In this first paper in a series of four papers on midwifery, we aimed to examine,
comprehensively and systematically, the contribution midwifery can make to the quality of …

Background Midwives are primary providers of care for childbearing women globally and
there is a need to establish whether there are differences in effectiveness between midwife …

Background The comparative safety of different birth settings is widely debated. Comparing
research across high-income countries is complex, given differences in maternity service …

Objective To compare perinatal outcomes, maternal outcomes, and interventions in labour
by planned place of birth at the start of care in labour for women with low risk pregnancies …

Background Most vaginal births are associated with trauma to the genital tract. The morbidity
associated with perineal trauma can be significant, especially when it comes to third‐and …

Summary We used the Lives Saved Tool (LiST) to estimate deaths averted if midwifery was
scaled up in 78 countries classified into three tertiles using the Human Development Index …

Background Our aim was to describe the range of perineal trauma in women with a
singleton vaginal birth and estimate the effect of maternal and obstetric characteristics on the …

Background Caesarean section rates are increasing globally. The factors contributing to this
increase are complex, and identifying interventions to address them is challenging. Non …

Dimensions of Human Behavior: The Changing Life Course presents a current and
comprehensive examination of human behavior across time using a multidimensional …

Operators should be aware that there is a higher risk of subgaleal haemorrhage and scalp
trauma with vacuum extraction compared with forceps at preterm gestational ages. Vacuum …