Clinicians & Providers

• Antenatal Identification of Major Depressive Disorder: a Cohort Study
• Efficacy and Safety of Screening for Postpartum Depression
• Minnesota Department of Human Services Uses AHRQ Evidence Report to Guide Policy Decision for Pregnant Wome
• Provider Knowledge, Attitudes, and Treatment Preferences for Early Pregnancy Failure
• Smoking Is Bad for Babies: Obstetric Care Providers' Use of Best Practice Smoking Cessation Counseling Techniques

Hospital & Health System Resources

• Efficacy and Safety of Screening for Postpartum Depression
• Interpersonal Processes of Care and Cesarean Delivery in Two Health Care Settings

Policymaker Resources

• Efficacy and Safety of Screening for Postpartum Depression

Other Research & Data

• Antenatal Identification of Major Depressive Disorder: a Cohort Study
• Efficacy and Safety of Screening for Postpartum Depression
• Interpersonal Processes of Care and Cesarean Delivery in Two Health Care Settings
• Minnesota Department of Human Services Uses AHRQ Evidence Report to Guide Policy Decision for Pregnant Wome
• Smoking Is Bad for Babies: Obstetric Care Providers' Use of Best Practice Smoking Cessation Counseling Techniques

News & Numbers

May 19 2011 20110519

Most American Women Experience Complications During Delivery

April 28 2011 20110428

Use of Episiotomy and Forceps During Childbirth Down, C-Section Rates Up

December 15 2010 20101215

One in 16 Women Hospitalized for Childbirth Has Diabetes

Other News & Events

• Antenatal Identification of Major Depressive Disorder: a Cohort Study
• Factors linked to racial or ethnic disparities in U.S. fetal death rates differ among groups
• Giving birth to a small gestational age infant increases likelihood of later maternal ischemic heart disease
• Interpersonal Processes of Care and Cesarean Delivery in Two Health Care Settings
• Lack of time, resources to blame for primary care doctors rarely counseling women on birth-defect-causing drugs
• Live or Web-based training improves clinical estimates of blood loss during childbirth
• Midwest hospitals lead in newborn male circumcision rates
• Most American women experience complications during delivery
• New report shows vaginal birth after cesarean is safe for most women
• New research examines use of nitrous oxide for labor pain
• No single strategy is uniformly successful in reducing cesarean section
• Obstetrician malpractice claims lead to small reduction in inpatient deliveries, but not C-section rates
• One in 16 women hospitalized for childbirth has diabetes
• Progestogens effective for preventing preterm births in single pregnancies
• Review examines Hepatitis C screening effects in adults
• Smoking Is Bad for Babies: Obstetric Care Providers' Use of Best Practice Smoking Cessation Counseling Techniques
• Study is first to show improved outcomes with postpartum depression screening and care
• Use of episiotomy and forceps during childbirth down, C-section rates up
• Using a terbutaline pump to prevent preterm birth may be beneficial, but evidence suggests caution
• Vaginal births after cesarean are safe for most women