ArticleBulletin of the World Health Organization2020
Non-clinical interventions to reduce unnecessary caesarean sections: WHO recommendations.
2 registry-linked trialsAbstract read
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Article in Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 49 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
The MOBY Study - Efficacy of Birth Mobility: Randomized Clinical Trial Investigating the Efficacy of Birth Mobility on Birth Outcomes in Primiparous Women With and Without a Birth Mobility System.
The Cesarean Study
Who cites it
49 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of an evidence-based intervention bundle in reducing post-caesarean delivery surgical site infections: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
- Classifying caesarean section to understand rising rates among Palestinian refugees: results from 290,047 electronic medical records across five settings.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Pooled it
- The effect of mode of delivery on health-related quality-of-life in mothers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Pooled it
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- [Cesarean sections as a biopolitical expression of birth: The case of Neuquén province, Argentina].Salud colectiva · 2026Article
- Prevalence, indications, and preference of caesarean section deliveries among women attending primary health care units in Port-Said City, Egypt.The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association · 2026Article
- Nine years' experience of trial of labor after two previous cesarean sections at a tertiary hospital - A retrospective cohort study.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2026Article
- The intention for cesarean section scale: Turkish validity and reliability study.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2026Article
- Factors influencing failed vaginal trial of labor and subsequent cesarean section in elderly multiparous women, and maternal and neonatal outcomes.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Article
- Financial and regulatory interventions to reduce unnecessary caesarean sections: An updated scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Determinants of Caesarean Section Deliveries in Ghana: A Population-Based Cross-sectional Study.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- What factors affect women's preferences for the mode of birth? A cross-sectional quantitative study based on the generalized resistance resources framework of salutogenesis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Implementation of the Robson classification for caesarean sections in Israel: a 10-year cross-sectional study.Israel journal of health policy research · 2025Article
- Evaluating rates and factors associated with cesarean section and inpatient cost among low-risk deliveries in selected U.S. states.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Re-Striking the Indications in the Improvement of Avoidable Caesarian Section: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Second-trimester anthropometric estimators of cesarean section: the agreement between body roundness index, body mass index, body fat percentage, and waist circumference.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Using linked data to explore medical complications associated with Robson classification of cesarean deliveries in Massachusetts, 2011 to 2018.AJOG global reports · 2025Article
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Authors and funding
12 authors.
Newton OpiyoUNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
Carol KingdonSchool of Community Health and Midwifery, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England.
Olufemi T OladapoUNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
João Paulo SouzaUNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
Joshua P VogelUNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
Mercedes BonetUNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
Maurice BucaguDepartment of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Anayda PortelaDepartment of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Frances McConvilleDepartment of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Soo DowneSchool of Community Health and Midwifery, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England.
Ahmet Metin GülmezogluUNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
Ana Pilar BetránUNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
Funding
World Health Organization 001
Abstract
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World Health OrganizationCesarean SectionFemaleGlobal HealthHumansLabor PainPatient Education as TopicPatient ParticipationPractice Guidelines as TopicPregnancy
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NCT07052331ClinicalTrials.gov
NCT07759622ClinicalTrials.gov
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