Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health

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• Implementation of the New Institute of Medicine Gestational Weight Gain Guidelines
  What are the recommendations for gestational weight gain? This report gives an overview of the new guidelines from the Institute of Medicine.

  January 03, 2011

• Relationship Between Vitamin D During Perinatal Development and Health
  How important is vitamin D for the mother in the prepregnancy stage all the way through to the child's first years of life?

  December 27, 2010

• Share With Women. Omega-3 Fatty Acids During Pregnancy
  This short report details the importance of omega-3 fatty acids for pregnant women, and where the best sources of it are found. 

  December 20, 2010

• Human Trafficking: The Role of the Health Care Provider
  How can healthcare providers, such as physicians and nurses, assist victims of human trafficking networks?

  December 13, 2010

• Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
  This short overview discusses polycystic ovary syndrome, how it develops, and how it can potentially be treated.

  December 06, 2010

Table of Contents

2019 -

• Racism, Bias, and Discrimination as Modifiable Barriers to Breastfeeding for African American Women: A Scoping Review of the Literature. 

  November 11, 2019

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• Midwives in Abortion Care: A Call to Action. 

  November 11, 2019

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• Current Resources for Evidence-Based Practice, November/December 2019. 

  November 06, 2019

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• Donor Breast Milk. 

  October 30, 2019

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• Key Considerations for Implementing Group Prenatal Care: Lessons from 60 Practices. 

  October 23, 2019

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• Exposure to Hospital Breastfeeding Support by Maternal Race and Ethnicity: A Pilot Study. 

  October 18, 2019

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• Adjusting for Patient Context in Inpatient Breastfeeding Education: A Human Factors Perspective. 

  October 18, 2019

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• Timing and Outcomes of an Indication-Only Use of Intravenous Cannulation During Spontaneous Labor. 

  October 16, 2019

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•  Lactation Education for Resident Obstetricians: Promoting Breastfeeding Advocates for the Future. 

  October 13, 2019

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• Knowledge of US Midwifery Credentials Among Members of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. 

  October 10, 2019

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• Prenatal Attachment, Parental Confidence, and Mental Health in Expecting Parents: The Role of Childhood Trauma. 

  September 30, 2019

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• Concordance as a Person-Centered Measure of Breastfeeding Success: From Adequacy to Agency. 

  September 30, 2019

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• Using the Robson 10-Group Classification System to Compare Cesarean Birth Utilization Between US Centers With and Without Midwives. 

  September 25, 2019

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• Low-Interventional Approaches to Intrapartum Care: Hospital Variation in Practice and Associated Factors. 

  September 10, 2019

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• Outcomes of Waterbirth in a US Hospital-Based Midwifery Practice: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Water Immersion During Labor and Birth. 

  September 06, 2019

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• Racial and Ethnic Differences in Reasons for Breastfeeding Cessation Among Women Participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. 

  August 30, 2019

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• Preventing Cesarean Birth in Women with Obesity: Influence of Unit-Level Midwifery Presence on Use of Cesarean among Women in the Consortium on Safe Labor Data Set. 

  August 28, 2019

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• Intrapartum Care and Experiences of Women with Midwives Versus Obstetricians in the Listening to Mothers in California Survey. 

  August 26, 2019

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• Estimating the Financial Impact of Reducing Primary Cesareans. 

  July 28, 2019

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• Long-Term Effects of Breast Cancer Surgery, Treatment, and Survivor Care. 

  July 19, 2019

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• The Scope of Midwifery Practice Regulations and the Availability of the Certified Nurse-Midwifery and Certified Midwifery Workforce, 2012-2016. 

  July 18, 2019

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• Caring for Women Experiencing Breast Engorgement: A Case Report. 

  July 16, 2019

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• Pharmacologic Management of Common Ailments in Women Who Are Breastfeeding. 

  July 09, 2019

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• Demand for Lactation Leads to Flowing Supply of Success: Support Requested from States to Improve Breastfeeding Practices. 

  July 09, 2019

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• Associations Among Intrapartum Interventions and Cesarean Birth in Low-Risk Nulliparous Women with Spontaneous Onset of Labor. 

  June 17, 2019

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• Women's Contraceptive Perceptions, Beliefs, and Attitudes: An Integrative Review of Qualitative Research. 

  May 28, 2019

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