BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth: highlights of 2017

2017 was another successful year at our journal, with papers published covering a range of pregnancy topics from vaccines and weight management during pregnancy to choice of birth place and attendant, as well as important collections and supplements. Here is a selection of papers worth revisiting from BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.

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We are now recruiting Associate Editors for our Editorial Board to join our team of academic editors in assessing manuscripts in the field of pregnancy and childbirth.

Content type: Research
| 24 September 2018

Correlates of the Women’s Development Army strategy implementation strength with household reproductive, maternal, newborn and child healthcare practices: a cross-sectional study in four regions of Ethiopia

Authors: Zufan Abera Damtew, Ali Mehryar Karim, Chala Tesfaye Chekagn, Nebreed Fesseha Zemichael, Bantalem Yihun, Barbara A. Willey and Wuleta Betemariam
Content type: Research
| 24 September 2018

Effects of family conversation on health care practices in Ethiopia: a propensity score matched analysis

Authors: Dessalew Emaway Altaye, Ali Mehryar Karim, Wuleta Betemariam, Nebreed Fesseha Zemichael, Tesfaye Shigute and Pauline Scheelbeek
Content type: Research
| 24 September 2018

Effects of a community-based data for decision-making intervention on maternal and newborn health care practices in Ethiopia: a dose-response study

Authors: Ali Mehryar Karim, Nebreed Fesseha Zemichael, Tesfaye Shigute, Dessalew Emaway Altaye, Selamawit Dagnew, Firew Solomon, Mulu Hailu, Gizachew Tadele, Bantalem Yihun, Nebiyu Getachew and Wuleta Betemariam
Content type: Research
| 24 September 2018

Effects of a participatory community quality improvement strategy on improving household and provider health care behaviors and practices: a propensity score analysis

Authors: Tewabech Wereta, Wuleta Betemariam, Ali Mehryar Karim, Nebreed Fesseha Zemichael, Selamawit Dagnew, Abera Wanboru and Antoinette Bhattacharya
Content type: Introduction
| 24 September 2018

The potential of community engagement to improve mother and child health in Ethiopia — what works and how should it be measured?

Authors: Peter Byass

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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
| 14 October 2011

Individual and health facility factors and the risk for obstructed labour and its adverse outcomes in south-western Uganda

Authors: Jerome K Kabakyenga, Per-Olof Östergren, Eleanor Turyakira, Peter K Mukasa and Karen Odberg Pettersson

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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.

Editor

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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