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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Australian women's experiences of receiving maternity care during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional national survey	38
Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of traumatic childbirth experiences: A discussion paper	36
Psychometric validation of a patient‐reported experience measure of obstetric racism© (The PREM‐OB Scale™ suite)	35
Mental health among pregnant women with COVID‐19–related stressors and worries in the United States	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	28
Giving birth during the COVID‐19 pandemic, perspectives from a sample of the United States birthing persons during the first wave: March‐June 2020	26
Perinatal depression in Pakistan: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	26
The role of midwifery and other international insights for maternity care in the United States: An analysis of four countries	24
United States community births increased by 20% from 2019 to 2020	22
“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	21
Racial inequities in the course of treating perinatal mental health challenges: Results from listening to mothers in California	20
Coercion and non‐consent during birth and newborn care in the United States	18
Parents’ experiences of care offered after stillbirth: An international online survey of high and middle‐income countries	18
Birth during the Covid‐19 pandemic: What childbearing people in the United States needed to achieve a positive birth experience	17
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	17
Usability, acceptability, and feasibility of the World Health Organization Labour Care Guide: A mixed‐methods, multicountry evaluation	14
Fear of childbirth, nonurgent obstetric interventions, and newborn outcomes: A randomized controlled trial comparing mindfulness‐based childbirth and parenting with enhanced care as usual	13
Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of positive childbirth experiences: A discussion paper	13
Pregnancy and birth in the United States during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The views of doulas	13
Physiological breech birth training: An evaluation of clinical practice changes after a one‐day training program	13
Perinatal and postpartum care during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A nationwide cohort study	12
Systematic review of barriers to, and facilitators of, the provision of high‐quality midwifery services in India	12
Cultural competence and experiences of maternity health care providers on care for migrant women: A qualitative meta‐synthesis	12
A realist review to explore how midwifery continuity of care may influence preterm birth in pregnant women	11
The role of doulas in respectful care for communities of color and Medicaid recipients	11

Is the increase in postpartum hemorrhage after vaginal birth because of altered clinical practice?: A register‐based cohort study	10
Relationships and trust: Two key pillars of a well‐functioning freestanding midwifery unit	10
Modifiable predictors of breastfeeding status and duration at 6 and 12 months postpartum	10
Rural resilience: The role of birth centers in the United States	10
The definition, screening, and treatment of postpartum anemia: A systematic review of guidelines	10
More home births during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the Netherlands	9
Mental health problems and fear of childbirth: A cohort study of women in an inner‐city maternity service	9
Women’s agenda for the improvement of childbirth care: Evaluation of the Babies Born Better survey data set in Spain	9
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on perinatal care and outcomes in the United States: An interrupted time series analysis	9
Exposure to night‐time light pollution and risk of prolonged duration of labor: A nationwide cohort study	9
HIV infection as a risk factor for vaginal dysbiosis, bacterial vaginosis, and candidosis in pregnancy: A matched case‐control study	9
Our life at home: Photos from families inform discharge planning for medically complex children	9
Do Black birthing persons prefer a Black health care provider during birth? Race concordance in birth	9
Mode of birth and development of maternal postnatal post‐traumatic stress disorder: A mixed‐methods systematic review and meta‐analysis	9
Access to maternity and prenatal care services in rural Michigan	9
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	8
Women’s childbirth experiences: A content analysis from the Listening to Mothers in California survey	8
Fetal macrosomia in home and birth center births in the United States: Maternal, fetal, and newborn outcomes	8
Kairos care in a Chronos world: Midwifery care as model of resistance and accountability in public health settings	8
Obstetric factors associated with postpartum post‐traumatic stress disorder after spontaneous vaginal birth	8
Health care system barriers and facilitators to early prenatal care among diverse women in Florida	8
Maternal and neonatal outcomes among incarcerated women who gave birth in custody	7
Cost‐effectiveness of mental health interventions during and after pregnancy: A systematic review	7
The impact of family physicians in rural maternity care	7
Implementation strategies within a complex environment: A qualitative study of a shared decision‐making intervention during childbirth	7
The design of “TeamBirth”: A care process to improve communication and teamwork during labor	7
Factors influencing birth setting decision making in the United States: An integrative review	7
Midwives’ and obstetricians’ level of knowledge of appropriate gestational weight gain recommendations for pregnancy: A systematic review	7
Factors associated with person‐centered care during pregnancy and birth for Black women and birthing people in California	6
Accessibility and utilization of antenatal care services in sub‐Saharan Africa during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A rapid review	6
CenteringPregnancy in the Netherlands: Who engages, who doesn’t, and why	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
Impact of COVID‐19 on pregnancy worry in the United States	6
Spontaneous vaginal birth varies significantly across US hospitals	6
Experience predicts the duration of exclusive breastfeeding: The serial mediating roles of attitude and self‐efficacy	6
Examining obstetric interventions and respectful maternity care in Hungary: Do informal payments for continuity of care link to quality?	6
Breech specialist midwives and clinics in the OptiBreech Trial feasibility study: An implementation process evaluation	6
Questionnaire‐based vs universal PCR testing for SARS‐CoV‐2 in women admitted for delivery	6
Women’s dissatisfaction with inappropriate behavior by health care workers during childbirth care in France: A survey 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
A cascade of interventions: A classification tree analysis of the determinants of primary cesareans in Australian public hospitals	5
Is a randomized controlled trial of waterbirth possible? An Australian feasibility study	5
The association between longer durations of the latent phase of labor and subsequent perinatal processes and outcomes among midwifery patients	5
Excess of cesarean births in pregnant women with COVID‐19: A meta‐analysis	5
The quantification of midwifery research: Limiting midwifery knowledge	5
A maternity care home model of enhanced prenatal care to reduce preterm birth rate and NICU use	5
Contemporary duration of spontaneous labor and association with maternal characteristics: A French national population‐based study	5
Second‐trimester and early third‐trimester spontaneous uterine rupture: A 32‐year single‐center survey	5

Childbearing at the margins: A systematic metasynthesis of sexual and gender diverse childbearing experiences	5
Cord clamping beyond 3 minutes: Neonatal short‐term outcomes and maternal postpartum hemorrhage	5
Antibody levels to SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein in mothers and children from delivery to six months later	5
Maternal perceptions of cesarean birth care: A qualitative study to inform ERAS guideline development	4
A call for critical midwifery studies: Confronting systemic injustice in sexual, reproductive, maternal, and newborn care	4
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	4
Experiences of midwifery care in English prisons	4
Making informed choices about cannabis use during pregnancy and lactation: A qualitative study of information use	4
Preterm and low birthweight birth in the United States: Black midwives speak of causality, prevention, and healing	4
A two‐generation approach to postpartum care: Building on the well‐baby visit	4
Midwifery knowledge of equitable and culturally safe maternity care for Aboriginal women	4
Health care provider support and factors associated with breastfeeding beyond infancy: A cross‐national study	4
Effects of cord milking in late preterm infants and full‐term infants: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	4
Exploring vaccination practices of midwives in British Columbia	4
A survey of health care practitioners’ attitudes toward shared decision‐making for choice of next birth after cesarean	4
Menstrual symptoms and risk of preterm birth: A population‐based longitudinal study	4
High blood pressure in pregnancy, DNA methylation, and later blood pressure in African American women enrolled in the InterGEN Study	4
Successful vertical transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 antibodies after maternal vaccination	4
Preferences of women with low obstetric risk for cesarean or vaginal birth in Poland: Areas for intervention	4
The opportunity costs of birth in Australia: Hospital resource savings for a post–COVID‐19 era	4