The importance of collaboration in maternity care in the U.S. is apparent with deficits in both care disparities and quality, despite disproportionate expenditures to improve care. Utilization of experienced, well-trained ...

High maternal and infant morbidity and mortality rates in the United States have illuminated the importance of the postpartum period. Professional organizations have differing recommendations regarding the schedule for ...

Postpartum is a vulnerable period that calls for careful monitoring, support, and anticipatory guidance. More than half of pregnancy-related deaths occur postpartum, with substantial morbidity occurring in the early ...

Those who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) seek health care more frequently due to a multitude of health consequences. Healthcare providers are an essential entry point to identify victims. However, rates of ...

Care provided in the first 60 minutes of a newborn’s life, known as the golden hour, has immediate and long-term health implications. Current literature suggests training nursing staff to facilitate skin-to-skin and early ...

The stressors that predispose preterm birth and thus neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admissions for neonates also amplify risks for development of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) in birthing people. NICU ...

Perinatal mental health conditions are the most common complication of pregnancy and childbirth in the United States and the leading cause of maternal deaths. While one in five women will experience a perinatal mental ...

A quality improvement (QI) project spanning 10 weeks introduced a substance use disorder (SUD) patient care bundle for peripartum individuals at a midwifery-operated birth center with no preexisting standardized screening ...