Birth-Issues in Perinatal Care

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A response to: Weekend delivery and maternal–neonatal adverse outcomes in low‐risk pregnancies in the United States: A population‐based analysis of 3 million live births	93
The association of doula support and patient experiences with hospital staff during birth in a sample of California women: An exploratory analysis	58
Perinatal psychiatric practitioner consultation program delivers rapid response to OB/GYN practitioners	51
Visualization of contractions: Evaluation of a new experience design concept to enhance the childbirth experience	27
Influence on operative time of immediate skin‐to‐skin care in low‐risk primary cesarean births for breech presentation: Retrospective cohort study	27
In‐hospital supplementation and subsequent breastfeeding practices in Finland: A cross‐sectional population‐level study	26
Wait, What? What's Going On?— Pregnancy Experiences of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Mothers Who Do Not Sign	24
Exploring Maternity Related Emergencies in Prehospital Settings and Available Obstetric Training for Emergency Medical Services Personnel: An Integrative Review of Literature	23
Health Professionals' Attitudes to Maternal Request for Caesarean Birth: A Scoping Review	22
The role of doulas in respectful care for communities of color and Medicaid recipients	21
Interventions and Strategies for Reducing Episiotomy Rates Globally: A Systematic Review	19
Creating a Trauma‐Informed Multidisciplinary Clinic	19
Midwifery continuity of care for women with perinatal mental health conditions: A cohort study from Australia	18
Quality Care in Midwifery‐Led Birth Centers: Assessing the Disconnect Between Reimbursement and Perinatal Outcomes	17
The Impact of Lunar Phases During Day and Night Cycles on Perinatal Outcomes: A Nationwide Cohort Study	17
What is known about midwives' well‐being and resilience? An integrative review of the international literature	17
Validity and reliability of an Arabic‐language version of the postpartum specific anxiety scale research short‐form in Jordan	16
Labor unit culture and attitudes toward supporting vaginal birth—The Swedish version of the labor culture survey (S‐LCS)—Psychometric properties	15
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Discrimination during childbirth and postpartum care utilization among Black birthing people in California, United States	15
Between “a lot of room for it” and “it doesn't exist”—Advancing and limiting factors of autonomy in birth as perceived by perinatal care practitioners: An interview study in Switzerland	15
Early Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Experiences of Gendered Racial Microaggressions in a Multiracial, Multiethnic Prospective Cohort	14
Adopting Early Essential Newborn Care ( EENC ) in the Delivery Room: An Implementation Study From China	14
Cultural Brokering in Pregnancy Care: A Qualitative Study	14
Birth Outcomes After Sexual Violence and the Role of Disclosure to the Maternity Care Provider	14

Assessing patient autonomy in the context of TeamBirth, a quality improvement intervention to improve shared decision‐making during labor and birth	14
Mediating processes underlying the associations between maternal obesity and the likelihood of cesarean birth	14
Unraveling the Tapestry: Variations in Midwifery and Community Birth Utilization Among Asian Subgroups	13
Low Social Support is Associated With Postpartum Depression Symptoms Among Illinois Postpartum Women	13
Childbirth in Women Infected or in Close Contact With SARS ‐ CoV ‐2 in Spain: A Qualitative Study	13
One Hundred Years of Seeking Respectful Maternity Care: History and Evolution	12
Labor outcomes in caseload midwifery compared with standard midwifery care: A cohort study	11
Experiences of attending prenatal ultrasounds during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Australia: A cross‐sectional survey	11
Decision‐making experiences and the need for decision aids in women considering vaginal birth after cesarean: A qualitative meta‐synthesis	11
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From Midwife to Lead Perinatal Practitioner: A Utopian Vision	10
Are Nonstress Tests Stressful? A Qualitative Study of Patient Perceptions of Antenatal Surveillance	10
Women's Experience of Continuity During Antenatal Care: A Cross‐Sectional Study in The Netherlands	10
Next‐Gen Midwifery Support: Designing an Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) Enhanced Mobile App for Pregnancy Risk Categorization and Clinical Decision S	10
“I just want the best for him.” Pregnancy in the context of substance use disorders: Perspectives of postpartum women	10
Peer support and mobile health for perinatal mental health: A scoping review	10
Interventions to Optimize Dietary Patterns in Black Pregnant Individuals: An Integrative Review	10
Self‐Advocacy Among Black Women During the Perinatal Period: Prevalence and Relationship to Patient Experiences	10
VBAC calculator 2.0: Recent evidence	10
Effects of the COVID‐19 early pandemic on delivery outcomes among women with and without COVID‐19 at birth	10
Characterizing uterine responsiveness to oxytocin augmentation across four labor patterns in maternal obesity	10
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Factors associated with exclusive formula feeding among individuals with low‐risk pregnancies in the United States	8
Infant Deaths Throughout the COVID ‐19 Pandemic in the U.S	8
COVID‐19 and the adequacy of antenatal care among Indigenous women: A retrospective crossover analysis	8
Pregnant Women's Care Needs During Early Labor–A Scoping Review	8
Breastfeeding outcomes at 3 months for women with diabetes in pregnancy: Findings from the Diabetes and Antenatal Milk Expressing randomized controlled trial	8
Remembering Marian MacDorman	8
Individual and Community‐Level Predictors of Anemia in Chicago‐Area Pregnancies: A Multi‐Level Analysis of Electronic Health Record Data	8
Revisiting the Mackey Childbirth Satisfaction Rating Scale: Spanish adaptation, factor analysis, and sources of construct validity	8
Preferences of pregnant individuals to undergo labor after one cesarean in southern China	7
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Maternal height, and ethnicity and birth weight: A retrospective cohort study of uncomplicated term vaginal deliveries in Malaysia	7
Women's Satisfaction With Birth Experience According to Skin Color: A Cross‐Sectional Study	7
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Birthing Cultural Humility: A Transformation of Reproductive Justice in the Military Health System	7
Factors associated with respectful maternity care and influence of HIV status among women giving birth in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania	7
Beyond “patient‐provider race matching.” Black midwives clarify a vision for race‐concordant care to achieve equity in Black perinatal health: A commentary on “Do Black birthing persons prefer a Black	7
Obstetrical and Neonatal Outcomes of Term Pregnancies Complicated by Unstable Fetal Lie	7
Professional Preferences Towards Vaginal Breech Delivery at Term: An International Discrete Choice Experiment	7
Childbirth Related Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder and Childbirth Trauma: A Systematic Review of Available Primary Antenatal Intervention	7
Race, ethnicity, and indications for primary cesarean birth: Associations within a national birth center registry	7
Decision‐Making and Knowledge Around Inductions of Labor: A Survey Study in Ireland	6
Perceived Safety in Childbirth: Pregnancy Predictors of Women's Experiences During Childbirth	6
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Translating Priorities Into Practice: Midwifery Care for Uninsured Migrant Populations Across Canada	6
“Shifting the Culture and the Way That We Practice”: Perinatal Clinicians' Cognitive, Behavioral, and Team‐Level Changes Following Equity‐Focused Interventions	6
A call for critical midwifery studies: Confronting systemic injustice in sexual, reproductive, maternal, and newborn care	6

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Community midwives' perspectives on perinatal care for asylum seekers and refugees in the Netherlands: A survey study	6
Vaginal delivery rate by near delivery sonographic weight estimation and maternal stature among nulliparous women	6
Factors associated with cesarean birth in nulliparous women: A multicenter prospective cohort study	6
Prenatal and postpartum care during the COVID‐19 pandemic: An increase in barriers from early to mid‐pandemic in the United States	6
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Toward a semiotics of midwifery: Multimodal communication's effects on accessibility, equity, and power dynamics	6
Childbirth Experiences in the United Kingdom Compared to the Netherlands: A Cross‐Sectional Survey Study	5
Factors Associated With Interest in Birth Center Care for a Future Pregnancy: A Secondary Analysis of the Listening to Mothers in California Survey	5
Perinatal outcome and long‐term hospitalization of triplets according to birth order	5
Unveiling injustice: Disrupting child removal policies and upholding breastfeeding: An emancipatory framework	5
Men as Midwifery Professionals: A Scoping Review	5
Patient Perceptions of Informed Consent for Operative Vaginal Birth: A Qualitative Analysis	5
A Concept Analysis on Failure to Rescue in Maternal Health: Implications for Practice and Policy	5
Induction of labor and cesarean birth in lower‐risk nulliparous women at term: A retrospective cohort study	5
Midwives' Physiological Approach at the Third Stage of Labour: A Scoping Review	5
Men's experiences of antenatal care services in low‐income and middle‐income countries: A qualitative systematic review	5
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Preferences for labor and childbirth, expressed orally or as a written birth plan: Prevalence and determinants from a nationwide population‐based study	5
Personal Birth Experiences and Clinician Attitudes About Cesarean Birth: A Cross‐Sectional Study With Female Labor and Delivery Unit Staff	5
The Perinatal Experience of Women With a History of Intimate Partner Violence: The Birth Experience Study	5
Midwifery Continuity of Care During Pregnancy, Birth, and the Postpartum Period: A Matched Cohort Study	5
Mode of birth and long‐term maternal mental health: A follow‐up study in the Danish National Birth Cohort	5
Bibliometric analysis of published articles on perinatal depression from 1920 to 2020	5
Turkish Validity and Reliability Study of the Maternal Identity Scale	5
Mental Health Profile Relating to Suicide Crises Among Women in and Around Pregnancy and Surgical Termination of Pregnancy: A Data Linkage Study	5
Reduction of Noise Levels During Caesarean Births Through Audiovisual Feedback is Associated With Lower Stress Levels for Patients	5
The birth center model of care: Staffing, business characteristics, and core clinical outcomes	4
Racial Disparities in Nulliparous Singleton Term Vertex Cesarean Deliveries: Rates, Reasons, and Time to Delivery	4
Pathways to Birth Trauma: Prenatal PTSD as a Mediator Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Childbirth‐Related PTSD	4
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The Impact of Midwife Experience and Time of Birth on the Risk of Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries ( OASIS )	4
Introducing the fragility index—A case study using the Term Breech Trial	4
Parity, mode of birth, and long‐term gynecological health: A follow‐up study of parous and nonparous women in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health cohort	4
Pregnancy experiences of transgender and gender‐expansive individuals: A systematic scoping review from a critical midwifery perspective	4
Parental Involvement in Decision‐Making About Planned Late Preterm and Early Term Birth (The “ PIP” Study): Part 1—A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of I	4
Return‐on‐Investment Analysis of an Enhanced Community Doula Program: Pre‐ and Post‐COVID‐19 Considerations	4
From “disappointing” to “fantastic”: Women's experiences with labor induction in a U.S. tertiary hospital	4
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Intrapartum Care Experiences Associated With Postpartum Visit Attendance	4
LGBTQ+ new and expectant parents' experiences of perinatal services during the UK's first COVID‐19 lockdown	4
(Un)warranted variation in local hospital protocols for neonatal referral to the pediatrician: An explorative study in the Netherlands	4
Changes in attitudes to childbirth in modern times illustrated over three generations in Iraq	3
The Benefits of Licensed Midwifery and Community Birth Among BIPOC Birthing People in New Mexico	3
The economic burden associated with stillbirth: A systematic review	3
Validating the Quality Maternal and Newborn Care Framework Index: A Global Tool for Quality‐of‐Care Evaluations	3
Psychometric Properties of the Arabic Version of the Childbirth Fear—Prior to Pregnancy Scale (CFPP) in a Lebanese Sample	3
A case study analysis of a successful birth center in northern Uganda	3
A Simultaneous Concept Analysis to Provide Clarity Between Obstetric Violence and Birth Trauma	3
Bypassing of nearest labor & delivery unit is contingent on rurality, wealth, and race	3
Work as a social risk factor in pregnancy: A systematic review of screening practices related to working conditions and family leave among pregnant adults	3
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Birth Outcomes for Obstetrician‐ or Midwife‐Led Intrapartum Care	3
Comparing maternal factors associated with postpartum depression between primiparous adolescents and adults: A large retrospective cohort study	3
Intrapartum pudendal nerve block analgesia and childbirth experience in primiparous women with vaginal birth: A cohort study	3
Maternal and Neonatal Consequences of Early Augmentation of Labor Among Women With Spontaneous Onset of Labor: A National Population‐Based Study	3
Identification of racial/ethnic disparities associated with severe maternal morbidity using the Arkansas All‐Payer Claims Database (2013‐2017)	3
Antibody levels to SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein in mothers and children from delivery to six months later	3
Maternity clinician use of shared decision‐making in antenatal care: A scoping review	3
Characteristics and Outcomes Among Asian Birthing People in the American Association of Birth Centers Perinatal Data Registry	3
Sociodemographic and Health‐Related Risk Factors Associated With Planned and Emergency Cesarean Births in Mexico	3
Sociocultural and Structural Determinants of Black Maternal Mental Health: A Scoping Review	3
Birth Outcomes and Prenatal Care Use in the U.S. During the COVID‐19 Pandemic in 2020 and 2021	3
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Effect of Group Prenatal Care Attendance on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Preterm Birth	3
Influence of the COVID‐19 pandemic on prenatal and postpartum patient experiences and well‐being	3
Translation and Cross‐Cultural Adaptation of the Quality Maternal and Newborn Care Framework Index for Its Use in China	3
Drivers of variation in postpartum opioid prescribing across hospitals participating in a statewide maternity care quality collaborative	2
AMBAR: A midwifery‐led training program to improve obstetric and neonatal practices among low‐risk births in Mexico	2
Prevalence of Episiotomy Practice and Associated Factors in Brazil: A Systematic Review	2
Facilitators and Barriers to Access to Midwife‐Led Birth Settings for Racialized Women in the UK: A Scoping Review	2
Systematic review and meta‐analysis examining the effects of midwife care on cesarean birth	2
Withdrawal: Through our eyes: A birth mom and adoptive parent share their perspectives on bias in obstetric care: Commentary	2
Parents' and healthcare providers' perceptions, experiences, knowledge of, and attitudes toward kangaroo care of preterm babies in hospital settings: Mixed‐methods systematic review	2
Reasons for Neonatal Presentations to Pediatric Emergency Departments in Catania: Multicentric Cross‐Sectional Analysis and Exhaustive Review of the Literature	2
Evidence‐based guidelines for intrapartum maternal hydration assessment and management: A scoping review	2
Early readmission of exclusively breastmilk‐fed infants born by means of normal birth or cesarean is multifactorial and associated with perinatal maternal mental health concerns	2
Midwives’ recognition and response to maternal deterioration: A national cross‐sectional study	2
Mediating expectations and experiences that influence birth experiences in Canada's first Alongside Midwifery Unit	2
Racial disparities in low‐risk cesarean birth rates across hospitals	2

An exploratory review on the empirical evaluation of the quality of reporting and analyzing labor duration	2
A History of Cesarean Birth as a Risk Factor for Postpartum Hemorrhage Even After Successful Planned Vaginal Birth	2
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COVID‐19 pandemic and perinatal mental health: A commentary on the impact, risk factors, and protective factors	2
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Supporting birth companions for women in labor, the views and experiences of birth companions, women and midwives: A mixed methods systematic review	2
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID‐19 among pregnant women in Jordan during the COVID‐19 outbreak	2
The midwifery capabilities theory: How midwives enact woman‐centered care to address systemic inequity	2
The Family and Pregnancy Pop‐Up Village: Developing a one‐stop shop of services to reduce pregnancy care‐related inequities in San Francisco	2
Experiences of birthing people during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Analysis of comments from the 2020 Wisconsin Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)	2
Fear of Childbirth After Major Orthopedic Traumas: A Nationwide Multi‐Register Analysis	2
Midwifery Care Studies: A Reflexive Methodology for a Practice‐Based Science	2
Response to commentary Beyond “patient‐provider race matching.” Black midwives clarify a vision for race‐concordant care to achieve equity in Black perinatal health: A commentary on “Do Black birthing	2
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Welcome to Birth's Special Issue on Critical Midwifery Studies	2
Posttraumatic growth and its associations with perceived stress and core beliefs in women after traumatic childbirth during the COVID‐19 pandemic	2
Parity Moderates the Socioeconomic Predictors of Birth Setting Choice	2
The Association Between Women's Perception of Birth During the Pandemic, Companion of Choice and Support From Health Professionals: A Cross‐Sectional Study in 20 Countries in the <	2
Physician personal breastfeeding experience and clinical care of the breastfeeding dyad	2
Birth during off‐hours: Impact of time of birth, staff´s seniority, and unit volume on maternal adverse outcomes—a population‐based cross‐sectional study of 87 065 deliveries	2
Feasibility of a Community‐Developed Survey Measuring Experiences of Pregnancy Care for LGBTQ2S+ Families	2
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Effect of Maternity Units' Organizational Levels on Maternal Birth Satisfaction: A Multicentric Cohort Study	1
Client‐centered flexible planning of home‐based postpartum care: A randomized controlled trial on the quality of care	1
Influence of social determinants of health on breastfeeding intent in the United States	1
When facts become feelings	1
Breech specialist midwives and clinics in the OptiBreech Trial feasibility study: An implementation process evaluation	1
Cesarean reduction efforts undercut by not attempting vaginal birth	1
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Do specific maternal sensations experienced in late pregnancy correlate to a breech presenting baby? Evaluation of a simple maternal questionnaire	1
Psychological Mechanisms in Fear of Childbirth: Intolerance of Uncertainty in Nulliparous and Multiparous Women	1
Abuse and Disrespect in Obstetric Care in the United States: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Nurse Experiences	1
Perinatal mental health screening for women of refugee background: Addressing a major gap in pregnancy care	1
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Association between inter‐pregnancy interval and risk of adverse birth outcomes in subsequent pregnancy: A retrospective study from Jordan	1
Association between maternity care practitioner type and postpartum depression screening	1
Reducing Stigma Among Providers Caring for Pregnant Patients With Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review of Interventions	1
Changes in Fear of Childbirth and Its Predictors Over Three COVID ‐19 Pandemic Waves in Poland	1
Prenatal care in US birth centers: Midwives' perceptions of contributors to birthing People's confidence in physiologic birth	1
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Viability of Successful Vaginal Delivery in Triplet Pregnancies: A Retrospective Cohort Study Over 20 Years	1
Just go with your body? A conversation analytic study of the transition from first to second stage of labor in UK midwife‐led care	1
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Enhancing Perinatal Cannabis Use Counseling: Insights From Taiwan's Addiction Treatment Practice	1
The outcomes for women planning aVBACat a private hospital in Australia	1
Improved obstetric management after implementation of a scaled‐up quality improvement intervention: A nested before‐after study in three public hospitals in Nepal	1
“I had no choice”: A mixed‐methods study on access to care for vaginal breech birth	1
Conservative management versus systematic suture of isolated vaginal or first‐degree perineal tears after delivery: A preliminary randomized efficacy trial	1
Inequities in Care During Pregnancy Loss: Empirical Insights From Experiences With Canadian Perinatal Care	1
Settler Midwifery: A Colonial Tool in Canada's Reproductive Healthcare System	1
Cesarean birth rates among migrants in Europe: A systematic review	1
Latent class analysis of health, social, and behavioral profiles associated with psychological distress among pregnant and postpartum women during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the United States	1
Midwives' perceptions of and experiences with normal physiologic birth: A qualitative systematic review	1
Physiological plateaus during normal labor and birth: A novel definition	1
Neonatal morbidity and mortality in birth centers in the United States 2018–2021: An observational study of low‐risk birthing individuals	1
Expanding midwifery care in the United States: Implications for clinical outcomes and cost	1
Effectiveness of remote monitoring for glycemic control on maternal–fetal outcomes in women with gestational diabetes mellitus: A meta‐analysis	1
Developing a Co‐Designed Strategy to Improve Labor Monitoring and Management in India Using the World Health Organization Labour Care Guide: A Mixed‐Methods Formative Study	1
Migration and Caesarean Section Birth in the United Kingdom: A Secondary Analysis of Born in Bradford Data	1
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Incidence changes in risk factors associated with the decreasing number of birth‐related clavicle fractures in Finland: A nationwide retrospective birth cohort from 2004 to 2017	1
Normal birth rates before and after the merging of mixed‐risk and low‐risk maternity wards in Iceland: A retrospective cohort study on the impact of inter‐professional preventative measures	1
Health Insurance Coverage and Rural–Urban Differences in Maternal Health Care Among Postpartum Women—National Health Interview Survey	1
Preconception health status and associated disparities among rural, Midwestern women in the United States	1
The Efficacy of Psycho‐Educational Interventions to Optimize Women's Sleep in Pregnancy: An Integrative Review	1
Tasks and responsibilities of clinical midwives in Dutch hospitals	1
Do Antenatal Interventions Improve Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes for Migrant Women Living in High‐Income Countries and What Guidelines Exist for Migrant Women? A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis	1
The impact on midwives and their practice after caring for women who have a traumatic childbirth: A systematic review	1
Women, Infants, and Children enrollment and pregnancy‐related behaviors and outcomes among Medicaid recipients in the United States	1
Women, Infants and Children ( WIC ) Participation and Breastfeeding Behavior: Comparing Foreign‐Born to US	1
Counseling About Cannabis Use During Pregnancy and Lactation: A Qualitative Study of Patient and Clinician Perspectives	1
Digital health's influence on the association between birth preference and vaginal birth	1
Why Aren't We Using Family Medicine to Help Confront the Maternal Mortality Crisis in the United States?	1
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Facilitating positive birth experience when preferences are not met: A qualitative analysis	1
Midwifery Students' Definitions of Normal Labor and Birth: A Study From Five Countries	1
Characteristics of Women, Intrapartum Interventions, and Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes Among Users of Intrapartum Water Immersion: The UK POOL Cohort Study	1
Decolonizing the midwifery curriculum: Jettisoning the Caldwell–Moloy pelvic types	1
Midwives' Perspectives on a Program Supporting Spontaneous Pushing During the Second Stage of Labor: A Qualitative Study	1
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Disrespectful Maternity Care During the COVID ‐19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Cross‐Sectional Study in Chandigarh and Kalyani, West Bengal, India	1
Neighborhood risk and prenatal care utilization in Rhode Island, 2005–2014	1