Midwifery

"Midwifery" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The practice of assisting women in childbirth.

Descriptor ID	D008880
MeSH Number(s)	H02.478.676.416
Concept/Terms	Midwifery Midwifery Midwives Midwives Midwife Traditional Birth Attendant Traditional Birth Attendant Birth Attendant, Traditional Birth Attendants, Traditional Traditional Birth Attendants

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Midwifery".

Natural Sciences [H]
Health Occupations [H02]
Nursing [H02.478]
Specialties, Nursing [H02.478.676]
Midwifery [H02.478.676.416]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Midwifery".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Midwifery" by people in this website by year, and whether "Midwifery" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 38 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2012

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	0	1	1
2002	2	0	2
2003	2	0	2
2004	1	0	1
2005	2	0	2
2006	0	1	1
2007	2	0	2
2008	1	1	2
2010	3	0	3
2011	2	1	3
2012	4	0	4
2013	2	0	2
2014	1	1	2
2015	1	0	1
2016	2	1	3
2019	2	0	2
2020	1	0	1
2021	1	1	2
2022	2	0	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Midwifery" by people in Profiles.

Niemczyk NA, Arrington LA, Avery MD. Navigating the Changing Abortion Landscape: Implications for Midwives and Midwifery Practice. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2022 09; 67(5):541-543.

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Avery MD, Mathiason M, Andrighetti T, Autry AM, Cammarano D, Dau KQ, Hoffman S, Krause SA, Montgomery O, Perry A, Sankey HZ, Woodland MB, Jennings JC. Improved Self-Assessed Collaboration Through Interprofessional Education: Midwifery Students and Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents Learning Together. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2022 09; 67(5):598-607.

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Kriebs J, Alspaugh A, Van Hoover C. Midwives and Universal Health Care: A Call to Action. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2021 07; 66(4):437-440.

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Wright EM, Carson AM, Kriebs J. Cultivating Resilience Among Perinatal Care Providers During the Covid-19 Pandemic. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2021 Apr-Jun 01; 35(2):105-109.

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Avery MD, Jennings JC, Germano E, Andrighetti T, Autry AM, Dau KQ, Krause SA, Montgomery OC, Nicholson TB, Perry A, Rauk PN, Sankey HZ, Woodland MB. Interprofessional Education Between Midwifery Students and Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents: An American College of Nurse-Midwives and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Collaboration. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2020 Mar; 65(2):257-264.

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Kriebs JM. The Births We Remember. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2019 Apr/Jun; 33(2):196-197.

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Manasyan A, Chomba E, Moore J, Wallace D, McClure EM, Koso-Thomas M, Carlo WA. Association between birth attendant type and delivery site and perinatal outcomes. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2019 May; 145(2):187-192.

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Bellad RM, Bang A, Carlo WA, McClure EM, Meleth S, Goco N, Goudar SS, Derman RJ, Hibberd PL, Patel A, Esamai F, Bucher S, Gisore P, Wright LL. A pre-post study of a multi-country scale up of resuscitation training of facility birth attendants: does Helping Babies Breathe training save lives? BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2016 08 15; 16(1):222.

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Vidler M, Charantimath U, Katageri G, Ramadurg U, Karadiguddi C, Sawchuck D, Qureshi R, Dharamsi S, von Dadelszen P, Derman R, Goudar S, Mallapur A, Bellad M. Community perceptions of pre-eclampsia in rural Karnataka State, India: a qualitative study. Reprod Health. 2016 Jun 08; 13 Suppl 1:35.

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Niemczyk NA. Provider Skill Influences Perinatal Outcomes. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2016 Mar-Apr; 61(2):279.

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