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  1. With rising obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI) rates, the number of women at risk of OASI recurrence is in turn increasing. Decisions regarding mode of subsequent birth following an OASI are complex, and d...

    Authors: Amanda J Ampt, Christine L Roberts, Jonathan M Morris and Jane B Ford
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:31
  2. Childbirth confidence is an important marker of women’s coping abilities during labour and birth. This study investigated socio-demographic, obstetric and psychological factors affecting self-efficacy in child...

    Authors: Lianne Schwartz, Jocelyn Toohill, Debra K Creedy, Kathleen Baird, Jenny Gamble and Jennifer Fenwick
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:29
  3. The pharmacological management of early pregnancy loss reduced substantially the need for dilation and curettage. However, prognostic markers of successful outcome were not established. Thus the major purpose ...

    Authors: Luís Guedes-Martins, Joaquim P Saraiva, Ana R Gaio, Ana Reynolds, Filipe Macedo and Henrique Almeida
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:28
  4. Health facility delivery is considered a critical strategy to improve maternal health. The Government of Nepal is promoting institutional delivery through different incentive programmes and the establishment o...

    Authors: Rajani Shah, Eva A Rehfuess, Mahesh K Maskey, Rainald Fischer, Prem B Bhandari and Maria Delius
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:27
  5. In western Kenya, maternal mortality is a major public health problem estimated at 730/100,000 live births, higher than the Kenyan national average of 488/100,000 women. Many women do not attend antenatal care...

    Authors: Linda Mason, Stephanie Dellicour, Feiko Ter Kuile, Peter Ouma, Penny Phillips-Howard, Florence Were, Kayla Laserson and Meghna Desai
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:26
  6. While the application of fetal MRI in high-risk pregnant women is steadily rising, little is known about the psychological consequences of this procedure. The aim of the present study was to investigate emotio...

    Authors: Birgit Derntl, Jacqueline Krajnik, Kathrin Kollndorfer, Manfred Bijak, Ursula Nemec, Katharina Leithner, Daniela Prayer and Veronika Schöpf
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:25
  7. As a result of the growing number of interventions that are now performed in the context of maternity care, health authorities have begun to examine the possible repercussions for service provision and for mat...

    Authors: Ramón Escuriet-Peiró, Josefina Goberna-Tricas, Maria J Pueyo-Sanchez, Neus Garriga-Comas, Immaculada Úbeda-Bonet, Carmen Caja-López, Isabel Espiga-López and Vicente Ortún-Rubio
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:23
  8. Fetal growth restriction is among the most common and complex problems in modern obstetrics. Symphysis-fundus (SF) height measurement is a non-invasive test that may help determine which women are at risk. Thi...

    Authors: Aase Serine D Pay, Johanna Wiik, Bjørn Backe, Bo Jacobsson, Annika Strandell and Atle Klovning
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:22
  9. Low or high prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and inadequate or excess gestational weight gain (GWG) are associated with adverse neonatal outcomes. This study estimates the contribution of these risk factors ...

    Authors: Susie Dzakpasu, John Fahey, Russell S Kirby, Suzanne C Tough, Beverley Chalmers, Maureen I Heaman, Sharon Bartholomew, Anne Biringer, Elizabeth K Darling, Lily S Lee and Sarah D McDonald
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:21
  10. Although the evaluation of caesarean delivery rates has been suggested as one of the most important indicators of quality in obstetrics, it has been criticized because of its controversial ability to capture m...

    Authors: Gianpaolo Maso, Lorenzo Monasta, Monica Piccoli, Luca Ronfani, Marcella Montico, Francesco De Seta, Sara Parolin, Caterina Businelli, Laura Travan and Salvatore Alberico
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:20
  11. The Strong Women, Strong Babies, Strong Culture Program (the Program) evolved from a recognition of the value of Aboriginal knowledge and practice in promoting maternal and child health (MCH) in remote communi...

    Authors: Anne Lowell, Sue Kildea, Marlene Liddle, Barbara Cox and Barbara Paterson
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:19
  12. Armed conflict has been described as an important contributor to the social determinants of health and a driver of health inequity, including maternal health. These conflicts may severely reduce access to mate...

    Authors: Primus Che Chi, Patience Bulage, Henrik Urdal and Johanne Sundby
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:18
  13. Increasing the number of women birthing with skilled birth attendants (SBAs) as one of the strategies to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity must be partnered with a minimum standard of care. This manuscri...

    Authors: Gabie Hoogenboom, May Myo Thwin, Kris Velink, Marijke Baaijens, Prakaykaew Charrunwatthana, François Nosten and Rose McGready
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:17
  14. The number of caesarean sections (CS) is increasing globally, and repeat CS after a previous CS is a significant contributor to the overall CS rate. Vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) can be seen as a real a...

    Authors: Ingela Lundgren, Valerie Smith, Christina Nilsson, Katri Vehvilainen-Julkunen, Jane Nicoletti, Declan Devane, Annette Bernloehr, Evelien van Limbeek, Joan Lalor and Cecily Begley
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:16
  15. Majority of deaths from obstetric complications are preventable. But every pregnant woman face risks which may not always be detected through the risk assessment approach during antenatal care (ANC). Therefore...

    Authors: Hinsermu Bayu, Mulatu Adefris, Abdella Amano and Mulunesh Abuhay
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:15
  16. Women’s delays in reaching emergency obstetric care (EmOC) facilities contribute to high maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity in low-income countries, yet few studies have quantified travel times to ...

    Authors: Atsumi Hirose, Matthias Borchert, Jonathan Cox, Ahmad Shah Alkozai and Veronique Filippi
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:14
  17. The aim of this study was to investigate long-term risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) following a diagnosis of gestational diabetes and to identify factors that were associated with increased risk of T2D.

    Authors: Claire E Eades, Maggie Styles, Graham P Leese, Helen Cheyne and Josie MM Evans
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:11
  18. As obesity has increased worldwide, so have levels of obesity during pregnancy and excess gestational weight gain (GWG). The aim of this paper was to describe GWG among American Samoan women and examine the as...

    Authors: Nicola L Hawley, William Johnson, Chantelle N Hart, Elizabeth W Triche, John Ah Ching, Bethel Muasau-Howard and Stephen T McGarvey
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:10
  19. Kenya has a maternal mortality ratio of 488 per 100,000 live births. Preventing maternal deaths depends significantly on the presence of a skilled birth attendant at delivery. Kenyan national statistics estima...

    Authors: Anne Gitimu, Christine Herr, Happiness Oruko, Evalin Karijo, Richard Gichuki, Peter Ofware, Alice Lakati and Josephat Nyagero
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:9
  20. In many low-income countries, formal post-partum care utilization is much lower than that of skilled delivery and antenatal care. While Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) might play a role in post-partum care...

    Authors: Gladys R Mahiti, Angwara D Kiwara, Columba K Mbekenga, Anna-Karin Hurtig and Isabel Goicolea
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:8
  21. The birth weight and gestational age at birth are two important variables that define neonatal morbidity and mortality. In developed countries, chronic maternal diseases like hypertension, diabetes mellitus, r...

    Authors: Tunny Sebastian, Bijesh Yadav, Lakshmanan Jeyaseelan, Reeta Vijayaselvi and Ruby Jose
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:7
  22. Complications of abortion are one of the leading causes of maternal mortality worldwide, along with hemorrhage, sepsis, and hypertensive diseases of pregnancy. In Afghanistan little data exist on the capacity ...

    Authors: Nasratullah Ansari, Partamin Zainullah, Young Mi Kim, Hannah Tappis, Adrienne Kols, Sheena Currie, Jaime Haver, Jos van Roosmalen, Jacqueline EW Broerse and Jelle Stekelenburg
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:6
  23. Depression in pregnancy increases the risk of complications for mother and child. Few studies are done in ethnic minorities. We wanted to identify the prevalence of depression in pregnancy and associations wit...

    Authors: Nilam Shakeel, Malin Eberhard-Gran, Line Sletner, Kari Slinning, Egil W Martinsen, Ingar Holme and Anne Karen Jenum
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:5
  24. To clarify whether the use of balloons for cervical ripening is associated with the incidence of umbilical cord prolapse.

    Authors: Junichi Hasegawa, Akihiko Sekizawa, Tomoaki Ikeda, Mitsuhiko Koresawa, Isamu Ishiwata, Masakiyo Kawabata and Katsuyuki Kinoshita
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:4

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2016 16:155

  25. Despite the available cost effective antenatal testing and treatment, syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are still among common infections affecting pregnant women especially in developing countri...

    Authors: John DT Lawi, Mariam M Mirambo, Moke Magoma, Martha F Mushi, Hyasinta M Jaka, Balthazary Gumodoka and Stephen E Mshana
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:3
  26. Socioeconomic disparities in the use of prenatal care (PNC) exist even where care is universally available and publicly funded. Few studies have sought the perspectives of health care providers to understand a...

    Authors: Maureen I Heaman, Wendy Sword, Lawrence Elliott, Michael Moffatt, Michael E Helewa, Heather Morris, Patricia Gregory, Lynda Tjaden and Catherine Cook
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:2
  27. Violence against women is associated with serious health problems, including adverse maternal and child health. Antenatal care (ANC) midwives are increasingly expected to implement the routine of identifying e...

    Authors: Ulrika Byrskog, Pia Olsson, Birgitta Essén and Marie-Klingberg Allvin
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:1
  28. Short birth intervals are known to have negative effects on pregnancy outcomes. We analysed data from a large population surveillance system in rural Bangladesh to identify predictors of short birth interval a...

    Authors: Hendrik CC de Jonge, Kishwar Azad, Nadine Seward, Abdul Kuddus, Sanjit Shaha, James Beard, Anthony Costello, Tanja AJ Houweling and Ed Fottrell
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:427
  29. Caseload midwifery reduces childbirth interventions and increases women’s satisfaction with care. It is therefore important to understand the impact of caseload midwifery on midwives working in and alongside t...

    Authors: Michelle S Newton, Helen L McLachlan, Karen F Willis and Della A Forster
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:426
  30. The single most critical intervention to improve maternal and neonatal survival is to ensure that a competent health worker with midwifery skills is present at every birth, and transport is available to a refe...

    Authors: Samuel Bosomprah, Genevieve Cecelia Aryeetey, Justice Nonvignon and Richard M Adanu
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:415
  31. To reduce financial barriers to access, and improve access to and use of skilled maternal and newborn healthcare services, the government of Ghana, in 2003, implemented a new maternal healthcare policy that pr...

    Authors: John Kuumuori Ganle, Michael Parker, Raymond Fitzpatrick and Easmon Otupiri
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:425
  32. More women with an increased risk of poor pregnancy outcome due to pre-existing medical conditions are becoming pregnant. Although clinical care provided through multi-disciplinary team (MDT) working is recomm...

    Authors: Debra Bick, Sarah Beake, Lucy Chappell, Khaled M Ismail, David R McCance, James SA Green and Cath Taylor
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:428
  33. Worldwide there has been a dramatic increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in women of childbearing age. Growing evidence suggests that maternal overweight and obesity is associated with poor mat...

    Authors: Angela Vinturache, Nadia Moledina, Sheila McDonald, Donna Slater and Suzanne Tough
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:422
  34. South Africa’s health system is based on the primary care model in which low-risk maternity care is provided at community health centres and clinics, and ‘high-risk’ care is provided at secondary/tertiary hosp...

    Authors: George Justus Hofmeyr, Thozeka Mancotywa, Nomvula Silwana-Kwadjo, Batembu Mgudlwa, Theresa A Lawrie and Ahmet Metin Gülmezoglu
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:417
  35. In June of 2010, an antenatal ultrasound program was introduced to perform basic screening examinations at a health care clinic in rural Uganda. The impact of the program on the existing antenatal care infrast...

    Authors: Andrew B Ross, Kristen K DeStigter, Anastasia Coutinho, Sonia Souza, Anthony Mwatha, Alphonsus Matovu, Michael Grace Kawooya and Ssembatya Renny
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:424
  36. Most research has focused on mothers’ experiences of perinatal loss itself or on the subsequent pregnancy, whereas little attention has been paid to both parents’ experiences of having a child following late p...

    Authors: Louise Campbell-Jackson, Jessica Bezance and Antje Horsch
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:423
  37. The circumstances under which women obtain unsafe abortion vary and depend on the traditional methods known and the type of providers present. In rural Tanzania women often resort to traditional providers who ...

    Authors: Vibeke Rasch, Pernille H Sørensen, Anna R Wang, Flora Tibazarwa and Anna K Jäger
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:419

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015 15:355

  38. Progress towards attaining the maternal mortality and maternal health targets set by Millennium Development Goal 5 has been slow in most African countries. Assessing antenatal care and institutional delivery s...

    Authors: Yohannes Adama Melaku, Berhe Weldearegawi, Fisaha Haile Tesfay, Semaw Ferede Abera, Loko Abraham, Alemseged Aregay, Yemane Ashebir, Friehiwot Eshetu, Ashenafi Haile, Yihunie Lakew and John Kinsman
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:418
  39. In 2005 Ethiopia took the important step to protect women’s reproductive health by liberalizing the abortion law. As a result women were given access to safe pregnancy termination in first and second trimester...

    Authors: Kristine Ivalu Bonnen, Dereje Negussie Tuijje and Vibeke Rasch
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:416
  40. We report population-based data on still birth, induced abortion and miscarriage from the Indian state of Bihar to assess the magnitude of the problem and to inform corrective action.

    Authors: Priyanka S Kochar, Rakhi Dandona, G Anil Kumar and Lalit Dandona
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:413
  41. Ethiopia is among seven high-mortality countries which have achieved the fourth millennium development goal with over two-thirds reduction in under-five mortality rate. However, the proportion of neonatal deat...

    Authors: Mihretab Melesse Salasibew, Suzanne Filteau and Tanya Marchant
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:412
  42. In recent decades we have observed a remarkable increase in the rate of caesarean section (CS) in both developed and developing countries, especially in China. However, the real reasons for this phenomenon are...

    Authors: Yajun Liu, Guanghui Li, Yi Chen, Xin Wang, Yan Ruan, Liying Zou and Weiyuan Zhang
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:410
  43. We conducted a nested randomised trial to evaluate the effect of an educational DVD, providing information about healthy food choices and exercise during pregnancy, on diet and physical activity, among pregnan...

    Authors: Malgorzata A Szmeja, Courtney Cramp, Rosalie M Grivell, Andrea R Deussen, Lisa N Yelland and Jodie M Dodd
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:409
  44. This paper describes use of a Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme to encourage use of critical MNCH services among rural women in Nigeria.

    Authors: Ugo Okoli, Laura Morris, Adetokunbo Oshin, Muhammad A Pate, Chidimma Aigbe and Ado Muhammad
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:408
  45. Sacrococcygeal teratoma resection often brings changes in pelvic anatomy and physiology with possible consequences for defecation, micturition and sexual function. It is unknown, whether these changes have any...

    Authors: Marijke EB Kremer, Margot M Koeneman, Joep PM Derikx, Audrey Coumans, Robertine van Baren, Hugo A Heij, Marc HWA Wijnen, René MH Wijnen, David C van der Zee and Ernest LW van Heurn
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:407
  46. The development of long-term vascular disease can be linked to the intrauterine environment, and maternal nutrition during gestation plays a critical role in the future vascular health of offspring. The purpos...

    Authors: Pardis Taheripour, Mark A DeFord, Emily J Arentson-Lantz, Shawn S Donkin, Kolapo M Ajuwon and Sean C Newcomer
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:405

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