INTRODUCTION

Introduction to Birth’s special issue: Quality of care II [389]
Alison McFadden, and Marian MacDorman

COMMENTARIES

Can respectful maternity care save and improve lives? [391]
Christine H. Morton PhD , and Penny Simkin PT

Midwifery is a vital solution—What is holding back global progress? [396]
Mary J. Renfrew PhD , Elena Ateva JD Law , Jemima Araba Dennis-Antwi PhD ,
Deborah Davis PhD , Lesley Dixon PhD , Peter Johnson PhD ,
Holly Powell Kennedy PhD , Anneka Knutsson PhD , Ornella Lincetto MPH ,
Fran McConville MA , Alison McFadden PhD , Hatsumi Taniguchi PhD ,
Petra ten Hoope Bender MBA , and Willibald Zeck PhD

SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS

Women’s experiences of postterm induction of labor: A systematic review of
qualitative studies [400]
Stina Lou MA, PhD , Lone Hvidman MD, PhD , Niels Uldbjerg MD, PhD, DMSc ,
Lone Neumann RM , Trine Fritzner Jensen RM , Joke-Gesine Haben RM, MSc ,
and Kathrine Carstensen MSc

Strategies for implementing placental transfusion at birth: A systematic review [411]
Oana Anton MBBS , Harriet Jordan MBBS , and Heike Rabe MD, PhD

Systematic mixed-study review of nonpharmacological management of neonatal
abstinence syndrome [428]
Sonya MacVicar MSc, PhD, RGN/RM , and Lauren E. Kelly MSc, PhD, CCRP

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

The impact of caseload midwifery, compared with standard care, on women’s
perceptions of antenatal care quality: Survey results from the M@NGO
randomized controlled trial for women of any risk [439]
Jyai Allen BA, BMid, PhD , Sue Kildea BHSc(Hons), PhD , Mark B. Tracy MBBS,
MEpi, PhD , Donna L. Hartz MMid, PhD , Alec W. Welsh MBBS, MSc, PhD ,
and Sally K. Tracy BNurs, AdvDipMid, MA, DMid

Women-centered care: Implementation of CenteringPregnancy® in
The Netherlands [450]
Marlies Rijnders PhD, RM , Suze Jans PhD, MSc, RM , Inger Aalhuizen MSc, RM ,
Symone Detmar PhD, MA , and Matty Crone PhD, MSc

How do women with social risk factors experience United Kingdom maternity
care? A realist synthesis [461]
Hannah Rayment-Jones RM, MSc, PGCE, FHEA ,
James Harris RM, PhD, PGCE, FHEA , Angela Harden PhD, MSc, BSc ,
Zahra Khan RM, MSc, PGCert, (Clinical, Ed), BSc, (Hons), FHEA , and
Jane Sandall CBE, PhD, MSc, BSc, RM, HV, RN

Midwifery presence in United States medical centers and labor care and birth
outcomes among low-risk nulliparous women: A Consortium on Safe
Labor study [475]
Jeremy L. Neal PhD , Nicole S. Carlson PhD , Julia C. Phillippi PhD ,
Ellen L. Tilden PhD , Denise C. Smith PhD , Rachel B. Breman PhD, MSN, MPH ,
Mary S. Dietrich PhD , and Nancy K. Lowe PhD

Infl uence of midwifery presence in United States centers on labor care and
outcomes of low-risk parous women: A Consortium on Safe Labor study [487]
Nicole S. Carlson PhD , Jeremy L. Neal PhD , Ellen L. Tilden PhD ,
Denise C. Smith PhD , Rachel B. Breman PhD, MSN, MPH ,
Nancy K. Lowe PhD , Mary S. Dietrich PhD , and Julia C. Phillippi PhD

Ethnographic study of the use of interventions during the second stage of labor
in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 5[00]
Roa Altaweli MSc, PhD , Christine McCourt PhD , Mandie Scamell MA, PhD ,
and Katherine Curtis Tyler MA, PhD

The role of the respectful maternity care model in São Paulo, Brazil:
A cross-sectional study [509]
Juliana Giordano MD, PhD and Fernanda G. Surita MD

“Just a little help”: A qualitative inquiry into the persistent use of uterine fundal
pressure in the second stage of labor in Spain [517]
Nicholas Rubashkin MD, MA , Cinthia Torres MS , Ramon Escuriet RM, MSN, PhD ,
and Maria Dolores Ruiz-Berdún RM, BDIS, PhD

Can an integrated obstetric emergency simulation training improve respectful
maternity care? Results from a pilot study in Ghana [523]
Patience A. Afulani MBChB, MPH, PhD , Raymond A. Aborigo MPH, PhD ,
Dilys Walker MD , Cheryl A. Moyer MPH, PhD , Susanna Cohen MS, DNP,
CNM, FAAN , and John Williams MBChB, MA, MPH, PhD

A postgraduate Optimum Birth module to increase midwives’ readiness to work
in midwifery-led settings: A mixed-methods evaluation 5[33]
Rose Coates BA (Hons), MSc, PhD , Lucia Rocca-Ihenacho MSc, PhD, RM ,
Ellinor Olander BPsych, MSc, PGCE, PhD , Susan Ayers BSc, MSc, PhD , and
Debra Salmon RGN & RSCN, BA (Hons), HV PGDip, MSc, RNT Cert Ed, PhD