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



Reduced prevalence of small-for-gestational-age and preterm birth for women of low socioeconomic position: a population-based cohort study comparing antenatal midwifery and physician models of care

BMJ Open | October 2018

Provision of Reproductive Healthcare to Women with Disabilities: A Survey of Obstetrician-Gynecologists’ Training, Practices, and Perceived Barriers

Health Equity | October 2018

Retention of knowledge and skills after Emergency Obstetric Care training: A multi-country longitudinal study

PLOS One | October 2018

Ugandan providers’ views on the acceptability of contraceptive self-injection for adolescents: a qualitative study

Reproductive Health | October 2018

Overview of literature on RMC and applications to Tanzania

Reproductive Health | October 2018

Experience of perceived barriers and enablers of safe uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact during the first hour after birth in Uganda

Midwifery | September 2018

Childbirth fear and related factors among pregnant and postpartum women in Malawi

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | October 2018

Development of a measure of postpartum PTSD: The City Birth Trauma Scale

Frontiers in Psychiatry | September 2018

“I should have started earlier, but I was not feeling ill!” Perceptions of Kalenjin women on antenatal care and its implications on initial access and differentials in patterns of antenatal care utilization in rural Uasin Gishu County Kenya

PLOS One | October 2018

Pregnancy outcomes in the era of universal antiretroviral treatment in sub-Saharan Africa (POISE Study)

JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes | September 2018

Striving to meet Healthy People 2020 objectives: Trend analysis of maternal smoking

Public Health Reports | October 2018

Maternal near-miss and death among women with hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: a secondary analysis of the Nigeria Near-miss and Maternal Death Survey

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | September 2018

Tackling poorly selected, collected, and reported outcomes in obstetrics and gynecology research

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | September 2018

Trends in pregnancy-associated mortality involving opioids in the United States, 2007–2016

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | September 2018

Recency of migration, region of origin and women’s experience of maternity care in England: Evidence from a large cross-sectional survey

Midwifery | September 2018

Addressing maternal mortality: The pregnant cardiac patient

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | September 2018

Logistical, cultural, and structural barriers to immediate neonatal care and neonatal resuscitation in Bihar, India

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | September 2018

Experiences of women with cardiac disease in pregnancy: A systematic review and metasynthesis

BMJ Open | September 2018

Providers adherence to essential contents of antenatal care services increases birth weight in Bahir Dar City Administration, north West Ethiopia: A prospective follow up study

Reproductive Health | September 2018

Welcoming transgender and nonbinary patients: expanding the language of “women’s health”

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | September 2018

The importance of access to comprehensive reproductive health care, including abortion: A statement from women’s health professional organizations

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | September 2018

How much do conditional cash transfers increase the utilization of maternal and child health care services? New evidence from Janani Suraksha Yojana in India

Economics & Human Biology | September 2018

Intermittent screening and treatment or intermittent preventive treatment compared to current policy of single screening and treatment for the prevention of malaria in pregnancy in Eastern Indonesia: Acceptability among health providers and pregnant women

Malaria Journal | September 2018

Family planning confidential: A qualitative research study on the implications of the ACA

Journal of Adolescent Health | September 2018

Opioid use disorder during pregnancy

JAMA | September 2018

Should prenatal care providers offer pregnancy options counseling?

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | September 2018

Essential newborn care practices and associated factors among home delivered mothers in Damot pulasa Woreda, southern Ethiopia

Reproductive Health | September 2018

Safe passage: Improving the transition of care between triage and labor and delivery

Quality Management in Health Care | October 2018

Screening for gestational diabetes mellitus: A Caribbean perspective

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | September 2018

Influenza and Tdap vaccination coverage among pregnant women – United States, April 2018

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) | September 2018

Husbands’ knowledge and attendance at wives’ postpartum care among rural farmers

Health Care for Women International | September 2018

Determinants of frequency and contents of antenatal care visits in Bangladesh: Assessing the extent of compliance with the WHO recommendations

PLOS One | September 2018

An unexpected, yet welcomed outcome of the St. Louis healthy start program

Maternal and Child Health Journal | September 2018

Multiple morbidities in pregnancy: Time for research, innovation, and action

PLOS Medicine | September 2018

Association of men’s exposure to family planning programming and reported discussion with partner and family planning use: The case of urban Senegal

PLOS One | September 2018

Maternity leave and its impact on breastfeeding: A review of the literature

Breastfeeding Medicine | September 2018

Group prenatal care reduces risk of preterm birth and low birth weight: A matched cohort study

Journal of Women’s Health | September 2018

Use of a facilitated group process to design and implement a group antenatal and postnatal care program in Rwanda

Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health | September 2018

Assessing feasibility of resources at health facilities in Uganda to diagnose pregnancy and neonatal outcomes

International Health | September 2018

Correlates of the Women’s Development Army strategy implementation strength with household reproductive, maternal, newborn and child healthcare practices: A cross-sectional study in four regions of Ethiopia

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | September 2018

Effects of a community-based data for decision-making intervention on maternal and newborn health care practices in Ethiopia: a dose-response study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | September 2018

Better together: A qualitative exploration of women’s perceptions and experiences of group antenatal care

Women and Birth | September 2018

Intended pregnancy after receiving vs. being denied a wanted abortion

Contraception | September 2018

Impact of attitude and knowledge on intention to breastfeed: Can mHealth based education influence decision to breastfeed exclusively?

Annals of Medicine & Surgery | September 2018

Planning and implementation of a FIGO postpartum intrauterine device initiative in six countries

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics | September 2018

Four years of the FIGO postpartum intrauterine device initiative in Sri Lanka: Pilot initiative to national policy

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics | September 2018

Impact of contraceptive counselling training among counsellors participating in the FIGO postpartum intrauterine device initiative in Bangladesh

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics | September 2018

FIGO postpartum intrauterine device initiative: Complication rates across six countries

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics | September 2018

Clinical outcomes of postpartum intrauterine devices inserted by midwives in Tanzania

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics | September 2018

Institutionalizing postpartum family planning and postpartum intrauterine device services in Nepal: Role of training and mentorship

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics | September 2018


Factors influencing the likelihood of acceptance of postpartum intrauterine devices across four countries: India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Tanzania

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics | September 2018

The impact of using nurses to perform postpartum intrauterine device insertions in Kalyani Hospital, India

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics | September 2018

Institutionalization of postpartum intrauterine devices

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics | September 2018

Prevalence and factors associated with abortion and unsafe abortion in Nepal: A nationwide cross-sectional study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | September 2018

Supporting healthful lifestyles during pregnancy: A health coach intervention pilot study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | September 2018

Use of an at‐home multilevel pregnancy test and an automated call‐in system to follow‐up the outcome of medical abortion

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics | September 2018

Pill, patch, or ring? A mixed methods analysis of provider counseling about combined hormonal contraception

Contraception | September 2018

Preterm delivery and maternal cardiovascular disease risk factors: The nurses’ health study II

Journal of Women’s Health | September 2018

Mismanaged expectations—Maternal morbidity in the USA

The Lancet | September 2018

Screening for postpartum depression by hospital-based perinatal nurses

MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing | September 2018

Strategies to reduce and maintain low perinatal mortality in resource‐poor settings – Findings from a four‐decade observational study of birth records from a large public maternity hospital in Papua New Guinea

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | September 2018

Measuring mistreatment of women throughout the birthing process: Implications for quality of care assessments

Reproductive Health Matters | September 2018

Global Abortion Policies Database: A new approach to strengthening knowledge on laws, policies, and human rights standards

BMC International Health and Human Rights | September 2018

Essential Care for Every Baby: Improving compliance with newborn care practices in rural Nicaragua

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | September 2018

A qualitative study to explore the attitudes of women and obstetricians towards caesarean delivery in rural Bangladesh

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | September 2018

The “hot potato” topic: Challenges and facilitators to promoting respectful maternal care within a broader health intervention in Tanzania

Reproductive Health | September 2018

The pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system (PRAMS): Current strengths and opportunities for growth

American Journal of Public Health | September 2018

Meeting need vs. sharing the market: A systematic review of methods to measure the use of private sector family planning and childbirth services in sub-Saharan Africa

BMC Health Services Research | September 2018

Reducing maternal mortality in the United States

JAMA | September 2018

The Mexican experience adapting CenteringPregnancy: Lessons learned in a publicly funded health care system serving vulnerable women

Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health | September 2018

Compliance with the Baby‐friendly Hospital Initiative for Neonatal Wards (Neo‐BFHI): A cross‐sectional study in 36 countries

Maternal & Child Nutrition | September 2018

“It’s something that marks you”: Abortion stigma after decriminalization in Uruguay

Reproductive Health | September 2018

Beyond measurement: the drivers of disrespect and abuse in obstetric care

Reproductive Health Matters | September 2018

Beyond silence and inaction: Changing the response to experiences of racism in the health care workforce

Obstetrics & Gynecology | September 2018

Eliminating preventable maternal deaths in the United States: Progress made and next steps

Obstetrics & Gynecology | September 2018

Association between gestational weight gain and perinatal outcomes

Obstetrics & Gynecology | September 2018

Prenatal treatment and outcomes of women with opioid use disorder

Obstetrics & Gynecology | September 2018

Fathers for the first time: Validation of a questionnaire to asses father experiences of first childbirth in Latin America

Midwifery | September 2018

Maternal use of hormonal contraception and risk of childhood leukaemia: a nationwide, population-based cohort study

The Lancet Oncology | September 2018

The effectiveness of a structured nursing intervention program on maternal stress and ability among mothers of premature infants in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Clinical Nursing | September 2018

Adverse childhood experiences and mental and behavioral health conditions during pregnancy: The role of resilience

Journal of Women’s Health | September 2018

Chlorhexidine–alcohol compared with povidone–iodine preoperative skin antisepsis for cesarean delivery: A systematic review and meta-analysis

American Journal of Perinatology | September 2018

“I keep it to myself”: A qualitative meta‐interpretive synthesis of experiences of postpartum depression among marginalised women

Health & Social Care in the Community | September 2018

Addressing maternal mortality and morbidity in California through public-private partnerships

Health Affairs | September 2018

Challenges and opportunities for outreach workers in the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) program in India

PLOS One | September 2018

Integration of PrEP services into routine antenatal and postnatal care: Experiences from an implementation program in western Kenya

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes | September 2018

Impact of perceived rearing and social support on bonding failure and depression among mothers: A longitudinal study of pregnant women

Journal of Psychiatric Research | September 2018

Policy, paperwork and ‘postographs’: Global indicators and maternity care documentation in rural Burkina Faso

Social Science & Medicine | September 2018

A newly developed tool for measuring the availability of human resources for emergency obstetric and newborn care services: prospective analytic study in two district-level public facilities in Bangladesh

BMC Health Services Research | September 2018

Intramuscular versus intravenous oxytocin to prevent postpartum haemorrhage at vaginal delivery: Randomised controlled trial

BMJ | September 2018

Spousal discordance on reports of contraceptive communication, contraceptive use, and ideal family size in rural India: A cross-sectional study

BMC Women’s Health | September 2018

The coverage of continuum of care in maternal, newborn and child health: a cross-sectional study of woman-child pairs in Ghana

BMJ Global Health | September 2018

Does supportive legislation guarantee access to pregnancy termination and postabortion care services? Findings from a facility census in Central Province, Zambia

BMJ Global Health | September 2018

Adaptation of the training resource package to strengthen preservice family planning training for nurses and midwives in Tanzania and Uganda

Global Health: Science and Practice | August 2018

Survey of Health Care Professional and parents experience in accessing support for breastfeeding during an acute hospital admission

Acta Paediatrica | August 2018

Zika virus and the nonmicrocephalic fetus: Why we should still worry

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | August 2018

The supreme court’s crisis pregnancy center case — Implications for health law

The New England Journal of Medicine | September 2018

Variations in perinatal mortality associated with different polluting fuel types and kitchen location in Bangladesh

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health | August 2018

Prepregnancy insurance and timely prenatal care for medicaid births: Before and after the affordable care act in Ohio

Journal of Women’s Health | August 2018

Early postnatal home visits: a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to achieving high coverage

BMC Public Health | August 2018



Validation of the person-centered maternity care scale in India

Reproductive Health | August 2018

Dietary intake and beliefs of pregnant women with gestational diabetes in Cape Town, South Africa

Nutrients | August 2018

Placenta accreta: Importance of a multidisciplinary approach in the Colombian hospital setting

The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine | August 2018

Expanding the agenda for addressing mistreatment in maternity care: A mapping review and gender analysis

Reproductive Health | August 2018

Could postnatal women’s groups be used to improve outcomes for mothers and children in high-income countries? A systematic review

Download PDF Maternal and Child Health Journal | August 2018

Obstetrics knowledge and skills training as a catalyst for change

The South African Medical Journal | August 2018

Litigating to ensure access to quality maternal health care for women and girls in Kenya

Reproductive Health Matters | August 2018

Women’s perspectives of mistreatment during childbirth at health facilities in Ghana: Findings from a qualitative study

Reproductive Health Matters | August 2018

Maternal infection during pregnancy and type 1 diabetes mellitus in offspring: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Epidemiology & Infection | August 2018

Breastfeeding in low-resource settings: Not a “small matter”

PLOS Medicine | August 2018

Maternal views on facilitators of and barriers to breastfeeding preterm infants

BMC Pediatrics | August 2018

Health visitors’ perceptions on their role to assess and manage postpartum depression cases in the community

Health & Social Care in the Community | August 2018

Cost-effectiveness of a mentorship and quality improvement intervention to enhance the quality of antenatal care at rural health centers in Rwanda

International Journal for Quality in Health Care | August 2018

Changing patterns of contraceptive use and the decline in rates of pregnancy and birth among U.S. adolescents, 2007–2014

Journal of Adolescent Health | August 2018

The severity and management of complications among postabortion patients treated in Kinshasa health facilities

International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health | August 2018

Women’s perceived barriers to giving birth in health facilities in rural Kenya: A qualitative evidence synthesis

Midwifery | August 2018

Nurse and physician reflections on the application of a quality standards training program to reduce maternal mortality

Midwifery | August 2018

Interventions for perinatal depression in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review

Asian Journal of Psychiatry | August 2018

Learning from the experience of maternity healthcare workers in Malawi: A qualitative study leading to ten low-cost recommendations to improve working lives and quality of care

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | August 2018

Contraceptive use and unintended pregnancy among young women and men in Accra, Ghana

PLOS One | August 2018

Reproductive health problems in rural South African young women: Risk behaviour and risk factors

Reproductive Health | August 2018

Planned, unplanned, and in-between: the meaning and context of pregnancy planning for young people

Contraception | August 2018

Treatments for women with gestational diabetes mellitus: An overview of Cochrane systematic reviews

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | August 2018

Disrespect and abuse in childbirth in Brazil: Social activism, public policies and providers’ training

Reproductive Health Matters | August 2018

Adapting the Quality Maternal and Newborn Care (QMNC) Framework to evaluate models of antenatal care: A pilot study

PLOS One | August 2018

Metrics of survival: Post-abortion care and reproductive rights in Senegal

Medical Anthropology | August 2018

Beyond the Safe Motherhood Initiative: Accelerated action urgently needed to end preventable maternal mortality

Global Health: Science and Practice | August 2018

Population-level factors associated with maternal mortality in the United States, 1997–2012

BMC Public Health | August 2018

Knowledge, attitude and practice towards family planning among reproductive age women in a resource limited settings of Northwest Ethiopia

BMC Research Notes | August 2018

Reproductive coercion and women’s health

Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health | August 2018

Identifying disrespect and abuse in organisational culture: A study of two hospitals in Mumbai, India

Reproductive Health Matters | August 2018

Adolescent parenthood associated with adverse socioeconomic outcomes at age 30 years in women and men of the Pelotas, Brazil: 1982 Birth Cohort Study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology | August 2018

Parents’ and healthcare professionals’ experiences of care after stillbirth in low and middle‐income countries: A systematic review and metasummary’

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology | August 2018

Systematic review and meta‐analysis of diagnosing gestational diabetes mellitus with one‐step or two‐step approaches and associations with adverse pregnancy outcomes

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics | August 2018

Stillbirth and preterm birth and associated factors in one of the largest cities in central Vietnam

Acta Paediatrica | August 2018

Sexual violence–related pregnancy among internally displaced women in an internally displaced persons camp in northeast Nigeria

Journal of Interpersonal Violence | August 2018

Perinatal HIV service coordination: Closing gaps in the HIV care continuum for pregnant women and eliminating perinatal HIV transmission in the United States

Public Health Reports | August 2018

Incremental treatment costs for HIV-infected women initiating antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy: A 24-month micro-costing cohort study for a maternal and child health clinic in Kenya

PLOS One | August 2018

Systematic review of community participation interventions to improve maternal health outcomes in rural South Asia

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth |

Elevating mothers’ voices: Recommendations for improved patient-centered postpartum

Journal of Behavioral Medicine | August 2018

HIV testing during pregnancy for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Ethiopia

PLOS One | August 2018

Trends and factors associated with pregnancies among adolescent women in Nepal: Pooled analysis of Nepal Demographic and Health Surveys (2006, 2011 and 2016)

PLOS One | August 2018

Does fathers’ prenatal mental health bear a relationship to parenting stress at 6 months?

Infant Mental Health Journal | August 2018

Labor induction versus expectant management in low-risk nulliparous women

The New England Journal of Medicine | August 2018

Providing postpartum care with limited resources: Experiences of nurse-midwives and obstetricians in urban Tanzania

Women and Birth | August 2018

Group prenatal visits: Maternal and neonatal health outcomes

Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health | August 2018

Predictors of optimal antenatal care service utilization among adolescents and adult women in Bangladesh

SAGE | July 2018

Nursing and midwifery: Key to implementing alma-ata 40 years on

Health Systems & Reform | August 2018

Late antenatal care initiation: The case of public health centers in Ethiopia

BMC Research Notes | August 2018

Use of contraceptives and uptake of long-acting reversible contraception among postpartum women in rural China

BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health | August 2018