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Content type: Research article
| 18 April 2019

Glucose screening within six months postpartum among Chinese mothers with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study

Authors: Zhu-yun Liu, Juan-juan Zhao, Ling-ling Gao and Alex Y. Wang
Content type: Research article
| 16 April 2019

Measuring the quality of maternal and care processes at the time of delivery in sub-Saharan Africa: development and validation of a short index

Authors: Vandana Tripathi, Cynthia Stanton, Donna Strobino and Linda Bartlett
Content type: Research article
| 16 April 2019

Spatial and temporal trends of cesarean deliveries in Uganda: 2012–2016

Authors: Emily B. Atuheire, Denis Nixon Opio, Daniel Kadobera, Alex R. Ario, Joseph K. B. Matovu, Julie Harris, Lilian Bulage, Blandina Nakiganda, Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, Bao-Ping Zhu and Frank Kaharuza
Content type: Research article
| 16 April 2019

Preferences for aspects of antenatal and newborn screening: a systematic review

Authors: Caroline M. Vass, Susanne Georgsson, Fiona Ulph and Katherine Payne
Content type: Research article
| 16 April 2019

Derivation and validation of a model predicting the likelihood of vaginal birth following labour induction

Authors: Sepand Alavifard, Kennedy Meier, Yonatan Shulman, George Tomlinson and Rohan D’Souza

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Content type: Research article
| 30 June 2014

Responses to gestational weight management guidance: a thematic analysis of comments made by women in online parenting forums

Authors: Madelynne A Arden, Alexandra MS Duxbury and Hora Soltani
Content type: Proceedings
| 1 June 2007

A translational approach to studying preterm labour

Authors: Rachel Marie Tribe
Content type: Research article
| 28 April 2010

Physical activity in pregnancy: a qualitative study of the beliefs of overweight and obese pregnant women

Authors: Zoe Weir, Judith Bush, Stephen C Robson, Catherine McParlin, Judith Rankin and Ruth Bell
Content type: Research article
| 19 September 2014

Utilization of PMTCT services and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Authors: Wakgari Deressa, Assefa Seme, Anteneh Asefa, Getachew Teshome and Fikre Enqusellassie
Content type: Research article
| 16 September 2010

The purple line as a measure of labourprogress: a longitudinal study

Authors: Ashley Shepherd, Helen Cheyne, Susan Kennedy, Colette McIntosh, Maggie Styles and Catherine Niven

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Aims and scope

BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of pregnancy and childbirth. The journal welcomes submissions on the biomedical aspects of pregnancy, breastfeeding, labor, maternal health, maternity care, trends and sociological aspects of pregnancy and childbirth.

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Tovah Honor Aronin, BioMed Central, USA

Section Editors

Howard Berger, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Asma Khalil, St George's University of London, UK

Vishnu Khanal, Nepal Development Society, Nepal

Ndola Prata, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Valerie Smith, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Hora Soltani, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Jos van Roosmalen, VU University Medical Center, Netherlands

Jos van Roosmalen, Section Editor

Jos van Roosmalen is emeritus professor of Safe Motherhood and Health Systems at VU University Amsterdam and a retired consultant obstetrician in the department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands.

He published extensively on Safe Motherhood issues in low and high income countries and is a (co-)promotor of 25 Safe Motherhood theses, written by students of both the Northern and Southern hemisphere. He is a Section Editor of BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.

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Glucose screening within six months postpartum among Chinese mothers with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study

Measuring the quality of maternal and care processes at the time of delivery in sub-Saharan Africa: development and validation of a short index

Spatial and temporal trends of cesarean deliveries in Uganda: 2012–2016

Preferences for aspects of antenatal and newborn screening: a systematic review

Derivation and validation of a model predicting the likelihood of vaginal birth following labour induction

Responses to gestational weight management guidance: a thematic analysis of comments made by women in online parenting forums

A translational approach to studying preterm labour

Physical activity in pregnancy: a qualitative study of the beliefs of overweight and obese pregnant women

Utilization of PMTCT services and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The purple line as a measure of labourprogress: a longitudinal study

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