OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Womens Health Issues is 5. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	47
Patient Language and Differences in Administration of Analgesia for Pelvic Pain	47
Examining the Acceptability and Feasibility of a Doula Intervention Program for Veterans Receiving VA Maternity Care Benefits	40
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status, Green Space, and Walkability and Risk for Falls Among Postmenopausal Women: The Women's Health Initiative	32
Veterans Health Administration Screening for Military Sexual Trauma May Not Capture Over Half of Cases Among Midlife Women Veterans	28
“It Feels Like Health Care with the Patient in Mind”: VA Patient and Staff Perspectives on Self-Collected HPV Testing	27
Factors Associated With Guideline-concordant and Excessive Cervical Cancer Screening: A Mixed Methods Study	23
Experiences of Disabled Women With Perinatal Care Providers: A Qualitative Study	23
Intrauterine Device Training, Attitudes, and Practices Among U.S. Health Care Providers: Findings from a Nationwide Survey	20
Associations Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression and Cardiovascular Risk Health Behaviors Among Women Veterans: A Scoping Review	19
Editorial Board	18
Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Inequalities in Infertility Prevalence, Help-Seeking, and Help Received Since 1995	17
Contents	17
“Just Google It”: A Qualitative Study of Reproductive-Age Women's Stigmatizing Experiences When Accessing Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder	16
Diagnostic Evaluation for Abnormal Uterine Bleeding at Emergency Departments in the United States	16
Awareness of the Maternal Health Benefits of Lactation Among U.S. Pregnant Individuals	16
County-Level Pregnancy Criminalization Rates and Prenatal Care Initiation and Utilization in Alabama, 2014–2022	15
A Multipronged Approach to Caring for Women Veterans With Military Environmental Exposures	14
Adolescent and Young Adult Perspectives on Contraception Post-Dobbs: “The Next Closest Step to Having Control Over My Own Body”	14
Prenatal Alcohol Counseling Among American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Non-Hispanic White Women in the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System	13
Health and Health Care Use of American Indian/Alaska Native Women Veterans: A Scoping Review	13
Challenges to Engaging Women Veterans in Quality Improvement From Patient Care to Policy: Women's Health Managers' Perspectives	13
Promoting Improved Access to Tailored Hormonal Contraceptive Regimens for Menstrual Suppression	13
A Mixed Methods Longitudinal Investigation of Maternal Depression Across the Perinatal Period Among Mothers Who Gave Birth During the COVID-19 Pandemic	13
Availability of Onsite Childcare Is Associated With Female Resident Representation: A Cross-Sectional Study	13

Maternity Care at the Intersections of Language, Ethnicity, and Immigration Status: A Qualitative Study	12
Obstetrician-Gynecologist Perspectives and Counseling Practices on the U.S. Medicaid Waiting Period for Permanent Contraception	12
Characteristics of U.S. Abortion Patients Who Obtained Care Out of State Prior to the Overturning of Roe v. Wade	12
Birth-Intention Time Horizon as a Predictor of Contraceptive Method Effectiveness	12
Effects of Breastfeeding Peer Counseling on County-Level Breastfeeding Rates Among WIC Participants in Greater Minnesota	12
Interest in and Support for Alternative Models of Medication Abortion Provision Among Patients Seeking Abortion in the United States	12
Psychological Distress and Heavy Alcohol Consumption Among U.S. Young Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic	12
Community-dwelling Black Women's Experiences With Urinary Incontinence: A Qualitative Study	11
Perceptions of Pregnancy Risk and Self-Protective Health Decision Making Among Black Women: “We Can Protect Ourselves From the System, Right?”	11
Contents	11
Publicly Funded Family Planning Organizations’ Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Texas	11
Social Media Descriptions of Pain and Pain Management During Intrauterine Device Insertion: “Women's Pain is Not Taken Seriously”	10
Mifepristone Use Among Obstetrician-Gynecologists in Massachusetts: Prevalence and Predictors of Use	10
Contents	10
Matrescence: A Critical and Sensitive Period in the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Life Course Perspective	10
Provider Perspectives on De-Implementation of Routine Blood Typing and Rh Immune Globulin Administration in the First Trimester: A Qualitative Study	10
“Every Person Is Going to Have Different Needs and Different Expectations”: Reproductive Health Care Experiences of LGBTQ+ Veterans Assigned Female at Birth Within the Veterans Health Administration	9
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Exploratory Efficacy of Implementing an Intervention for Preventing Postpartum Depression in Antepartum Hospitalized Patients With High-Risk Pregnancy Complications: A	9
Contents	9
Early Childcare Precarity and Subsequent Maternal Health	9
Availability of Protocols Supporting Transgender and Gender-Expansive Patients: Results From a National Survey of Clinics Providing Contraceptive Services	9
Contents	8
Hispanic Women's Perceptions of Neural Tube Defects and Folic Acid Supplementation: A Qualitative Study	8
Contents	8
Young Women's Perspectives on Being Screened for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk During Routine Primary Care	8
Social Vulnerability and Initiation of Pharmacotherapy for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in a Medicaid Population	8
“I Wasn't Expecting That Question”: Responses to Requests for Abortion Referral at College Student Health Centers	8
“A Lot of Things Stopped with COVID”: Screening Pregnant Patients for Opioid Use and Related Conditions During the COVID-19 Pandemic	8
Neighborhood Racialized Economic Polarization, Home Visiting Coverage, and Adverse Birth Outcomes in a Medicaid-eligible Population	8
Black Women Benefit From Psychotherapies for Insomnia, but Experience Adherence Challenges: Results of a Comparative Effectiveness Trial in Women Veterans	8
Separating Procedure-related Fears From Future Fertility Concerns Among a Cohort Seeking Abortion Information Online	8
Are LARC Users Less Likely to Use Condoms? An Analysis of U.S. Women Initiating LARC in 2008–2018	7
Is the Risk for Sexual Revictimization Cumulative? A Prospective Examination	7
Changes in Reproductive and Sexual Health Diagnoses of Women Veterans Using Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Between FY2010 and FY2018	7
Editorial Board	7
Gynecological Health Complaints Among College Women With Sexual Victimization Histories: Examination of Depression and Anxiety as Potential Mediators	7
Editorial Board	7
Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Prescription Contraceptive Use and Costs Among Privately Insured Women, 2006–2020	7
Adverse Childhood Experiences among Reproductive Age Women: Findings from the 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System	7
Development of a Composite Risk Index of Reproductive Autonomy Using State Laws: Association With Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes	7
Contents	7
Editorial Board	7
A Qualitative Analysis of the Lived Experiences of Active-Duty Servicewomen Receiving Perinatal Care Within the Military Health System	7
Midwifery in the Time of COVID-19: An Exploratory Study from the Perspectives of Community Midwives	7
Contents	7
Differences in Contraceptive Method Discontinuation and Contraceptive Method Preferences by Disability Status	7
Patient Experiences in Accessing Reproductive Health Services for Women With Cognitive, Intellectual, and Developmental Disabilities: A Systematic Review	7
Impact of the Dobbs Decision on Medical Education and Training in Abortion Care	6
Life-Course Mobility in Socioeconomic Position and High Depressive Symptoms Among Young Black Women: The SELF Study	6
Impacts of Medicaid Expansion on Contraceptive Use Among Women in Neighborhoods of Racialized Socioeconomic Deprivation in the United States	6

Postpartum Care Visit Attendance Within 60 Days of Delivery Among Women With and Without Opioid Use During Pregnancy: An Analysis of Commercial Insurance Data	6
Can Social Work Interventions Improve Perinatal Mental Health Outcomes? A Systematic Review	6
The Impact of Immigration Policy Changes on Preterm Birth Rates in Texas: An Examination of Border and Nonborder Regions	6
Women's Perspectives on the Influence of Intimate Partner Violence on Substance Use Disorder Recovery and Associated Service Needs	6
Black Babies Matter: An Intersectional Analysis of Preterm Birth Risk Among Black Mothers	6
Trends in Postpartum Contraceptive Use in 20 U.S. States and Jurisdictions: The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2015–2018	6
Racial/Ethnic and Nativity Inequalities in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: The Role of Psychosocial Stressors	6
Development of a Military Women's Health Strategic Research Blueprint	6
The Provision of Medication Abortion Care via Telehealth	6
Voices on Zika: Reproductive Autonomy and Shared Decision-Making During an Evolving Epidemic	5
Editorial Board	5
Sex Differences in Suicide, Lethal Means, and Years of Potential Life Lost Among Veterans With Substance Use Disorder	5
Implementation of Title X Family Planning Services in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study of a Primary Care Network in Georgia	5
Stigma and Reproductive Health Service Access Among Women in Treatment for Substance Use Disorder	5
Invisible Tethers: The Role of Social Networks in Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health Among Adult Women	5
Perspectives on Alternative Models of Medication Abortion Provision Among Abortion Patients in the United States	5
Corrigendum to: An Exploratory Analysis of Factors Associated With Spontaneous Preterm Birth Among Pregnant Veterans With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder [Women's Health Issues 33 (2023) 191-198]	5
Abortion Bans Will Exacerbate Already Severe Racial Inequities in Maternal Mortality	5
Facilitators and Barriers to Breastfeeding Among Veterans Using Veterans Affairs Maternity Care Benefits	5
Exclusion of Reproductive-aged Women in COVID-19 Vaccination and Clinical Trials	5
Abortion Knowledge Among Advanced Practice Clinicians in Colorado	5
Contents	5
Abortion Provision at New York State Regional Perinatal Centers Following Implementation of the Reproductive Health Act	5
Research Priorities to Support Women Veterans’ Reproductive Health and Health Care Within a Learning Health Care System	5
Health Care Provider Willingness to Recommend Self-collected Tests for Human Papillomavirus: A Mixed Methods Examination of Associated Factors	5
Access to Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Services During Pregnancy and Following Childbirth: A Cross-Sectional Survey	5