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Topics › Maternal Health in the United States ›

Maternal Health in the U.S. Recent Publications

  • New labor management guidelines and changes in cesarean delivery patterns
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | October 2017
  • The U.S. twin delivery volume and association with cesarean delivery rates: A hospital-level analysis
    American Journal of Perinatology | October 2017
  • Effect of maternal age and fetal number on the risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
    American Journal of Perinatology | October 2017
  • Early pregnancy diabetes screening and diagnosis: Prevalence, rates of abnormal test results, and associated factors
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | October 2017
  • Expanding prenatal care to unauthorized immigrant women and the effects on infant health
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | October 2017
  • Optimal timing of delivery for women with breast cancer, according to cancer stage and hormone status: A decision-analytic model
    The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine | September 2017
  • Racial and ethnic differences in preterm birth: A complex, multifactorial problem
    Seminars in Perinatology | September 2017
  • Risk of expectant management and optimal timing of delivery in low-risk term pregnancies: A population-based study
    American Journal of Perinatology | September 2017
  • Association between type of health professional at birth and exclusive breastfeeding
    Journal of Midwivery & Women's Health | September 2017
  • Improving breastfeeding medicine in undergraduate medical education: A student survey and extensive curriculum review with suggestions for improvement
    Education for Health | September 2017
  • Continuous glucose monitoring in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes (CONCEPTT): A multicentre international randomised controlled trial
    The Lancet | September 2017
  • Comparison of subcuticular suture type for skin closure after cesarean delivery: A randomized controlled trial
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | September 2017
  • Vaccination during pregnancy: First line of defense for expecting mothers and vulnerable young infants
    Current Opinion in Pediatrics | September 2017
  • The association of decision-to-incision time for cesarean delivery with maternal and neonatal outcomes
    American Journal of Perinatology | September 2017
  • Characteristics of pregnant women who reported alcohol use at admission to substance use treatment
    Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment | September 2017
  • Thyroid stimulating hormone, anti-thyroid antibodies and pregnancy outcomes
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | September 2017
  • Association of panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and benzodiazepine treatment during pregnancy with risk of adverse birth outcomes
    JAMA Psychiatry | September 2017
  • Prenatal attitudes toward vaginal delivery and actual delivery mode: Variation by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status
    Birth | September 2017
  • Delivering perinatal depression care in a rural obstetric setting: A mixed methods study of feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness
    Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology | September 2017
  • Intrauterine cleaning after placental delivery at cesarean section: A randomized controlled trial
    The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine | September 2017
  • Trajectories of maternal weight from before pregnancy through postpartum and associations with childhood obesity
    The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | September 2017
  • Immediate postpartum contraception: A survey needs assessment of a national sample of midwives
    Journal of Midwivery & Women's Health | September 2017
  • Access to obstetric services in rural counties still declining, with 9 percent losing services, 2004–14
    Health Affairs | September 2017
  • Folic acid supplement use and the risk of gestational hypertension and preeclampsia
    Women and Birth | September 2017
  • History of breast feeding and risk of incident endometriosis: Prospective cohort study
    The BMJ | August 2017
  • Who uses a midwife for prenatal care and for birth in the United States? A secondary analysis of listening to mothers III
    Women's Health Issues | August 2017
  • Pregnant trauma victims experience nearly two-fold higher mortality compared to their non-pregnant counterparts
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | August 2017
  • Altered fetal growth, placental abnormalities, and stillbirth
    PLOS One | August 2017
  • Let’s talk about breastfeeding: The importance of delivering a message in a home visiting program
    American Journal of Health Promotion | August 2017
  • Access to and satisfaction with prenatal care among pregnant women with physical disabilities: Findings from a national survey
    Journal of Women's Health | August 2017
  • Sleep disorder diagnosis during pregnancy and risk of preterm birth
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | August 2017
  • Partnering of public, academic, and private entities to reestablish maternal mortality review in Georgia
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | August 2017
  • Epidemiology of maternal morbidity and mortality
    Seminars in Perinatology | August 2017
  • Birth outcome racial disparities: A result of intersecting social and environmental factors
    Seminars in Perinatology | August 2017
  • Opioid drug use and acute cardiac events among pregnant women in the United States
    The American Journal of Medicine | August 2017
  • Characteristics of spontaneous births attended by midwives and physicians in US hospitals in 2014
    Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health | August 2017
  • The hard work of improving outcomes for mothers and babies: Obstetric and perinatal quality improvement initiatives make a difference at the hospital, state, and national levels
    Clinics in Perinatology | August 2017
  • Epidemiology of racial/ethnic disparities in severe maternal morbidity and mortality
    Seminars in Perinatology | August 2017
  • Prenatal depression screening and antidepressant prescription: Obstetrician-gynecologists’ practices, opinions, and interpretation of evidence
    Archives of Women's Mental Health | August 2017
  • Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) consult series #43: Hepatitis C in pregnancy: Screening, treatment and management
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | August 2017
  • Short interpregnancy interval increases the risk of preterm premature rupture of membranes and early delivery
    The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine | August 2017
  • The association between preconception care receipt and the timeliness and adequacy of prenatal care: An examination of multistate data from Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) 2009–2011
    Maternal and Child Health Journal | July 2017
  • Why is US maternal mortality rising?
    JAMA | July 2017
  • Update: Interim guidance for health care providers caring for pregnant women with possible Zika virus exposure — United States (including U.S. Territories), July 2017
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | July 2017
  • Placental peptides metabolism and maternal factors as predictors of risk of gestational diabetes in pregnant women. A case-control study
    PLOS One | July 2017
  • Effect of advanced maternal age on maternal and neonatal outcomes in assisted reproductive technology pregnancies
    European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology | July 2017
  • Lifestyle in progression from hypertensive disorders of pregnancy to chronic hypertension in Nurses’ Health Study II: Observational cohort study
    BMJ | July 2017
  • Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis during antepartum admissions and postpartum readmissions
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | July 2017
  • National Partnership for Maternal Safety: Consensus bundle on severe hypertension during pregnancy and the postpartum period
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | July 2017
  • Pregnancy-related mortality in the United States, 2011-2013
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | July 2017
  • Relationship between labor and delivery unit management practices and maternal outcomes
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | July 2017
  • Knowledge and prevention practices among U.S. pregnant immigrants from Zika virus outbreak areas
    The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | July 2017
  • An initiative to reduce the episiotomy rate: Association of feedback and the Hawthorne effect with Leapfrog goals
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | July 2017
  • False labor at term in singleton pregnancies: Discharge after a standardized assessment and perinatal outcomes
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | July 2017
  • A shared decision-making intervention to guide opioid prescribing after Cesarean delivery
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | July 2017
  • Postdischarge opioid use after Cesarean delivery
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | July 2017
  • Patterns of opioid prescription and use after Cesarean delivery
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | July 2017
  • Maternal dietary patterns during pregnancy are associated with newborn body composition
    The Journal of Nutrition | July 2017
  • Pregnancy outcomes after maternal Zika virus infection during pregnancy — U.S. territories, January 1, 2016–April 25, 2017
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | June 2017
  • Rights and realities in U.S. maternity care
    Reproductive Ethics | June 2017
  • Global disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality
    Seminars in Perinatology | June 2017
  • Brexanolone (SAGE-547 injection) in post-partum depression: A randomised controlled trial
    The Lancet | June 2017
  • Exploring the social determinants of racial/ethnic disparities in prenatal care utilization and maternal outcome
    Seminars in Perinatology | June 2017
  • Impact of evidence-based interventions on wound complications after cesarean
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | June 2017
  • A modified Timeline Followback assessment to capture alcohol exposure in pregnant women: Application in the Safe Passage Study
    Alcohol | June 2017
  • Drinking and smoking patterns during pregnancy: Development of group-based trajectories in the Safe Passage Study
    Alcohol | June 2017
  • Labor, delivery, and anesthesia experiences of women with physical disability
    Birth | June 2017
  • Lithium use in pregnancy and the risk of cardiac malformations
    The New England Journal of Medicine | June 2017
  • Strategies to reduce disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality: Patient and provider education
    Seminars in Perinatology | June 2017
  • Provider adherence to syphilis testing recommendations for women delivering a stillbirth
    Sexually Transmitted Diseases | June 2017
  • Intracervical Foley catheter with and without oxytocin for labor induction: A randomized controlled trial
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | June 2017
  • Epidemiologic surveillance of teenage birth rates in the United States, 2006-2012
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | June 2017
  • Universal cervical length screening and antenatal corticosteroid timing
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | June 2017
  • Medical and obstetric complications among pregnant women with liver cirrhosis
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | June 2017
  • A randomized trial of Foley bulb for labor induction in premature rupture of membranes in nulliparas (FLIP)
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | May 2017
  • Contribution of maternal age and pregnancy checkbox on maternal mortality ratios in the United States, 1978–2012
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | May 2017
  • Risk factors for pregnancy-associated stroke in women with preeclampsia
    Stroke | May 2017
  • Maternal race and intergenerational preterm birth recurrence
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | May 2017
  • Maternal age and severe maternal morbidity: A population-based retrospective cohort study
    PLOS Medicine | May 2017
  • Intimate partner violence and pregnancy: Epidemiology and impact
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | May 2017
  • No association between influenza vaccination during pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes
    Vaccine | May 2017
  • Association between gestational weight gain and perinatal outcomes in women with chronic hypertension
    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | May 2017
  • Early pregnancy vaginal microbiome trends and preterm birth
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | May 2017
  • State medicaid coverage of medically necessary abortions and severe maternal morbidity and maternal mortality
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | May 2017
  • Committee opinion no. 699: Adolescent pregnancy, contraception, and sexual activity
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | May 2017
  • Trends in maternal mortality by sociodemographic characteristics and cause of death in 27 states and the District of Columbia
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | May 2017
  • Estimated perinatal HIV infection among infants born in the United States, 2002-2013
    JAMA | May 2017
  • Maternal racial and ethnic disparities in neonatal birth outcomes with and without assisted reproduction
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | May 2017
  • The impact of postpartum hemorrhage on hospital length of stay and inpatient mortality: A national inpatient sample–based analysis
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | May 2017
  • Patterns of gestational weight gain and birthweight outcomes in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Fetal Growth Studies–Singletons: A prospective study
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | May 2017
  • Zika risk and pregnancy in clinical practice: Ongoing experience as the outbreak evolves
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | May 2017
  • Finding the breech: Influence of breech presentation on mode of delivery based on timing of diagnosis, attempt at external cephalic version, and provider success with version
    Birth | May 2017
  • Contribution of maternal age and pregnancy checkbox on maternal mortality ratios in the United States, 1978-2012
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | May 2017
  • The fourth trimester: A critical transition period with unmet maternal health needs
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | April 2017
  • Preeclampsia screening evidence report and systematic review for the US Preventive Services Task Force
    JAMA | April 2017
  • Screening for preeclampsia US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement
    JAMA | April 2017
  • Trends in repeat births and use of postpartum contraception among teens — United States, 2004–2015
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | April 2017
  • Assessing the potential impact of extending antenatal steroids to the late preterm period
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | April 2017
  • Randomized controlled trial of intravenous acetaminophen for post-cesarean delivery pain control
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | April 2017
  • Area racism and birth outcomes among blacks in the United States
    Social Science & Medicine | April 2017
  • The 4th trimester: A critical transition period with unmet maternal health needs
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | April 2017
  • Maternity coverage, children, disability, and more
    Health Affairs | April 2017
  • Vital signs: Update on Zika virus–associated birth defects and evaluation of all U.S. infants with congenital zika virus exposure — U.S. Zika Pregnancy Registry, 2016
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | April 2017
  • Norms and stigma regarding pregnancy decisions during an unintended pregnancy: Development and predictors of scales among young women in the U.S. South
    PLOS One | March 2017
  • Decline in postpartum depression
    JAMA | March 2017
  • Labor induction and cesarean delivery: A prospective cohort study of first births in Pennsylvania, USA
    Birth | March 2017
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder and antepartum complications: A novel risk factor for gestational diabetes and preeclampsia
    Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology | March 2017
  • Using a state birth registry as a quality improvement tool
    American Journal of Perinatology | March 2017
  • Exposure to any antenatal corticosteroids and outcomes in preterm infants by gestational age: Prospective cohort study
    BMJ | March 2017
  • Racial and ethnic disparities in postpartum care and contraception in California’s Medicaid program
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | March 2017
  • Diagnostic tests for evaluation of stillbirth: Stillbirth collaborative research network
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | March 2017
  • The role of maternal age in twin pregnancy outcomes
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | March 2017
  • Characteristics of women age 15-24 at risk for excess weight gain during pregnancy
    PLOS One | March 2017
  • Spontaneous and indicated preterm delivery risk is increased among overweight and obese women without prepregnancy chronic disease
    BJOG | February 2017
  • Trends in operative vaginal delivery, 2005–2013: A population-based study
    BJOG | February 2017
  • A systematic review of interventions for Hispanic women with or at risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)
    Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare | February 2017
  • Honoring motherhood: The meaning of childbirth for Tongan women
    The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing | February 2017
  • Trends in postpartum depressive symptoms — 27 states, 2004, 2008, and 2012
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | February 2017
  • Likelihood of cesarean delivery after applying leading active labor diagnostic guidelines
    Birth | February 2017
  • Patient satisfaction with virtual obstetric care
    Maternal and Child Health Journal | February 2017
  • Early standardized treatment of critical blood pressure elevations is associated with a reduction in eclampsia and severe maternal morbidity
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | January 2017
  • Reduction of severe maternal morbidity from hemorrhage using a state perinatal quality collaborative
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | January 2017
  • Stressful life events around the time of unplanned pregnancy and women’s health: Exploratory findings from a national sample
    Maternal and Child Health Journal | January 2017
  • Transgenerational transmission of preterm birth risk: The role of race and generational socio-economic neighborhood context
    Maternal and Child Health Journal | January 2017
  • Prevalence of preterm, low birthweight, and small for gestational age delivery after breast cancer diagnosis: A population-based study
    Breast Cancer Research | January 2017
  • Achieving higher-value obstetrical care
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | December 2016
  • The influence of interpregnancy interval on infant mortality
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | December 2016
  • Reducing health disparities by removing cost, access, and knowledge barriers
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | December 2016
  • Maternal age at childbirth and parity as predictors of longevity among women in the United States: The Women’s Health Initiative
    American Journal of Public Health | December 2016
  • Vaginal birth after cesarean: Neonatal outcomes and United States birth setting
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | December 2016
  • Pregnancy in advanced age and the risk of stroke in postmenopausal women: Analysis of Women’s Health Initiative study
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | December 2016
  • Cesarean outcomes in US birth centers and collaborating hospitals: A cohort comparison
    Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health | December 2016
  • Quality improvement initiatives lead to reduction in nulliparous term singleton vertex cesarean delivery rate
    The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety | November 2016
  • Disparities in breastfeeding: Impact on maternal and child health outcomes and costs
    The Journal of Pediatrics | November 2016
  • Childbirth education class and birth plans are associated with a vaginal delivery
    Birth | November 2016
  • Obstetric medical care in the United States of America
    Obstetric Medicine | November 2016
  • Understanding the role of violence as a social determinant of preterm birth
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | October 2016
  • Health care disparity and state-specific pregnancy-related mortality in the United States, 2005–2014
    Obstetrics & Gynecology | October 2016
  • Drivers of maternity care in high-income countries: Can health systems support woman-centered care?
    The Lancet | September 2016
  • The availability and use of postpartum LARC in Mexico and among Hispanics in the United States
    Maternal and Child Health Journal | August 2016
  • The interaction between maternal race/ethnicity and chronic hypertension on preterm birth
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | August 2016
  • Medical and obstetric outcomes among pregnant women with tuberculosis: A population-based study of 7.8 million births
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | August 2016
  • Hospital delivery volume, severe obstetrical morbidity, and failure to rescue
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | July 2016
  • Invisible wounds: Obstetric violence in the United States
    Reproductive Health Matters | June 2016
  • Severe maternal morbidity, New York City, 2008-2012
    New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene | June 2016
  • Parental race/ethnicity and adverse birth outcomes in New York City: 2000–2010
    American Journal of Public Health | June 2016
  • Black mamas matter: A toolkit for advancing the human right to safe and respectful maternal health care
    Center for Reproductive Rights | June 2016
  • Parental characteristics can explain why Japanese women give birth to the smallest infants in the United States
    Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology | May 2016
  • Is cesarean delivery preferable in twin pregnancies at ≥36 weeks gestation?
    PLOS One | May 2016
  • Contemporary outcomes of sickle cell disease in pregnancy
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | May 2016
  • Site of delivery contribution to black-white severe maternal morbidity disparity
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | May 2016
  • A randomized controlled trial of intramuscular versus vaginal progesterone for the prevention of recurrent preterm birth
    International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics | April 2016
  • Internet use by pregnant women seeking pregnancy-related information: A systematic review
    BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | March 2016
  • Racial/ethnic disparities in antenatal depression in the United States: A systematic review
    Maternal and Child Health Journal | March 2016
  • The optimal gestation for pertussis vaccination during pregnancy: A prospective cohort study
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | March 2016
  • New architectural design of delivery room reduces morbidity in preterm neonates: A prospective cohort study
    BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | March 2016
  • Power, politics, and health: A new public health practice targeting the root causes of health equity
    Maternal and Child Health Journal | March 2016
  • Genetic evidence for causal relationships between maternal obesity-related traits and birth weight
    JAMA | March 2016
  • Declines in unintended pregnancy in the United States, 2008–2011
    The New England Journal of Medicine | March 2016
  • The emerging Zika virus epidemic in the Americas
    JAMA | March 2016
  • Prenatal and perinatal determinants of lung health and disease in early life
    JAMA | March 2016
  • Use of maternal early warning trigger tool reduces maternal morbidity
    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | March 2016
  • Gestational weight gain standards based on women enrolled in the Fetal Growth Longitudinal Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project: A prospective longitudinal cohort study
    The BMJ | February 2016
  • Predicting obstetric anal sphincter injuries in a modern obstetric population
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | February 2016
  • Primary care screening for and treatment of depression in pregnant and postpartum women
    The Journal of the American Medical Association | January 2016
  • Screening for depression in adults
    The Journal of the American Medical Association | January 2016
  • The state of reproductive health and rights: A 50-state report card
    The Population Institute | January 2016
  • Hospital variation in cesarean delivery rates: Contribution of individual and hospital factors in Florida
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | January 2016
  • Black-white differences in severe maternal morbidity and site of care
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | January 2016
  • Planned out-of-hospital birth and birth outcomes
    The New England Journal of Medicine | December 2015
  • Racial disparity in previable birth
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | December 2015
  • Location of childbirth for rural women: Implications for maternal levels of care
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | November 2015
  • Racial bias in health care and health challenges and opportunities
    JAMA | August 2015
  • Poverty, pregnancy, and birth outcomes: A study of the Earned Income Tax Credit
    Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology | July 2015
  • Cross-sectional survey of California childbirth hospitals: Implications for defining maternal levels of risk-appropriate care
    ACOG | July 2015
  • The impact of postpartum contraception on reducing preterm birth: Findings from California
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | July 2015
  • Happiness about unintended pregnancy and its relationship to contraceptive desires among a predominantly Latina cohort
    Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health | June 2015
  • A NICE delivery — The cross-Atlantic divide over treatment intensity in childbirth
    New England Journal of Medicine | June 2015
  • Exposure to prescription opioid analgesics in utero and risk of neonatal abstinence syndrome: Population based cohort study
    BMJ | May 2015
  • Incidence and risk factors of sepsis mortality in labor, delivery and after birth: Population-based study in the USA
    The Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Research | May 2015
  • An international contrast of rates of placental abruption: An age-period-cohort analysis
    PLOS ONE | May 2015
  • Beyond the cross-sectional: Neighborhood poverty histories and preterm birth
    American Journal of Public Health | May 2015
  • Innovative uses of technology in online midwifery education
    Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health | May 2015
  • Morbidity associated with cesarean delivery in the United States: Is placenta accreta an increasingly important contributor?
    AJOG | May 2015
  • Health among black children by maternal and child nativity
    American Journal of Public Health | April 2015
  • Legislation introduced to set higher maternity care standards
    Journal of American Medical Association | April 2015
  • Planned home birth: Benefits, risks, and opportunities
    International Journal of Women's Health | April 2015
  • Increasing incidence of the neonatal abstinence syndrome in U.S. neonatal ICUs
    NEJM | April 2015
  • A population-based study of US women’s preferred versus usual sources of reproductive health care
    AJOG | April 2015
  • Newborn screening: Evolving challenges in an era of rapid discovery
    JAMA | April 2015
  • Labor patterns in women attempting vaginal birth after cesarean with normal neonatal outcomes
    AJOG | April 2015
  • Labor and delivery outcomes among young adolescents
    AJOG | April 2015
  • The rate of preterm birth in the United States is affected by the method of gestational age assignment
    AJOG | April 2015
  • Using evidence on human milk and breastfeeding to transform care
    Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing | April 2015
  • A new performance measurement system for maternal and child health in the United States
    Maternal and Child Health Journal | April 2015
  • The role of socioeconomic factors in black-white disparities in preterm birth
    American Journal of Public Health | April 2015
  • Survival, morbidity, growth and developmental delay for babies born preterm in low and middle income countries – A systematic review of outcomes measured
    PLOS One | March 2015
  • Air pollution and stillbirth risk: Exposure to airborne particulate matter during pregnancy is associated with fetal death
    PLOS One | March 2015
  • Puberty and perimenopause: Reproductive transitions and their implications for women’s health
    Science Direct | March 2015
  • Making a case to reduce legal impediments to midwifery practice in the United States
    Women's Health Issues | March 2015
  • The impact of reproductive health legislation on family planning clinic services in Texas
    American Journal of Public Health | March 2015
  • Perinatal experiences of Somali couples in the United States
    Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing | March 2015
  • Vaginal progesterone for maintenance tocolysis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials
    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | March 2015
  • The risk of stillbirth and infant death by each additional week of expectant management in twin pregnancies
    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | March 2015
  • Reproductive health concerns in women with systemic lupus erythematosus
    The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing | March 2015
  • Maternal mortality and morbidity in the United States of America
    WHO | March 2015
  • Midwifery care and patient–provider communication in maternity decisions in the United States
    Maternal and Child health journal | February 2015
  • Permeability of public and private spaces in reproductive healthcare seeking: Barriers to uptake of services among low income African American women in a smaller urban setting
    Social Science and Medicine | February 2015
  • Gestational weight gain among American Samoan women and its impact on delivery and infant outcomes
    BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | February 2015
  • Prevention and management of postpartum hemorrhage: A comparison of four national guidelines
    AJOG-American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | February 2015
  • Putting the “M” Back in the Maternal and Child Health Bureau: Reducing maternal mortality and morbidity
    Maternal and Child Health Journal | January 2015
  • The relationship between planned and reported home infant sleep locations among mothers of late preterm and term infants
    Maternal and Child Health Journal | January 2015
  • Control of hypertension in pregnancy — If some is good, is more worse?
    New England Journal of Medicine | January 2015
  • How well do birth records serve maternal and child health programs? Birth registration system evaluation, New York City, 2008–2011
    Maternal and Child Health Journal | January 2015
  • Delayed presentation of uterine rupture postpartum
    AJOG | January 2015
  • The future of MCH nutrition services: A commentary on the importance of supporting leadership training to strengthen the nutrition workforce
    Maternal and Child Health Journal | January 2015
  • ACOG/SMFM obstetric care consensus – Levels of maternal care
    AJOG- American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | January 2015
  • Neighborhood disadvantage, preconception stressful life events, and infant birth weight
    American Journal of Public Health | January 2015
  • Prior prelabor or intrapartum cesarean delivery and risk of placenta previa
    AJOG | January 2015
  • Safety of assisted reproductive technology in the United States, 2000-2011
    JAMA | January 2015
  • Health status of HIV-infected women entering care: Baseline medical findings from the Women of Color Initiative
    AIDS Patient Care and STDs | January 2015
  • Challenges and opportunities facing maternal and child health (MCH) professionals
    Maternal and Child Health Journal | January 2015
  • Variation in and factors associated with use of episiotomy
    Journal of the American Medical Association | January 2015
  • Statistical significance of eating disorders and adverse perinatal outcomes
    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | January 2015
  • Wireless fetal heart rate monitoring in inpatient full-term pregnant women: Testing functionality and acceptability
    PLOS One | January 2015
  • Babies with low birth weight
    JAMA | January 2015
  • Building effective partnerships to improve birth outcomes by reducing obesity: The B’more Fit for healthy babies coalition of Baltimore
    Evaluation and Program Planning | December 2014
  • NICE advises extra pregnancy support for women at risk of mental health problems
    BMJ | December 2014
  • State-based maternal death reviews: Assessing opportunities to alter outcomes
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | December 2014
  • Early elective deliveries accounted for nearly 9 percent of births paid for by medicaid
    HealthAffairs | December 2014
  • Maternal obesity is associated with alterations in the gut microbiome in toddlers
    PLOS One | November 2014
  • Influence of interpregnancy interval on neonatal morbidity
    AJOG | November 2014
  • Unintended birth among Hispanic women in Texas: A descriptive analysis
    Maternal and Child Health Journal | November 2014
  • Treatment of syphilis: A systematic review
    JAMA | November 2014
  • International standards for early fetal size and pregnancy dating based on ultrasound measurement of crown-rump length in the first trimester
    Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology | November 2014
  • Opportunities and barriers in global women’s health training during obstetrics and gynecology residencies in the USA
    International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics | October 2014
  • Maternal obesity and tobacco use modify the impact of genetic variants on the occurrence of conotruncal heart defects
    PLOS One | October 2014
  • Factors associated with increased cesarean risk among African American women: Evidence from California, 2010
    American Journal of Public Health | October 2014
  • Factors influencing parental involvement among minors seeking an abortion: A qualitative study
    American Journal of Public Health | October 2014
  • Oral contraceptive use and mortality after 36 years of follow-up in the Nurses’ Health Study: Prospective cohort study
    BMJ | October 2014
  • Research informs abortion care policy change In California
    American Journal of Public Health | September 2014
  • Health rights in the balance: The case against perinatal shackling of women behind bars
    Health and Human Rights | September 2014
  • The association between race/ethnicity and major birth defects in the United States, 1999–2007
    American Public Health Association | August 2014
  • Racial disparities in access to maternity care practices that support breastfeeding
    CDC | August 2014
  • Maternal quality and safety outcomes for Asians and Pacific Islanders in Hawai’i: An observational study from five years of statewide data
    BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | August 2014
  • Medically complex pregnancies and early breastfeeding behaviors: A retrospective analysis
    PLOS ONE | August 2014
  • Reproductive health access among deployed U.S. servicewomen: A qualitative study
    Military Medicine | June 2014
  • Racial and ethnic disparities in severe maternal morbidity: A multistate analysis, 2008-2010
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | May 2014
  • Maternal exposure to hurricane destruction and fetal mortality
    Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | May 2014
  • Measuring adequacy of prenatal care: Does missing visit information matter?
    Birth | April 2014
  • Chronic hypertension and pregnancy outcomes: Systematic review and meta-analysis
    BMJ | April 2014
  • Population-level correlates of preterm delivery among black and white women in the U.S
    PLOS One | April 2014
  • A prospective cohort study of antipsychotic medications in pregnancy: The first 147 pregnancies and 100 one year old babies
    PLOS ONE | April 2014
  • Prepregnancy body mass index and risk of preterm birth: Association heterogeneity by preterm subgroups
    BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | April 2014
  • Maternal mortality in the U.S. – Predictability and the impact of protocols on fatal post-cesarean pulmonary embolism and hypertension-related intracranial hemorrhage
    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | March 2014
  • A not-so-grim tale: How childhood family structure influences reproductive and risk-taking outcomes in a historical U.S. population
    PLOS ONE | March 2014
  • Early and total neonatal mortality in relation to birth setting in the United States, 2006-2009
    AJOG | March 2014
  • Safe prevention of the primary cesarean delivery
    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | March 2014
  • The role of surgery in global health: Analysis of United States inpatient procedure frequency by condition using the Global Burden of Disease 2010 framework
    PLOS ONE | February 2014
  • Effect of maternal–child home visitation on pregnancy spacing for first-time Latina mothers
    American Journal of Public Health | February 2014
  • Influenza vaccine text message reminders for urban, low-income pregnant women: A randomized controlled trial
    American Journal of Public Health | February 2014
  • Layers of inequality: Power, policy and health
    American Journal of Public Health | February 2014
  • Trends in maternal morbidity before and during pregnancy in California
    American Journal of Public Health | February 2014
  • Maternal obesity affects fetal neurodevelopmental and metabolic gene expression: A pilot study
    PLOS ONE | February 2014
  • Does a maternal-fetal medicine-centered labor and delivery coverage model put the ‘m’ back in MFM?
    AJOG | February 2014
  • Ascension Health’s demonstration of full disclosure protocol for unexpected events during labor and delivery shows promise
    Health Affairs | January 2014
  • Military sexual trauma among U.S. servicewomen during deployment: A qualitative study
    American Journal of Public Health | January 2014
  • Research shows Philadelphia failing UN maternal and infant health goals
    RH Reality Check | December 2013
  • Healthcare expenses associated with multiple vs singleton pregnancies in the United States
    AJOG | November 2013
  • Assessing the need for and acceptability of a free-of-charge postpartum HPV vaccination program
    AJOG | November 2013
  • In pregnancy, what's worse? Cigarettes or the nicotine patch?
    NPR | November 2013
  • Environmental phthalate exposure and preterm birth
    JAMA Pediatrics | November 2013
  • Pre-eclampsia rates in the United States, 1980-2010: Age-period-cohort analysis
    BMJ | November 2013
  • Study: BPA exposure may increase miscarriage risk for some women
    RH Reality Check | October 2013
  • Partner support in a cohort of African American families and its influence on pregnancy outcomes and prenatal health behaviors
    BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | October 2013
  • Effect of nurse home visits vs. usual care on reducing intimate partner violence in young high-risk pregnant women: A randomized controlled trial
    PLOS One | October 2013
  • Rationale, design and methodology for the optimizing outcomes in women with gestational diabetes mellitus and their infants study
    BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | October 2013
  • A randomized trial of planned cesarean or vaginal delivery for twin pregnancy
    New England Journal of Medicine | October 2013
  • Pregnancy weight gain and childhood body weight: A within-family comparison
    PLOS Medicine | September 2013
  • Abortion restrictions in U.S. foreign aid: The history and harms of the Helms Amendment
    Guttmacher Institute | September 2013
  • Maternal mortality: Time for national action
    Obstetrics and Gynecology
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    Journal of Urban Health | September 2013
  • Diabetes and perinatal mortality in twin pregnancies
    PLOS ONE | September 2013
  • Health workforce brain drain: From denouncing the challenge to solving the problem
    PLOS Medicine | September 2013
  • The disturbing, shameful history of childbirth deaths
    Slate | September 2013
  • Implementation of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project in the United States
    BJOG | September 2013
  • Selected perinatal outcomes associated with planned home births in the United States
    AJOG | September 2013
  • Simulated estimates of pre-pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus in the US: 1980 to 2008
    PLOS ONE | September 2013
  • Racial and ethnic differences in primary, unscheduled cesarean deliveries among low-risk primiparous women at an academic medical center: A retrospective cohort study
    BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | September 2013
  • Use of antidepressants near delivery and risk of postpartum hemorrhage: cohort study of low income women in the United States
    BMJ | August 2013
  • Does breastfeeding offer protection against maternal depressive symptomatology?
    Archives of Women's Health | August 2013
  • Implementation of a laborist program and evaluation of the effect upon cesarean delivery
    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | August 2013
  • Variations in post delivery infection and thrombosis by hospital teaching status
    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | August 2013
  • One third of US women travel more than 25 miles for an abortion
    BMJ | August 2013
  • Opposition to abortion is growing in southern and midwestern US states
    BMJ | August 2013
  • Understanding why women seek abortions in the US
    BMC Women's Health | July 2013
  • More nurses advancing their education, study finds
    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | July 2013
  • Impact of obesity on incision-to-delivery interval and neonatal outcomes at cesarean delivery
    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | July 2013
  • Confronting safety gaps across labor and delivery teams
    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | July 2013
  • Strengthening U.S. investments in women’s global health: A CSIS delegation to Zambia
    CSIS Smart Global Health | May 2013
  • Hospital differences in cesarean deliveries in Massachusetts (US) 2004–2006: The case against case-mix artifact
    PLOS ONE | March 2013
  • A proposed method to predict preterm birth using clinical data, standard maternal serum screening and cholesterol
    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | March 2013
  • Cesarean delivery rates vary tenfold among US hospitals; reducing variation may address quality and cost issues
    Health Affairs | March 2013
  • Association between physicians’ experience after training and maternal obstetrical outcomes: Cohort study
    British Medical Journal | March 2013
  • Trauma in pregnancy: An updated systematic review
    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | January 2013
  • Comparison of two measures of gestational age among low-income births. The potential impact on health studies, New York, 2005
    Maternal and Child Health Journal | January 2013
  • Health care utilisation in the first year of life among infants of mothers with perinatal depression or anxiety
    Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology | January 2013
  • Thoughts on the future of reproductive and perinatal epidemiology
    Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology | January 2013
  • Is military deployment a risk factor for maternal depression?
    Journal of Women's Health | January 2013
  • Putting the “m” back in maternal-fetal medicine
    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | December 2012
  • Home visits offer window into mother, infant well-being
    Harvard School of Public Health | December 2012
  • Obstetric complications among U.S. women with asthma
    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | November 2012
  • Silent loss and the clinical encounter: Parents’ and physicians’ experiences of stillbirth – A qualitative analysis
    BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | November 2012
  • Obesity impairs cell mediated immunity during the second trimester of pregnancy
    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | November 2012
  • Acculturation and gestational weight gain in a predominantly Puerto Rican population
    BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | November 2012
  • Plasma concentrations of soluble endoglin versus standard evaluation in patients with suspected preeclampsia
    PLOS One | October 2012
  • Outcomes and feasibility of laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy among obese versus non-obese women
    International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics | October 2012
  • The methodological challenges of attempting to compare the safety of home and hospital birth in terms of the risk of perinatal death
    Midwifery Journal | August 2012
  • ‘Groping through the fog’: A metasynthesis of women’s experiences on VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean section)
    BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | August 2012
  • A system-based intervention to improve postpartum diabetes screening among women with gestational diabetes
    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | August 2012
  • Trial of labor versus repeat cesarean: Are patients making an informed decision?
    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | July 2012
  • Strenuous exercise during pregnancy: Is there a limit?
    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | July 2012
  • Text4baby in the United States and Russia: An opportunity for understanding how mHealth affects maternal and child health
    Journal of Health Communication | May 2012
  • Mobile health evaluation methods: The Text4baby case study
    Journal of Health Communication | May 2012
  • Use of birth kits and clean practices significantly reduce mortality
    British Journal of Midwifery | April 2012
  • Racial/ethnic disparities in obstetric outcomes and care: Prevalence and determinants
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | April 2010
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