Birth
Issues in Perinatal Care
Edited by:
Diony Young
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 1/60 Nursing (Science); 13/61 Obstetrics & Gynecology; 9/86 Pediatrics; 1/58 Nursing (Social Science)
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Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care is a multidisciplinary, refereed journal devoted to issues and practices in the care of childbearing women, infants, and families. It is written by and for professionals in maternal and neonatal health, nurses, midwives, physicians, public health workers, doulas, psychologists, social scientists, childbirth educators, lactation counselors, epidemiologists, and other health caregivers and policymakers in perinatal care.
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Continuous Labor Support for Middle-Class Couples: Effect on Cesarean Delivery Rates
Susan K. McGrath, PhD, and John H. Kennell, MD
Neonatal Mortality for Primary Cesarean and Vaginal Births to Low-Risk Women: Application of an "Intention-to-Treat" Model
Marian F. MacDorman, PhD, Eugene Declercq, PhD, Fay Menacker, DrPH, CPNP, and Michael H. Malloy, MD, MS
Mothers' Reports of Postpartum Pain Associated with Vaginal and Cesarean Deliveries: Results of a National Survey
Eugene Declercq, PhD, Deborah K. Cunningham, MN, MPH, Cynthia Johnson, MD, and Carol Sakala, PhD, MSPH
Perineal Outcomes and Maternal Comfort Related to the Application of Perineal Warm Packs in the Second Stage of Labor: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Hannah G. Dahlen, RN, RM, BN(Hons), M(CommN), Caroline S. E. Homer, RN, RM, PhD, Margaret Cooke, RN, RM, PhD, Alexis M. Upton, RN, RM, RPN, BN, Rosalie Nunn, RN, RM, GradDipAppSc, MMid, and Belinda Brodrick, RN, RM, GradDip(NMan)
How Do Physicians and Midwives Manage the Third Stage of Labor?
Weiping M. Tan, MD, PhD, CCFP, Michael C. Klein, MD, FAAP, FCFP, ABFP, Lee Saxell, RM, MA, Sahba Eftekhary Shirkoohy, MD, MPH, MHA, and Getnet Asrat, MD, MHSc
Hospital Practices That Increase Breastfeeding Duration: Results from a Population-Based Study
Erin K. Murray, MSPH, RD, Sue Ricketts, MA, PhD, and Jennifer Dellaport, MPH, RD
