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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Australian women's experiences of receiving maternity care during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional national survey	48
Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of traumatic childbirth experiences: A discussion paper	46
Psychometric validation of a patient‐reported experience measure of obstetric racism© (The PREM‐OB Scale™ suite)	43
Mental health among pregnant women with COVID‐19–related stressors and worries in the United States	37
Perinatal depression in Pakistan: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	32
The role of pandemic‐related pregnancy stress in preference for community birth during the beginning of the COVID‐19 pandemic in the United States	32
Giving birth during the COVID‐19 pandemic, perspectives from a sample of the United States birthing persons during the first wave: March‐June 2020	29
Coercion and non‐consent during birth and newborn care in the United States	29
United States community births increased by 20% from 2019 to 2020	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	24
Racial inequities in the course of treating perinatal mental health challenges: Results from listening to mothers in California	24
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	23
Usability, acceptability, and feasibility of the World Health Organization Labour Care Guide: A mixed‐methods, multicountry evaluation	22
Parents’ experiences of care offered after stillbirth: An international online survey of high and middle‐income countries	20
Birth during the Covid‐19 pandemic: What childbearing people in the United States needed to achieve a positive birth experience	20
Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of positive childbirth experiences: A discussion paper	20
Fear of childbirth, nonurgent obstetric interventions, and newborn outcomes: A randomized controlled trial comparing mindfulness‐based childbirth and parenting with enhanced care as usual	18
Perinatal and postpartum care during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A nationwide cohort study	17
A realist review to explore how midwifery continuity of care may influence preterm birth in pregnant women	17
Cultural competence and experiences of maternity health care providers on care for migrant women: A qualitative meta‐synthesis	16
Pregnancy and birth in the United States during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The views of doulas	16
Physiological breech birth training: An evaluation of clinical practice changes after a one‐day training program	15
Mode of birth and development of maternal postnatal post‐traumatic stress disorder: A mixed‐methods systematic review and meta‐analysis	14
The role of doulas in respectful care for communities of color and Medicaid recipients	14
Do Black birthing persons prefer a Black health care provider during birth? Race concordance in birth	13

Women’s childbirth experiences: A content analysis from the Listening to Mothers in California survey	13
Obstetric factors associated with postpartum post‐traumatic stress disorder after spontaneous vaginal birth	13
The definition, screening, and treatment of postpartum anemia: A systematic review of guidelines	13
More home births during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the Netherlands	12
Rural resilience: The role of birth centers in the United States	12
Modifiable predictors of breastfeeding status and duration at 6 and 12 months postpartum	12
Relationships and trust: Two key pillars of a well‐functioning freestanding midwifery unit	12
Access to maternity and prenatal care services in rural Michigan	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	10
Health care system barriers and facilitators to early prenatal care among diverse women in Florida	10
Maternal and neonatal outcomes among incarcerated women who gave birth in custody	10
Is the increase in postpartum hemorrhage after vaginal birth because of altered clinical practice?: A register‐based cohort study	10
Cost‐effectiveness of mental health interventions during and after pregnancy: A systematic review	10
Mental health problems and fear of childbirth: A cohort study of women in an inner‐city maternity service	10
Accessibility and utilization of antenatal care services insub‐SaharanAfrica during theCOVID‐19 pandemic: A rapid review	10
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on perinatal care and outcomes in the United States: An interrupted time series analysis	10
Factors associated with person‐centered care during pregnancy and birth for Black women and birthing people in California	9
HIV infection as a risk factor for vaginal dysbiosis, bacterial vaginosis, and candidosis in pregnancy: A matched case‐control study	9
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	9
Experiences of midwifery care in English prisons	9
Impact of COVID‐19 on pregnancy worry in the United States	9
Improving communication and teamwork during labor: A feasibility, acceptability, and safety study	9
The impact of family physicians in rural maternity care	9
Exposure to night‐time light pollution and risk of prolonged duration of labor: A nationwide cohort study	9
Kairos care in a Chronos world: Midwifery care as model of resistance and accountability in public health settings	9
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	8
Factors influencing birth setting decision making in the United States: An integrative review	8
Implementation strategies within a complex environment: A qualitative study of a shared decision‐making intervention during childbirth	8
A call for critical midwifery studies: Confronting systemic injustice in sexual, reproductive, maternal, and newborn care	8
Breech specialist midwives and clinics in the OptiBreech Trial feasibility study: An implementation process evaluation	8
Spontaneous vaginal birth varies significantly across US hospitals	8
The design of “TeamBirth”: A care process to improve communication and teamwork during labor	8
Childbearing at the margins: A systematic metasynthesis of sexual and gender diverse childbearing experiences	8
A cascade of interventions: A classification tree analysis of the determinants of primary cesareans in Australian public hospitals	8
A maternity care home model of enhanced prenatal care to reduce preterm birth rate and NICU use	7
CenteringPregnancy in the Netherlands: Who engages, who doesn’t, and why	7
Experience predicts the duration of exclusive breastfeeding: The serial mediating roles of attitude and self‐efficacy	7
The first alongside midwifery unit in Spain: A retrospective cohort study of maternal and neonatal outcomes	6
Making informed choices about cannabis use during pregnancy and lactation: A qualitative study of information use	6
A two‐generation approach to postpartum care: Building on the well‐baby visit	6
Midwifery knowledge of equitable and culturally safe maternity care for Aboriginal women	6
Examining obstetric interventions and respectful maternity care in Hungary: Do informal payments for continuity of care link to quality?	6
Implementing Essential Coaching for Every Mother during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A pre‐post intervention study	6
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
Is a randomized controlled trial of waterbirth possible? An Australian feasibility study	6
Perceptions of women and partners on labor and birth positions: A meta‐synthesis	6
Excess of cesarean births in pregnant women with COVID‐19: A meta‐analysis	6
Cord clamping beyond 3 minutes: Neonatal short‐term outcomes and maternal postpartum hemorrhage	6
Antibody levels to SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein in mothers and children from delivery to six months later	6

Women’s dissatisfaction with inappropriate behavior by health care workers during childbirth care in France: A survey study	6
Perspectives on cultural competency and race concordance from perinatal patients and community‐based doulas	5
Maternity care for refugees living in Greek refugee camps: What are the challenges to provision?	5
Birth equity on the front lines: Impact of a community‐based doula program in Brooklyn, NY	5
Second‐trimester and early third‐trimester spontaneous uterine rupture: A 32‐year single‐center survey	5
Birth includes us: Development of a community‐led survey to capture experiences of pregnancy care among LGBTQ2S+ families	5
Weekend delivery and maternal–neonatal adverse outcomes in low‐risk pregnancies in the United States: A population‐based analysis of 3‐million live births	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
Disparities in the provision of perinatal care based on patient race in the United States	5
Does breastfeeding influence sleep? A longitudinal study across the first two postpartum years	5
Contemporary duration of spontaneous labor and association with maternal characteristics: A French national population‐based study	5
Women's decision‐making autonomy in Dutch maternity care	4
Conservative management versus systematic suture of isolated vaginal or first‐degree perineal tears after delivery: A preliminary randomized efficacy trial	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
Cesarean birth and risk of obesity from birth to adolescence: A cohort study	4
Women’s satisfaction with childbirth in a public hospital in Brazil	4
Perceived social support and postpartum depression symptoms across geographical contexts: Findings from the 2016 Ohio Pregnancy Assessment survey	4
Health care provider support and factors associated with breastfeeding beyond infancy: A cross‐national study	4
Exploring vaccination practices of midwives in British Columbia	4
Preferences of women with low obstetric risk for cesarean or vaginal birth in Poland: Areas for intervention	4
Maternal perceptions of cesarean birth care: A qualitative study to inform ERAS guideline development	4
Preconception health status and associated disparities among rural, Midwestern women in the United States	4
“I felt like I was left on my own”: A mixed‐methods analysis of maternal experiences of cesarean birth and mental distress in the United States	4
Host‐country language proficiency and migrant‐native disparities in prenatal care utilization: A nationwide study in Portugal	4
Value in maternal care: Using the Learning Health System to facilitate action	4
Use of pain management in childbirth among migrant women in Iceland: A population‐based cohort study	4
Successful vertical transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 antibodies after maternal vaccination	4
Preterm and low birthweight birth in the United States: Black midwives speak of causality, prevention, and healing	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
Physiological plateaus during normal labor and birth: A scoping review of contemporary concepts and definitions	4
Self‐rated health before pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes in Sweden: A population‐based register study	4
In‐hospital supplementation and subsequent breastfeeding practices in Finland: A cross‐sectional population‐level study	4