ArticleThe Journal of perinatal education2013
First do no harm: interventions during childbirth.
Article in The Journal of perinatal education, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Integrating Obstetricians into Childbirth Education and Its Association with Reduced Intrapartum Interventions.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Article
- Invisible but palpable- gender norms in childbirth : A focused ethnography on woman-midwife interaction and birth practices in two Swedish hospital labour wards.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Are rates of clinical interventions during pregnancy and childbirth different for refugees and asylum seekers in high-income countries? A scoping review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- The Philosophy That Enables the Return to Our Essence in Breastfeeding: HypnoBreastfeeding.The Journal of perinatal education · 2024Article
- Obstetric interventions' effects on the birthing experience.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Not Just Mechanical Birthing Bodies: Birthing Consciousness and Birth Reflexes.The Journal of perinatal education · 2023Article
- Navigating intensive altered states of consciousness: How can the set and setting key parameters promote the science of human birth?Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Awareness and Knowledge of Caesarean Section Complications Among Women in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2022Article
- Attitudes toward medicalization in childbirth and their relationship with locus of control and coping in a Spanish population.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Knowledge and skills used for clinical decision-making on childbirth interventions: A qualitative study among midwives in the Netherlands.European journal of midwifery · 2022Article
- Disrespect and abuse during facility-based childbirth in central Ethiopia.Global health action · 2021Article
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- Quality of intrapartum care at health centers in Jabi Tehinan district, North West Ethiopia: clients' perspective.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- A Quality Improvement Project Utilizing a Clinical Practice Guideline in Women During Second-Stage Labor.The Journal of perinatal education · 2020Article
- Continuing Education Module-The Childbirth Educator's Role in Teaching Post-Birth Warning Signs.The Journal of perinatal education · 2020Article
- The microbiota-gut-brain axis: A promising avenue to foster healthy developmental outcomes.Developmental psychobiology · 2019Review
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Abstract
Although medical and technological advances in maternity care have drastically reduced maternal and infant mortality, these interventions have become commonplace if not routine. Used appropriately, they can be life-saving procedures. Routine use, without valid indications, can transform childbirth from a normal physiologic process and family life event into a medical or surgical procedure. Every intervention presents the possibility of untoward effects and additional risks that engender the need for more interventions with their own inherent risks. Unintended consequences to intrapartum interventions make it imperative that nurse educators work with other professionals to promote natural childbirth processes and advocate for policies that focus on ensuring informed consent and alternative choices. Interdisciplinary collaboration can ensure that intrapartum caregivers "first do no harm."
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