Community Birth

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Henshall, B. I., Grimes, H. A., Davis, J., & East, C. E. (2024). What is ‘physiological birth’? A scoping review of the perspectives of women and care providers. Midwifery, 132. Link

Rodríguez‐Garrido, P., Pino‐Morán, J. A., & Goberna‐Tricas, J. (2020). Exploring social and health care representations about home birth: An Integrative Literature Review. Public health nursing, 37(3), 422-438. PDF

Benyamini, Y. (2024). Key dimensions of women and their partners' experiences of childbirth: A systematic review of reviews of qualitative studies. PLOS One, 19(3), 1-32. Link

Anderson, D. A., & Gilkison, G. M. (2021). The cost of home birth in the United States. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(19), 10361. PDF

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Nethery, E., Schummers, L., Levine, A., Caughey, A. B., Souter, V., & Gordon, W. (2021). Birth outcomes for planned home and licensed freestanding birth center births in Washington state. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 138(5), 693-702. Link

Cheng, R. F. J., Fisher, A. C., & Nicholson, S. C. (2022). Interest in Home Birth During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Analysis of Google Trends Data. Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 67(4), 427-434. PDF

Coburn, J., & Doering, J. J. (2021). Deciding on home birth. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 50(3), 289-299. Link

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Shovlin-Bankole, N. R., Bienstock, J. L., Nguyen, H. V., & Gross, M. S. (2024). US Healthcare Provider Views and Practices Regarding Planned Birth Setting. The Journal of Clinical Ethics, 35(1), 23-36. Link

Schafer, R., Dietrich, M. S., Kennedy, H. P., Mulvaney, S., & Phillippi, J. C. (2023). “I had no choice”: A mixed‐methods study on access to care for vaginal breech birth. Birth. PDF

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Ibrahim, B. B., & Kozhimannil, K. B. (2023). Racial disparities in respectful maternity care during pregnancy and birth after cesarean in rural United States. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 52(1), 36-49. PDF

Niles, P. M., Baumont, M., Malhotra, N., Stoll, K., Strauss, N., Lyndon, A., & Vedam, S. (2023). Examining respect, autonomy, and mistreatment in childbirth in the US: do provider type and place of birth matter?. Reproductive Health, 20(1), 67. PDF

Body, M. My Voice. My Birth. My Support. PDF