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Where the System Failed: The COVID-19 Pandemic's Impact on Pregnancy and Birth Care.
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- The determinants of maternal perception of antenatal care services during the COVID-19 pandemic critical phase: A systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Maternity care during COVID-19: a qualitative evidence synthesis of women's and maternity care providers' views and experiences.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Pooled it
- Experiences of Nurses Caring for Patients With COVID-19: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study.Nursing open · 2026Article
- The impact of COVID-19 on women's mental health and coping during pregnancy and postpartum.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Understanding the experiences of birthing care during COVID-19: A qualitative systematic review.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2025Review
- The challenges of prenatal care services during the COVID-19 pandemic: qualitative evidence of primary health care providers' perspective in Iran.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Everything feels just a little heavier, more wrought with implications, you know? - a mixed-methods study examining lifestyle behaviors, health, and well-being of pregnant and postpartum women during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Differences in delivery hospitalization experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic by maternal race and ethnicity, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2020.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2024Article
- Clinical outcomes in newborns of pregnant women with COVID-19: integrative review.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2024Review
- Young black women's desired pregnancy and birthing support during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2023Article
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- Qualitative Study of the Experience of Caring for Women During Labor and Birth During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN · 2023Article
- Maternity Care Clinicians' Experiences Promoting Infant Safe Sleep and Breastfeeding During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Nursing for women's health · 2023Article
- Pregnant under quarantine: Women's agency and access to medical care under Wuhan's COVID-19 lockdown.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2022Article
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- Exploring the COVID-19 pandemic experience of maternity clinicians in a high migrant population and low COVID-19 prevalence country: A qualitative study.Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives · 2022Article
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- Changes in the identification and management of mental health and domestic abuse among pregnant women during the COVID-19 lockdown: regression discontinuity study.BJPsych open · 2022Article
- The COVID-19 pandemic and disruptions in a district quality improvement initiative: Experiences from the CLEVER Maternity Care programme.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2022Article
- Birthing under the Condition of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany: Interviews with Mothers, Partners, and Obstetric Health Care Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic created a massive shift in health care systems, including within pregnancy and birth care. To explore how experiences of pregnancy and birth were impacted, 15 patient participants and 14 nurse participants were interviewed and transcripts analyzed using critical thematic analysis. Patients highlighted how adaptations to care were inadequate to meet their needs, a desire for support in response to stress, and the impact of COVID on patients' experiences. Nurses identified how inconsistencies in policies impacted nurses' ability to care for patients, the impact on nurses from hospital actions, and the impact on patients from hospital actions. Both groups discussed how system changes had disparate impacts on marginalized communities, leading to racially-biased care. This pandemic will continue to have lasting impact on pregnant and birthing families, and the nurses who care for them, and it is imperative that hospitals examine their role and any potential impacts.
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