2023
Midwifery care during labor and birth in the United States
Combellick J, Telfer M, Ibrahim B, Novick G, Morelli E, James-Conterelli S, Kennedy H. Midwifery care during labor and birth in the United States. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 2023, 228: s983-s993. PMID: 37164503, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.09.044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMidwifery careCesarean deliveryHigh-income countriesContinuum of pregnancyMore vaginal birthsInduction of laborHigh patient satisfactionNeonatal mortality ratePreterm birthVaginal birthIntrapartum careIntrapartum periodPatient satisfactionLive birthsHealth characteristicsIntrapartum settingRespectful careMortality rateHealth outcomesHealthcare providersPractice protocolsCareMidwivesBirthNational outcomesApplying Lessons Learned from the COVID‐19 Pandemic to Future Threats to the Perinatal Care System
Combellick J, Ibrahim B, Scharer K, Brickley T, Julien T, Kennedy H. Applying Lessons Learned from the COVID‐19 Pandemic to Future Threats to the Perinatal Care System. Journal Of Midwifery & Women's Health 2023, 68: 333-339. PMID: 36905175, DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.13481.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerinatal care systemBirth settingsCare systemCOVID-19 pandemicCare provider typePerinatal care providersQuality of careHealth system strengtheningHealth care disruptionsHigh-quality careExperience of pregnancyHealth care systemConventional content analysis approachHospital birthsCare disruptionsCare providersProvider typeCommunity birthsWeb-based surveySystem strengtheningSystem-level changesBirthExploratory qualitative studyCareSatisfying birth
2022
Inequities in quality perinatal care in the United States during pregnancy and birth after cesarean
Ibrahim BB, Vedam S, Illuzzi J, Cheyney M, Kennedy HP. Inequities in quality perinatal care in the United States during pregnancy and birth after cesarean. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0274790. PMID: 36137150, PMCID: PMC9499210, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274790.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespectful maternity careQuality maternity careMaternity careVaginal birthQuality perinatal careHigh quality maternity careExperience of carePrior cesareanNewborn carePoor outcomePerinatal careBirth historyMidwifery careSociodemographic informationCesareanMidwife providersMale providersPrimary providersSubsequent birthsCareBirthMixed-methods studyPregnancyRegression analysisObstetriciansLearning from women: Improving experiences of respectful maternity care during unplanned caesarean birth for women with diverse ethnicity and racial backgrounds
Chinkam S, Ibrahim BB, Diaz B, Steer-Massaro C, Kennedy HP, Shorten A. Learning from women: Improving experiences of respectful maternity care during unplanned caesarean birth for women with diverse ethnicity and racial backgrounds. Women And Birth 2022, 36: e125-e133. PMID: 35610171, DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2022.05.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespectful maternity careUnplanned caesarean birthMaternity careCaesarean birthHealth priorityBirth experienceTertiary care medical centerOutpatient prenatal clinicPregnancy care providersWomen's health prioritiesInterpretive descriptionGroup prenatal careFuture quality improvementRacial backgroundDoula programInformed consent processPrenatal careDiverse ethnicitiesPrenatal clinicsCare gapShared decisionMedical CenterCare providersThorne's interpretive descriptionBest practice recommendationsBirth during the Covid‐19 pandemic: What childbearing people in the United States needed to achieve a positive birth experience
Combellick JL, Ibrahim B, Julien T, Scharer K, Jackson K, Kennedy H. Birth during the Covid‐19 pandemic: What childbearing people in the United States needed to achieve a positive birth experience. Birth 2022, 49: 341-351. PMID: 35218067, PMCID: PMC9111370, DOI: 10.1111/birt.12616.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive birth experienceBirth experienceMaternity care practicesCross-sectional studyMaternity care systemCentre of careHigh-quality careCare protocolsWeb-based questionnaireSafe careCare practicesCommunity birthsQualitative dataMidwife providersCOVID pandemicCare systemBivariate statisticsCare placesDistrict of ColumbiaBirthParticipants of colorWomen's prioritiesCareCOVID-19 pandemicHigh satisfaction
2021
Experiences of Quality Perinatal Care During the US COVID‐19 Pandemic
Ibrahim B, Kennedy HP, Combellick J. Experiences of Quality Perinatal Care During the US COVID‐19 Pandemic. Journal Of Midwifery & Women's Health 2021, 66: 579-588. PMID: 34432368, PMCID: PMC8661618, DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.13269.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsChildCOVID-19FemaleHumansInfant, NewbornPandemicsParturitionPerinatal CarePregnancySARS-CoV-2United StatesConceptsQuality perinatal careHigh-quality perinatal carePerinatal careCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicCOVID-19 outcomesUS COVID-19 pandemicDisease 2019 pandemicCOVID-19 pandemicMultivariate regression analysisUnprecedented public health crisisHealth care systemDate of birthPublic health crisisCOVID-19 casesMaternal healthProvider typeBirth settingsHome birthSociodemographic characteristicsMidwife providersCare systemCareDistrict of ColumbiaCOVID-19 outbreakZip codes
2020
“I had to fight for my VBAC”: A mixed methods exploration of women’s experiences of pregnancy and vaginal birth after cesarean in the United States
Ibrahim B, Knobf MT, Shorten A, Vedam S, Cheyney M, Illuzzi J, Kennedy HP. “I had to fight for my VBAC”: A mixed methods exploration of women’s experiences of pregnancy and vaginal birth after cesarean in the United States. Birth 2020, 48: 164-177. PMID: 33274500, PMCID: PMC8122048, DOI: 10.1111/birt.12513.Peer-Reviewed Original Research