OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Birth-Issues in Perinatal Care is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Australian women's experiences of receiving maternity care during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional national survey	43
Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of traumatic childbirth experiences: A discussion paper	41
Psychometric validation of a patient‐reported experience measure of obstetric racism© (The PREM‐OB Scale™ suite)	38
Mental health among pregnant women with COVID‐19–related stressors and worries in the United States	34
The role of pandemic‐related pregnancy stress in preference for community birth during the beginning of the COVID‐19 pandemic in the United States	30
Perinatal depression in Pakistan: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	29
Giving birth during the COVID‐19 pandemic, perspectives from a sample of the United States birthing persons during the first wave: March‐June 2020	27
The role of midwifery and other international insights for maternity care in the United States: An analysis of four countries	25
Racial inequities in the course of treating perinatal mental health challenges: Results from listening to mothers in California	24
“I had to fight for my VBAC”: A mixed methods exploration of women’s experiences of pregnancy and vaginal birth after cesarean in the United States	22
Coercion and non‐consent during birth and newborn care in the United States	22
United States community births increased by 20% from 2019 to 2020	22
Influence of parity and infant age on maternal self‐efficacy, social support, postpartum anxiety, and postpartum depression in the first six months in the Maritime Provinces, Canada	21
Birth during the Covid‐19 pandemic: What childbearing people in the United States needed to achieve a positive birth experience	20
Usability, acceptability, and feasibility of the World Health Organization Labour Care Guide: A mixed‐methods, multicountry evaluation	20
Parents’ experiences of care offered after stillbirth: An international online survey of high and middle‐income countries	19
Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of positive childbirth experiences: A discussion paper	18
Cultural competence and experiences of maternity health care providers on care for migrant women: A qualitative meta‐synthesis	17
A realist review to explore how midwifery continuity of care may influence preterm birth in pregnant women	15
Perinatal and postpartum care during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A nationwide cohort study	15
Fear of childbirth, nonurgent obstetric interventions, and newborn outcomes: A randomized controlled trial comparing mindfulness‐based childbirth and parenting with enhanced care as usual	15
Pregnancy and birth in the United States during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The views of doulas	15
Systematic review of barriers to, and facilitators of, the provision of high‐quality midwifery services in India	14
Physiological breech birth training: An evaluation of clinical practice changes after a one‐day training program	14
Mode of birth and development of maternal postnatal post‐traumatic stress disorder: A mixed‐methods systematic review and meta‐analysis	14

The definition, screening, and treatment of postpartum anemia: A systematic review of guidelines	12
The role of doulas in respectful care for communities of color and Medicaid recipients	12
Rural resilience: The role of birth centers in the United States	11
Do Black birthing persons prefer a Black health care provider during birth? Race concordance in birth	11
Women’s agenda for the improvement of childbirth care: Evaluation of the Babies Born Better survey data set in Spain	11
Relationships and trust: Two key pillars of a well‐functioning freestanding midwifery unit	11
Modifiable predictors of breastfeeding status and duration at 6 and 12 months postpartum	11
Obstetric factors associated with postpartum post‐traumatic stress disorder after spontaneous vaginal birth	10
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on perinatal care and outcomes in the United States: An interrupted time series analysis	10
Mental health problems and fear of childbirth: A cohort study of women in an inner‐city maternity service	10
Is the increase in postpartum hemorrhage after vaginal birth because of altered clinical practice?: A register‐based cohort study	10
Latent class analysis of health, social, and behavioral profiles associated with psychological distress among pregnant and postpartum women during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the United States	9
HIV infection as a risk factor for vaginal dysbiosis, bacterial vaginosis, and candidosis in pregnancy: A matched case‐control study	9
More home births during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the Netherlands	9
Maternal and neonatal outcomes among incarcerated women who gave birth in custody	9
Accessibility and utilization of antenatal care services in sub‐Saharan Africa during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A rapid review	9
Our life at home: Photos from families inform discharge planning for medically complex children	9
Women’s childbirth experiences: A content analysis from the Listening to Mothers in California survey	9
Exposure to night‐time light pollution and risk of prolonged duration of labor: A nationwide cohort study	9
Access to maternity and prenatal care services in rural Michigan	9
Health care system barriers and facilitators to early prenatal care among diverse women in Florida	9
Kairos care in a Chronos world: Midwifery care as model of resistance and accountability in public health settings	9
The impact of family physicians in rural maternity care	8
Fetal macrosomia in home and birth center births in the United States: Maternal, fetal, and newborn outcomes	8
Childbearing at the margins: A systematic metasynthesis of sexual and gender diverse childbearing experiences	8
Impact of COVID‐19 on pregnancy worry in the United States	8
Cost‐effectiveness of mental health interventions during and after pregnancy: A systematic review	8
Factors influencing birth setting decision making in the United States: An integrative review	7
Implementation strategies within a complex environment: A qualitative study of a shared decision‐making intervention during childbirth	7
Experience predicts the duration of exclusive breastfeeding: The serial mediating roles of attitude and self‐efficacy	7
Beyond “patient‐provider race matching.” Black midwives clarify a vision for race‐concordant care to achieve equity in Black perinatal health: A commentary on “Do Black birthing persons prefer a Black	7
Factors associated with person‐centered care during pregnancy and birth for Black women and birthing people in California	7
Spontaneous vaginal birth varies significantly across US hospitals	7
A call for critical midwifery studies: Confronting systemic injustice in sexual, reproductive, maternal, and newborn care	7
Breech specialist midwives and clinics in the OptiBreech Trial feasibility study: An implementation process evaluation	7
A cascade of interventions: A classification tree analysis of the determinants of primary cesareans in Australian public hospitals	7
The design of “TeamBirth”: A care process to improve communication and teamwork during labor	7
Questionnaire‐based vs universal PCR testing for SARS‐CoV‐2 in women admitted for delivery	6
The quantification of midwifery research: Limiting midwifery knowledge	6
Women’s dissatisfaction with inappropriate behavior by health care workers during childbirth care in France: A survey study	6
Examining obstetric interventions and respectful maternity care in Hungary: Do informal payments for continuity of care link to quality?	6
CenteringPregnancy in the Netherlands: Who engages, who doesn’t, and why	6
A maternity care home model of enhanced prenatal care to reduce preterm birth rate and NICU use	6
The effect of offering a third‐trimester routine ultrasound on pregnancy‐specific anxiety and mother‐to‐infant bonding in low‐risk women: A pragmatic cluster‐randomized controlled trial	6
Excess of cesarean births in pregnant women with COVID‐19: A meta‐analysis	6
A two‐generation approach to postpartum care: Building on the well‐baby visit	6
Antibody levels to SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein in mothers and children from delivery to six months later	6
Is a randomized controlled trial of waterbirth possible? An Australian feasibility study	6
Maintaining certainty in the most uncertain of times	5
Neurodevelopmental outcome at 24 months of healthy infants at birth with an umbilical artery blood pH ≤ 7 and/or hyperlactacidemia ≥ 7 mmol/L	5

Implementing Essential Coaching for Every Mother during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A pre‐post intervention study	5
Midwifery knowledge of equitable and culturally safe maternity care for Aboriginal women	5
Experiences of midwifery care in English prisons	5
Effects of cord milking in late preterm infants and full‐term infants: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	5
Making informed choices about cannabis use during pregnancy and lactation: A qualitative study of information use	5
Cord clamping beyond 3 minutes: Neonatal short‐term outcomes and maternal postpartum hemorrhage	5
Contemporary duration of spontaneous labor and association with maternal characteristics: A French national population‐based study	5
The association between longer durations of the latent phase of labor and subsequent perinatal processes and outcomes among midwifery patients	5
Second‐trimester and early third‐trimester spontaneous uterine rupture: A 32‐year single‐center survey	5
Maternity care for refugees living in Greek refugee camps: What are the challenges to provision?	5
The first alongside midwifery unit in Spain: A retrospective cohort study of maternal and neonatal outcomes	4
The opportunity costs of birth in Australia: Hospital resource savings for a post–COVID‐19 era	4
A survey of health care practitioners’ attitudes toward shared decision‐making for choice of next birth after cesarean	4
Birth includes us: Development of a community‐led survey to capture experiences of pregnancy care among LGBTQ2S+ families	4
Women’s satisfaction with childbirth in a public hospital in Brazil	4
Disparities in the provision of perinatal care based on patient race in the United States	4
Perceived social support and postpartum depression symptoms across geographical contexts: Findings from the 2016 Ohio Pregnancy Assessment survey	4
Successful vertical transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 antibodies after maternal vaccination	4
Exploring vaccination practices of midwives in British Columbia	4
Preterm and low birthweight birth in the United States: Black midwives speak of causality, prevention, and healing	4
Maternal perceptions of cesarean birth care: A qualitative study to inform ERAS guideline development	4
Cesarean birth and risk of obesity from birth to adolescence: A cohort study	4
Weekend delivery and maternal–neonatal adverse outcomes in low‐risk pregnancies in the United States: A population‐based analysis of 3‐million live births	4
Value in maternal care: Using the Learning Health System to facilitate action	4
Perceptions of women and partners on labor and birth positions: A meta‐synthesis	4
Preferences of women with low obstetric risk for cesarean or vaginal birth in Poland: Areas for intervention	4
Outpatient Foley catheter induction protocol provides clinical and cost benefits	4
Does the ARRIVE trial merit changing obstetric practice? Some reflections four‐year postrelease	4
Improving communication and teamwork during labor: A feasibility, acceptability, and safety study	4
High blood pressure in pregnancy, DNA methylation, and later blood pressure in African American women enrolled in the InterGEN Study	4
Health care provider support and factors associated with breastfeeding beyond infancy: A cross‐national study	4