery Hospitalization
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | March 2019
  • Pregnancy Outcomes in US Prisons, 2016–2017
    American Public Health Association | March 2019
  • The role of male partner in utilization of maternal health care services in Ethiopia: a community-based couple study
    BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | January 2019
  • Prior dengue virus infection and risk of Zika: A pediatric cohort in Nicaragua
    PLOS Medicine | January 2019
  • Association of Maternal Social Relationships With Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
    JAMA Network Open | January 2019
  • Introduction of genomics into prenatal diagnostics
    The Lancet | January 2019
  • Low-income Texas women’s experiences accessing their desired contraceptive method at the first postpartum visit
    Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health | December 2018
  • Maternal immunisation to improve the health of HIV-exposed infants
    The Lancet | December 2018
  • Temporal trends in spatial inequalities of maternal and newborn health services among four east African countries, 1999–2015
    BMC Public Health | December 2018
  • Breast cancer risk after recent childbirth: A pooled analysis of 15 prospective studies
    Annals of Internal Medicine | December 2018
  • Health systems’ capacity to provide post-abortion care: a multicountry analysis using signal functions
    Lancet Global Health | November 2018
  • Medical abortion in the late first trimester: A systematic review
    Contraception | November 2018
  • Cannabis abuse or dependence during pregnancy: A population-based cohort study on 12 million births
    Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada | November 2018
  • Perinatal outcomes in twin pregnancies complicated by maternal morbidity: Evidence from the WHO Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health
    BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | November 2018
  • Methodological development of tools to measure how women are treated during facility-based childbirth in four countries: labor observation and community survey
    BMC Medical Research Methodology | November 2018
  • National estimates and risk factors associated with early mother-to-child transmission of HIV after implementation of option B+: A cross-sectional analysis
    The Lancet | November 2018
  • Stillbirth among women in nine states in India: Rate and risk factors in study of 886,505 women from the annual health survey
    BMJ Open | November 2018
  • What we can do about maternal mortality – and how to do it quickly
    The New England Journal of Medicine | November 2018
  • Emotional violence exerted by intimate partners and postnatal depressive symptoms among women in Vietnam: A prospective cohort study
    PLOS One | November 2018
  • Comparing women’s financial costs of induced abortion at a facility vs. seeking treatment for complications from unsafe abortion in Zambia
    Reproductive Health Matters | November 2018
  • Global, regional, and national estimates of levels of preterm birth in 2014: A systematic review and modelling analysis
    The Lancet | October 2018
  • To prevent cardiovascular disease, pay attention to pregnancy complications
    JAMA | November 2018
  • Free contraception and behavioural nudges in the postpartum period: evidence from a randomised control trial in Nairobi, Kenya
    BMJ Global Health | October 2018
  • “I wouldn’t even know where to start”: unwanted pregnancy and abortion decision-making in Central Appalachia
    Reproductive Health Matters | December 2018
  • Population-based rates, timing, and causes of maternal deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country prospective cohort study
    Lancet Global Health | December 2018
  • Short interpregnancy intervals and adverse perinatal outcomes in high-resource settings: An updated systematic review
    Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology | October 2018
  • A Low-Cost, Community Knowledge Approach to Estimate Maternal and Jaundice-Associated Mortality in Rural Bangladesh
    The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | October 2018
  • Contribution of social factors to maternal deaths in urban India: Use of care pathway and delay models
    PLOS One | October 2018
  • Measures matter: A scoping review of maternal and newborn indicators
    PLOS One | October 2018
  • Report of the Office of Population Affairs’ expert work group meeting on short birth spacing and adverse pregnancy outcomes: Methodological quality of existing studies and future directions for research
    Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology | October 2018
  • Barriers to Help-Seeking Behavior Among Women With Postpartum Depression
    Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing | October 2018
  • Do women’s perspectives of quality of care during childbirth match with those of providers? A qualitative study in Uttar Pradesh, India
    Global Health Action | October 2018
  • Factors Associated with Breastfeeding Initiation and Continuation: A Meta-Analysis
    Journal of Pediatrics | October 2018
  • Determinants of low birth weight in the context of maternal nutrition education in urban informal settlements, Kenya
    Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease | October 2018
  • Quality assessment indicators in antenatal care worldwide: a systematic review
    International Journal for Quality in Health Care | October 2018
  • Addressing disrespect and abuse during childbirth in facilities
    Reproductive Health Matters | October 2018
  • The experience of maternity care for migrant women living with female genital mutilation: A qualitative synthesis
    Birth | October 2018
  • Pragmatic Trial to Evaluate the Effect of a Promotora Telephone Intervention on the Duration of Breastfeeding
    Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing | October 2018
  • Critical thinking in midwifery practice: A conceptual model
    Nurse Education in Practice | October 2018
  • Missed opportunities in antenatal care for improving the health of pregnant women and newborns in Geita district, Northwest Tanzania
    BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | October 2018
  • Health and sustainable development; strengthening peri-operative care in low income countries to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes
    Reproductive Health | October 2018
  • A first step to improving maternal mortality in a low literacy setting; the successful use of singing to improve knowledge regarding antenatal care
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | October 2018
  • A reassessment of global antenatal care coverage for improving maternal health using sub-Saharan Africa as a case study
    PLOS One | October 2018
  • Two decades of antenatal and delivery care in Uganda: a cross-sectional study using Demographic and Health Surveys
    BMC Health Services Research | October 2018
  • Impact of universal ART for pregnant and postpartum women on ART uptake and retention
    AIDS | October 2018
  • Women suffer more from disrespectful and abusive care than from the labour pain itself: a qualitative study from Women’s perspective
    BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | October 2018
  • Counseling and referrals for women with unplanned pregnancies at publicly funded family planning organizations in Texas
    Contraception | October 2018
  • Disparities in Tdap Vaccination and Vaccine Information Needs Among Pregnant Women in the United States
    Maternal and Child Health Journal | October 2018
  • Disentangling the contributions of maternal and fetal factors to estimate stillbirth risks for intrapartum adverse events in Tanzania and Uganda
    International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics | October 2018
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