VOLUME 47 NUMBER 1 MARCH 2020


COMMENTARY

Applying a critical race lens to relationship-centered care in pregnancy and childbirth: An
antidote to structural racism 3
Rachel R. Hardeman PhD, MPH , J’Mag Karbeah MPH , and
Katy B. Kozhimannil PhD, MPA

Lessons from the Holocaust for perinatal care today 8
Beverley Chalmers DSc(Med), PhD

SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS

Anxiety among women experiencing medically complicated pregnancy: A systematic
review and meta-analysis 13
Ambar Abrar M.Sc , Nichole Fairbrother PhD , André P. Smith PhD , Amanda Skoll MD ,
and Arianne Y. K. Albert PhD

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Breastfeeding experiences of same-sex mothers 21
Nina A. Juntereal, and Diane L. Spatz PhD, RN-BC, FAAN

Intimate partner violence and severe acute maternal morbidity in the intensive care unit:
A case-control study in Peru 29
Beatriz Paulina Ayala Quintanilla MD , Wendy E. Pollock PhD , Susan J. McDonald PhD ,
and Angela J. Taft PhD

The infl uence of migration on women’s use of different aspects of maternity care in the
German health care system: Secondary analysis of a comparative prospective study
with the Migrant Friendly Maternity Care Questionnaire (MFMCQ) 39
Vera Seidel, Burcu Gürbüz, Claudia Großkreutz, Martina Vortel, Theda Borde, Rebecca
C. Rancourt, Holger Stepan, Odile Sauzet, Wolfgang Henrich, and Matthias David

Out-of-pocket expenditure on health care by Australian mothers: Lessons for maternal
universal health coverage from a long-established system 49
Emily J. Callander PhD , Stephanie Topp PhD , Haylee Fox MPH , and
Lisa Corscadden MSc

Midwife-led care and obstetrician-led care for low-risk pregnancies: A cost comparison 57
Laura B. Attanasio PhD , Fernando Alarid-Escudero PhD , and
Katy B. Kozhimannil PhD, MPA

Effects of long working hours and shift work during pregnancy on obstetric and perinatal
outcomes: A large prospective cohort study—Japan Environment and Children’s Study 67
Nobuhiro Suzumori MD, PhD , Takeshi Ebara PhD , Taro Matsuki PhD ,
Yasuyuki Yamada PhD , Sayaka Kato MD, PhD , Toyonori Omori MD, PhD ,
Shinji Saitoh MD, PhD , Michihiro Kamijima MD, PhD , and
Mayumi Sugiura-Ogasawara MD, PhD , the Japan Environment & Children’s Study Group

Coverage, associated factors, and impact of companionship during labor: A large-scale
observational study in six hospitals in Nepal 80
Ashish KC PhD , Anna Axelin PhD , Helena Litorp PhD ,
Bhim Singh Tinkari MPH , Avinash K. Sunny MD , and Rejina Gurung MSc

Maternal comorbidity index and severe maternal morbidity during delivery
hospitalizations in Texas, 2011-2014 89
Meliha Salahuddin PhD, MBBS , Dorothy J. Mandell PhD , David L. Lakey MD ,
Patrick S. Ramsey MD, MSPH , Catherine S. Eppes MD, MPH ,
Christina M. Davidson MD , Carla F. Ortique MD , and Divya A. Patel PhD

A retrospective comparison of waterbirth outcomes in two United States hospital settings 98
Joanne M. Bailey PhD, CNM , Ruth E. Zielinski PhD, CNM ,
Cathy L. Emeis PhD, CNM , and Lisa Kane Low PhD, CNM

Preterm births in Iceland 1997-2016: Preterm birth rates by gestational age groups and
type of preterm birth 105
Áslaug Salka Grétarsdóttir MSc , Thor Aspelund PhD , Þóra Steingrímsdóttir MD, PhD ,
Ragnheiður Ingibjörg Bjarnadóttir MD, FRCOG , and Kristjana Einarsdóttir PhD

The “Cocoon,” fi rst alongside midwifery-led unit within a Belgian hospital: Comparison
of the maternal and neonatal outcomes with the standard obstetric unit over 2 years 115
Karine Welffens MD , Sara Derisbourg MD , Elena Costa MD, MPH ,
Yvon Englert MD, PhD , Axelle Pintiaux MD, PhD , Michèle Warnimont RM ,
Christine Kirkpatrick MD, PhD , Pierre Buekens MD, PhD , and
Caroline Daelemans MD, PhD

Outcomes of trial of labor after cesarean birth by provider type in low-risk women 123
Matthew S. Fore MD , Amanda A. Allshouse MS , Nicole S. Carlson CNM, PhD , and
K. Joseph Hurt MD, PhD

Improved breastfeeding duration with Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative implementation
in a diverse and underserved population 135
Katie T. Kivlighan PhD, CNM , Cristina Murray-Krezan MS , Thais Schwartz MPH ,
Geoff Shuster PhD, RN , and Kim Cox PhD, CNM

Is fear of childbirth related to the woman’s preferred location for giving birth?
A Dutch low-risk cohort study 144
Anne-Marie Sluijs MSc , Marc P.H.D. Cleiren PhD , Jan M.M. van Lith MD, PhD ,
Barbro Wijma MD, PhD , and Klaas Wijma PhD

Exploring the use and quality of Internet discussion forums in pregnancy:
A qualitative analysis 153
Leila Ellis BSc , and Lesley Roberts PhD