Background: High-quality communication and a positive patient-provider relationship are
aspects of patient-centered care, a crucial component of quality. We assessed racial/ethnic …

Many studies have documented poorer patient-provider interactions among people of color
compared to Whites, including lower-quality patient-provider communication, less …

Objectives. We compared childbirth-related outcomes for Medicaid recipients who received
prenatal education and childbirth support from trained doulas with outcomes from a national …

Introduction Breastfeeding initiation rates in the United States have risen in recent years.
However, there are notable disparities by socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity. Previous …

Background Nearly 90% of United States pregnant women with a prior cesarean give birth by
repeat cesarean. Public health goals encourage greater use of vaginal birth after cesarean …

Objective The annual costs of US maternity-related hospitalizations exceed $27 billion.
Continuous labor support from a trained doula is associated with improved outcomes and …

Introduction Research has shown good outcomes among individual low‐risk women who
receive perinatal care from midwives, yet little is known about how hospital‐level variation in …

Background Compared with term infants (39–41 weeks), early‐term (37–38 weeks) and late
preterm (34–36 weeks) infants have increased breastfeeding difficulties. We evaluated how …

Objective Low‐risk pregnant women cared for by midwives have similar birth outcomes to
women cared for by physicians, although experiencing fewer medical procedures. However, …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to characterize the relationship between maternal
depressive symptoms and employment and whether it is mediated by social support. Methods…