Women and Birth

Article	Citations
Agency in change: Learning experiences of international midwifery students in South Australia	148
Utilising the RISE Framework to implement birthing services for First Nations families	115
Midwifery in Abu Dhabi: A descriptive survey of midwives	87
Midwife led randomised controlled trials in Australia and New Zealand: A scoping review	72
“I felt like I had no options”: Navigating an ultrasound prediction of a large baby in pregnancy	60
Editorial Board	59
2021 Reviewer Acknowledgement	58
Job satisfaction and sustainability of midwives working in caseload models of care: An integrative literature review	57
Barriers and facilitators for implementation of OptiBreech collaborative care: A qualitative study as part of an implementation process evaluation	57
A mixed methods evaluation of Multiple Mini Interviews for entry into the Bachelor of Midwifery	49
Nepalese nursing students’ experiences of witnessing disrespectful and abusive care towards women during labour and childbirth	48
Midwives: Let’s talk about sex and reproductive health	45
A review of post-dates induction of labour research: a critical discourse analysis	43
Re-defining Antenatal Care - development and implementation of IMAP in a Large Tertiary Referral Maternity Service	40
Barriers and enablers for midwives to use the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia’s Endorsement for scheduled medicines for midwives	40
Perinatal outcomes of socially disadvantaged women in Victoria, Australia: A population-based retrospective cohort study of 1,188,872 singleton births 1999-2016	40
Together we can co-design perinatal interprofessional psychosocial education for maternity clinicians	36
Telephone triage in midwifery practice: a mixed methods study	36
Maternal, perinatal and newborn outcomes among women enrolled into the WANTAIM trial, Papua New Guinea	34
The Ngarrama Story: insights across the first 10 years of a midwifery service for First Nations women and families	34
Exploring women’s experiences of gestational breast cancer and their interactions with the health care system: a scoping review	33
Translating midwifery continuity of care models in regional NSW: Women and maternity staff experiences of implementing a new service	33
Protecting the Pelvic Floor During Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum: Putting Physiology in Practice	32
Experiences of First Nations women responding to life stressors who access perinatal care at Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs): An Integrative Literature Review	32
Barriers and enablers for antenatal care access of women engaged with social work services in the Geelong North region	32

A novel survey of midwifery expertise in facilitating nitrous oxide use	31
Virtual Reality (VR) in the clinical maternity setting	30
Best practice care after perinatal loss and subsequent pregnancy care: A workshop for midwives	29
Our Baby-Friendly Journey	28
Multi-professional and organisational perspectives of barriers and facilitators related to birthing pool use	28
What were we thinking? Impact and experiences of changes in access to maternity health care during pregnancy, findings from the Covid-19: Outcomes for Sleep, and Maternity care a global pregnancy Stud	25
When I can be my whole authentic self, I feel safe and know that I belong: A photovoice study exploring equity-oriented pregnancy care from the perspectives of Karen women of refugee background in Vic	24
What other factors impact labour progress?	23
An Exploration of Risk Factors for Severe Postpartum Haemorrhage in “Normal” Vaginal Births at Two Melbourne Hospitals 2013-2022	23
What works and why? A manager’s retrospective examination of 16 years of MGP at Australia’s largest maternity service	23
Changing care for parents in subsequent pregnancies following stillbirth or neonatal death in Australia: Exploring support for optimising psychosocial wellbeing outcomes	22
Negotiating the system: Women’s experiences of antenatal exclusion from publicly-funded homebirth	22
A critical reflective ‘together at the top’ conversation: Engaging with social media. Are these the change agents of the future to disseminate practice knowledge and research findings amongst health p	21
Abstract Title Page	21
Editorial Board	21
Changing the intention: enhancing the Continuity of Care Experience educational model for students	20
First do no harm: a single site pre-post implementation study of a perineal protection bundle	20
Examining the transformation of midwifery education in Australia to inform future directions: an integrative literature review	20
Fingers in the Dam: Plugging gaps in the midwifery workforce, concerns for safety, accountability, and responsibility	19
“They painted a rosy view, but I would have preferred to hear the reality”‐ Australian women’s experiences of antenatal breastfeeding education	19
Creating change with families: Reflections and recommendations for the care of gender diverse and LGBTQIA+ individuals and their families throughout pregnancy and birth	19
The power of midwifery stories to assist change	19
Implementing midwifery continuity of care for women having a First Nations baby in three Victorian maternity services: clinical outcomes	19
Midwives’ readiness for midwife-led care: a mixed-methods study	18
Midwives’ perceptions of the performance- and transition into practice of newly qualified midwives, a focus group study	18
How does place impact intrapartum practice for midwives and obstetricians?	18
Early labour experience questionnaire: Translation and cultural adaptation into German	18
Large gaps in the quality of healthcare experienced by Swedish mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study based on WHO standards	17
How prospective trial registration can prevent selective outcome reporting and salami slicing?	17
Midwives’ self-reported knowledge and skills to assess and promote maternal health literacy: A national cross-sectional survey	17
The overuse of intrapartum cardiotocography (CTG) for low-risk women: An actor-network theory analysis of data from focus groups	17
The next chapter of Women and Birth	17
Factors associated with spontaneous vaginal birth in nulliparous women: A descriptive systematic review	16
A meta-synthesis of the perspectives and experiences of healthcare professionals on the humanisation of childbirth using a meta-ethnographic approach	16
A phenomenological exploration of parenting after birth trauma: Mothers perceptions of the first year	16
A global review of the inferred meaning of woman centred care within midwifery professional standards	16
Exploring the healthcare needs and experiences of pregnant women with congenital heart disease: A qualitative study	16
Professional identity: Students’ learning from the attributes and behaviours of midwives on clinical placement	16
Women’s experiences of Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) and of attending a dedicated multi-disciplinary hydration clinic	16
Midwifery group practice workforce in Australia: A cross-sectional survey of midwives and managers	16
Publicly available Australian hospital data on infant feeding: A review and comparative analysis of outcomes	16
Prenatal education program decreases postpartum depression and increases maternal confidence: A longitudinal quasi-experimental study in urban Japan	15
Perinatal psychosocial assessment of women of refugee background	15
Endorsed midwife prescribing in Australia: “[For] the women, more than anything”	15
The BLOSSoM study: Burnout after perinatal LOSS in Midwifery. Results of a nation-wide investigation in Italy	15
Towards a conceptualisation of woman centred care — A global review of professional standards	15
Pathways, development needs, and clinical connections for midwifery faculty in low- and middle-income settings of the Asia Pacific region: A qualitative study.	15
Understanding preconception health in Australia through the lens of people of reproductive age: Implications for care providers	15
“You’re a ‘high-risk’ customer”: A qualitative study of women’s experiences of receiving information from health professionals regarding health problems or complications in pregnancy	15
Women's experiences with breastfeeding in public: An integrative review	15

Impact of baby-friendly hospital initiatives on breastfeeding outcomes: Systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Review of online breastfeeding information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women	15
Advanced midwifery practice: A scoping review	15
Inclusion and exclusion criteria for publicly-funded homebirth in Australia: A scoping review	15
Letter to the Editor for “A pre-post implementation study of a care bundle to reduce perineal trauma in unassisted births conducted by midwives”	14
Moral distress in midwifery practice: A Delphi study	14
Editorial Board	14
Capturing parents’ and health professionals’ experiences of stillbirth bereavement photography: A systematic review and meta-synthesis	14
Navigating uncertainty alone: A grounded theory analysis of women’s psycho-social experiences of pregnancy and childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic in London	14
Clinical outcomes and financial estimates for women attending the largest private midwifery service in Australia compared to national data: a retrospective cohort study	14
Strengthening midwifery in response to global climate change to protect maternal and newborn health	14
Sustainability of rural Victorian maternity services: ‘We can work together’	14
The influence and meaning of the birth environment for nulliparous women at a hospital-based labour ward in Sweden: An ethnographic study	13
Midwifery student engagement with digital interactive books: A cross sectional survey	13
‘It was horrible to watch, horrible to be a part of’: Midwives’ perspectives of obstetric violence	13
Midwifery and nursing honours programs in Australia and New Zealand: A scoping review of contemporary challenges and opportunities	13
Working with Indigenous Nations to co-Design Stillbirth awareness for prevention resources (WINDS) project	13
Barriers and enablers to antenatal care attendance for women referred to social work services in a Victorian regional hospital: A qualitative descriptive study	13
Chilean midwives' experiences while providing induced abortion care after the enactment of a law decriminalising abortion	13
Women’s views and experiences of a new Midwifery Group Practice model in rural Australia	13
Knowing your audience: Investigating stillbirth knowledge and perceptions in the general population to inform future public health campaigns	13
Optimising recovery after perineal trauma: Implementation of an evidence-based patient-centred care and clinical practice guideline	12
Systematic review on the cost and cost-effectiveness of mHealth interventions supporting women during pregnancy	12
The needs of women experiencing perinatal loss: A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis	12
Talking testing: Impact of a training intervention on midwives’ antenatal HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C screening practice	12
Exploring South Asian women’s perspectives and experiences of maternity care services: A qualitative evidence synthesis	12
Financial hardship and Australian midwifery students: A scoping review and thematic analysis	12
The needs and experiences of women with gestational diabetes mellitus from minority ethnic backgrounds in high-income nations: A systematic integrative review	12
North-central Nigerian women’s experiences of obstetric fistula risk factors and their perceived treatment services: An Interpretive Description	12
Communication and shared decision-making after stillbirth: Results of the ShaDeS study	12
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health in Spain: Positive and negative outcomes	12
Midwives’ experiences of providing maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia	12
The magnitude of the problem of obstetric violence and its associated factors: A cross-sectional study	12
"Learning to learn": Commencing midwifery students' experiences of self-determined learning in an undergraduate midwifery program	11
The experiences of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey: A qualitative study	11
Using women’s experiences of positive support from maternity clinicians to inform the future of midwifery care	11
Moving Midwifery Group Practice Forward	11
Moving midwifery forward: Improving access to water immersion for labour and birth	11
"Unleashing Midwifery Leaders: The North West Maternity Services Transition Project"	11
Creative Arts Intervention in Support of Women Experiencing a High-Risk Pregnancy	11
Outcomes and perspectives of woman-newborn dyads following discharge from a quaternary maternity service in Australia: A cross-sectional survey	11
Untangling the knots with Clinical Supervision	11
Midwives on the move - A future career pathway gem	11
Practice what you preach - Midwifery@Griffith Meta-Values in Action	11
Consent during labour and birth as observed by midwifery students: A mixed methods study	11
Impact of COVID-19 on breastfeeding intention and behaviour among postpartum women in five countries	11
Midwives' Views and Experiences of the Impact of Verbal and Non-verbal Communication During Childbirth	11
Online practical neonatal resuscitation assessments of midwifery students in regional and remote areas of Western Australia	11
Understanding factors influencing team functionality at operative vaginal birth through multidisciplinary perspectives	11
Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes: My Midwives compared to Australian National Data	11
The PRIMROSE Project: What is ‘Physiological Birth’? A Qualitative Approach to the Perceptions of the Australian Population using Interpretive Hermeneutic Phenomenology	10
A mixed-methods evaluation of the ‘ForWhen’ national navigation program for perinatal and infant mental health	10
The Taylor Technique - Exploring outcomes for women having perineal acupressure on the acupuncture point Conception Vessel 1 (CV1) during the active second stage of labour: A pilot non-randomised quas	10
Endorsed Midwives: Unleashing scope potential in hospitals	10
Practical strategies to recreate safe and sacred birthing spaces for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families	10
Endorsed Midwife Prescribing in Australia: A Qualitative Study	10
Whose lane is this? The role of the caseload midwife in complex care	10
Supporting midwifery student experience: a NSW Health collaborative approach, to move us forward	10
Communication in Maternity Care: Navigating with The Birth Map	10
Midwifery Student Peer Debriefing Tool: students supporting students through difficult experiences	10
The effect of motivational interviewing and/ or cognitive behaviour therapy techniques on gestational weight gain – a systematic review and meta‑analysis	10
Tending to the machine: the impact of intrapartum fetal monitoring on women and birthing people in Australia	10
A clinical audit of data examining the impact of Carbetocin in comparison to Oxytocin on post-partum haemorrhage rates	9
Respectful maternity care in the Top End of the Northern Territory: a cross-sectional study	9
“Safe, connected, supported in a complex system.” Exploring the views of women who had a First Nations baby at one of three maternity services offering culturally tailored continuity of midwife care i	9
Moving midwifery forward through implementing midwifery antenatal and postnatal services	9
Larger bodied women's experiences of maternity care: a national photo-voice study [RADIANT Study]	9
Moving Preventive Health in Midwifery Forward: Starting the stopping talk	9
Comparing the views of caseload midwives working with First Nations families in an all-risk, culturally responsive model with midwives working in standard caseload models, using a cross-sectional surv	9
Factors influencing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women’s breastfeeding practice: A scoping narrative review	9
Hospital to Home Program - providing support to rural and remote families who have experienced the loss of a baby or infant	9
Introducing the Barometer of Moral Distress in Midwifery to determine levels of moral distress in Australian midwives	9
Indicators of ‘good’ feeding, breastfeeding latch, and feeding experiences among healthy women with healthy infants: A qualitative pathway analysis using Grounded Theory	9
Exploring the impact of healthcare workers communication with women who have experienced stillbirth in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia. A grounded theory study	9
A global overview of midwives’ working conditions: A rapid review of literature on positive practice environment	8
Listening to First Nations women’s voices, hearing requests for continuity of carer, trusted knowledge and family involvement: A qualitative study in urban Darwin	8
Exploring unwarranted clinical variation: The attitudes of midwives and obstetric medical staff regarding induction of labour and planned caesarean section	8
Diabetes in pregnancy: Women’s views of care in a multi-ethnic, low socioeconomic population with midwifery continuity-of-care	8
Breastfeeding in the pandemic: A qualitative analysis of breastfeeding experiences among mothers from Canada and the United Kingdom	8
Design, development and usability testing of Essential Coaching for Every Mother: A postnatal text message educational intervention	8

Enhanced Antenatal Care: Combining one-to-one and group Antenatal Care models to increase childbirth education and address childbirth fear	8
The financial impact of offering publicly funded homebirths: A population-based microsimulation in Queensland, Australia	8
Spontaneous vaginal birth following induction with intravenous oxytocin: Three oxytocic regimes to minimise blood loss post birth	8
Implementing midwifery services in public tertiary medical college hospitals in Bangladesh: A longitudinal study	8
Mothers’ perspectives on the potential use of video-calling during early labour in the United Kingdom and Italy: A qualitative study	8
The outbreak of coronavirus disease in China: Risk perceptions, knowledge, and information sources among prenatal and postnatal women	8
Answer to the letter to the Editor of Women and Birth	8
Working in smaller teams in community midwifery practices to foster continuity of carer: Midwives’ experiences – A qualitative study in the Netherlands	8
Breastfeeding and emerging motherhood identity: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of first time Chinese Australian mothers’ breastfeeding experiences	8
Barriers and enablers in maintaining healthy gestational weight gain: A qualitative study	8
The relationship between birthing related factors and maternal breastfeeding confidence in China	8
Epidural analgesia during birth and adverse neonatal outcomes: A population-based cohort study	8
Association between expressed breast milk feeding and breastfeeding duration in Hong Kong mothers	8
COVID-19 Special Issue – The Impact of COVID-19 on women, babies, midwives, and midwifery care	7
A cross-sectional survey of the mental health of midwives in Ontario, Canada: Burnout, depression, anxiety, stress, and associated factors	7
Who plans to give birth with a doula? Demographic factors and perceptions of birth	7
A mixed-methods stress audit with midwives in the United Kingdom	7
Midwifery-led care in South Australia: Looking back to move forward	7
Wanting to be ‘with woman’, not with machine: Midwives’ experiences of caring for women being continuously monitored in labour	7
Editorial Board	7
It takes a virtual village: Childbearing women's experience of a closed Facebook support group for mothers	7
Effect of alternatively designed hospital birthing rooms on the rate of vaginal births: Multicentre randomised controlled trial Be-Up	7
“How are you going to remove that cobweb?” Midwifery Services Framework implementation in Zambia: A case study	7
Maternity care pathway and involvement in decision making: A mixed-methods study of women’s experiences in Ireland	7
Editorial Board	7
Building positive respectful midwifery relationships: An analysis of women’s experiences of continuity of midwifery care in Aotearoa New Zealand	7
Advocating for midwives in low-to-middle income countries in the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Who is at risk of burnout? A cross-sectional survey of midwives in a tertiary maternity hospital in Melbourne, Australia	7
Relationships are the key to a successful publicly funded homebirth program, a qualitative study	7
Intrapartum hydration assessment and management: A cross-sectional survey of Australian and New Zealand maternity units	7
Midwives’ and registered nurses’ role and scope of practice in acute early pregnancy care settings in Australia: A qualitative descriptive study	7
Exploring women’s experiences in a midwifery continuity of care model following a traumatic birth	7
Primary postpartum haemorrhage adversely impacts breastfeeding initiation in Victoria, Australia	7
The comparison of the interpersonal action component of woman-centred care reported by healthy pregnant women in different sized practices in the Netherlands: A cross-sectional study	7
Continuity or team-teaching approach for midwifery education? An exploratory qualitative study of student and academic preferences	6
“Paper, face-to-face and on my mobile please”: A survey of women’s preferred methods of receiving antenatal education	6
Comparing compliance with commencement and use of two partograph designs for women in active labour: A randomised controlled trial	6
Corrigendum to “Strengthening midwifery education through clinical experience: Findings from a qualitative study in Indonesia” [Women Birth 35 (2022) 87–95]	6
Women’s perceptions of inclusion and exclusion criteria for publicly-funded homebirth — A survey	6
An exploration of women’s lived experiences of care and support following perinatal death in South-Western Nigeria: A hermeneutic phenomenological study	6
Editorial Board	6
The ‘fallacy of normalcy’: A content analysis of women's online post-childbirth health-related support	6
Midwives and sexual violence: A cross-sectional analysis of personal exposure, education and attitudes in practice	6
Coronavirus testing in women attending antenatal care	6
Experiences of and visions for collaboration between midwives and nurses in Nova Scotia	6
Editorial Board	6
Perinatal women’s views and experiences of discussing suicide in maternity care settings: A qualitative study	6
Vaginal birth after caesarean section before and during COVID-19 pandemic. Factors associated with successful vaginal birth	6
Does it happen and why? Lived and shared experiences of mistreatment and respectful care during childbirth among maternal health providers in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria	6
A survey of Australian midwives: Experts in nitrous oxide administration within the peripartum setting	6
Women’s experiences of their involvement around care decisions during a subsequent pregnancy after a previous caesarean birth in Western Australia	6
Castor oil for induction of labor in post-date pregnancies: Evidence of selective outcome reporting?	6
Women’s experiences of birth trauma: A scoping review	6
Use of telelactation interventions to improve breastfeeding outcomes among mothers: A mixed-studies systematic review	6
Humanising childbirth – Maternity acupressure training for healthcare providers at the Fernandez Foundation Hospitals, Hyderabad, India. Evaluation of program delivery in one region of India	6
Culturally responsive, trauma-informed, continuity of care(r) toolkits: A scoping review	6
Psychosocial interprofessional perinatal education: Design and evaluation of an interprofessional learning experience to improve students’ collaboration skills in perinatal mental health	6
Trends and characteristics of women undergoing induction of labour in a tertiary hospital setting: A cross-sectional study	6
Getting to the heart of it: poetry as research data and deep reflection	5
Midwives at the centre of preterm birth prevention	5
Shining the light on surgical birth during the antenatal period. Caesarean section is a possibility in every pregnancy but how do pregnant people learn about the risks and benefits beforehand?	5
Group Clinical Supervision - its tops!	5
Us, together- Co-creating a Mentoring in Midwifery Program in NSW	5
InterPregnancy Interval Planning after caesarean section. The PIP study	5
Part-time positions in Caseload Midwifery Group Practice: Impact on satisfaction and quality of care	5
Evaluating the implementation of the Birmingham Symptom-specific Obstetric Triage System (BSOTS) in Australia	5
Experiences with obstetric violence among healthcare professionals and students in Spain: A constructivist grounded theory study	5
Bullying in the Australian and New Zealand Midwifery Workforce: A Scoping Review	5
The introduction of registered undergraduate students of midwifery in a tertiary hospital: Experiences of staff, supervisors, and women	5
Mobile Midwives Transforming Midwifery Care	5
Exploring Perinatal Mental Health – How to identify and provide support	5
How to 'Be the Change': A workshop on implementing Midwifery Continuity of Care Models	5
Exploring disability identification within public maternity services in Australia	5
The future of Childbirth Education in maternity care; Raising the bar and changing the consumer experience of antenatal education when preparing for parenthood during a global pandemic	5
Evaluation of the implementation of the Birmingham Symptom-specific Obstetric Triage System (BSOTS) in an Australian maternity service	5
Midwifery students’ perceptions of the modifiable organisational factors that foster bullying behaviours whilst on clinical placement. A qualitative descriptive study	5
Epidurals during normal labour and birth — Midwives’ attitudes and experiences	5
Pandemic-related prenatal maternal stress, model of maternity care and postpartum mental health: The Australian BITTOC study	5
The relationship between vitamin D supplementation before 24 weeks gestation and risk of preeclampsia	5
Women’s experiences of obstetric fistula risk factors and the need for skilled birth attendance in North-central Nigeria: An Interpretive Description	5
Who do you think we are? Community perceptions of a midwife	5
Together at the Top: The concept of data agency when combining interviews with participant generated visual data in a qualitative research project	5
Shared decision making and timing of birth: An education program for midwives	5
POPN (Pregnancy Online Platform NALHN): A new era in streamlining antenatal care through digital pathways	5
Midwifery and Obstetric Emergency Telehealth Service across Country WA aims to improve patient access, outcomes and staff retention	5
Massage and Maternal Anxiety (MAMA) study; a pilot study	5
Editorial Board	5
Improving women’s experiences of perineal suturing: A pragmatic qualitative analysis of what is helpful and harmful	5
Let's examine the evidence for Tongue Tie and Lip Tie Surgical Treatment	5
Changin’ it up: shining the light on what it means to be informed in maternity care	5
Breastfeeding Bootcamp Workshop	5
MGP - the answer to sustainable rural maternity services in Victoria. The Journey from a service perspective	5
The effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on women's perinatal mental health: a systematic review	4
Exploring factors influencing adverse birth outcomes in a regional hospital setting in Ghana: A configuration theoretical perspective	4
Normalisation process theory as a conceptual framework for continuity of carer implementation	4