OBJECTIVE: To synthesize the literature on associations between social determinants of
health and pregnancy-related mortality and morbidity in the United States and to highlight …

Background Out‐of‐hospital births have been increasing in the United States, although past
studies have found wide variations between states. Our purpose was to examine trends in …

OBJECTIVE: To describe rates of maternal and perinatal birth outcomes for community births
and to compare outcomes by planned place of birth (home vs state-licensed, freestanding …

Background Anecdotal and emerging evidence suggested that the 2020 COVID‐19
pandemic may have influenced women's attitudes toward community birth. Our purpose was …

Since the 1970s, most births in the United States have been planned to occur in a hospital.
However, a small percentage of Americans choose to give birth outside of a hospital. The …

BACKGROUND It is commonly believed today that safety was the primary impetus behind
moving births into the hospital more than 100 years ago. Indeed, there has been a …

Abstract Background Sixty percent of United States births are to multiparous women.
Hospital‐level policies and culture may influence intrapartum care and birth outcomes for …

Background Increased weight gain and decreased physical activity have been reported in
some populations since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, but this has …

The term out‐of‐hospital has long been used as a kind of shorthand to refer collectively to
births that occur in birth centers or at home. However, this term has also been a persistent …

Although Apgar scores are commonly used as proxy outcomes, little evidence exists in
support of the most common cutpoints (< 7,< 4). We used 2 data sets to explore this issue …