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| 20 March 2019

Reasons given by pregnant women for participating in a clinical trial aimed at preventing premature delivery: a qualitative analysis

Authors: Thaís M. Monteiro, Leila Katz, Silvana F. Bento, Melania M. Amorim, Patrícia C. Moriel and Rodolfo C. Pacagnella
Content type: Research article
| 18 March 2019

Establishing a valid construct of fear of childbirth: findings from in-depth interviews with women and midwives

Authors: P. Slade, K. Balling, K. Sheen and G. Houghton
Content type: Research article
| 18 March 2019

Determinants of puerperal sepsis among post partum women at public hospitals in west SHOA zone Oromia regional STATE, Ethiopia (institution BASEDCASE control study)

Authors: Getu Alemu Demisse, Samuel Dessau Sifer, Buseraseman Kedir, Daniel Belema Fekene and Gizachew Abdissa Bulto
Content type: Research article
| 14 March 2019

Obstetrical and epidemiological factors influence the severity of anal incontinence after obstetric anal sphincter injury

Authors: France Joris, Irene Hoesli, Andre Kind, Jean Jacques Ries and Tilemachos Kavvadias
Content type: Research article
| 13 March 2019

Surgical treatment of postpartum haemorrhage: national survey of French residents of obstetrics and gynecology

Authors: Pierre-Emmanuel Bouet, Hugo Madar, Alizée Froeliger, Hady El Hachem, Elsa Schinkel, Aurélien Mattuizi and Loïc Sentilhes

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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.

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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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Reasons given by pregnant women for participating in a clinical trial aimed at preventing premature delivery: a qualitative analysis

Establishing a valid construct of fear of childbirth: findings from in-depth interviews with women and midwives

Determinants of puerperal sepsis among post partum women at public hospitals in west SHOA zone Oromia regional STATE, Ethiopia (institution BASEDCASE control study)

Obstetrical and epidemiological factors influence the severity of anal incontinence after obstetric anal sphincter injury

Surgical treatment of postpartum haemorrhage: national survey of French residents of obstetrics and gynecology

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

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

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