ArticleFrontiers in sociology2021
The Impacts of COVID-19 on US Maternity Care Practices: A Followup Study.
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- The role of doulas in providing breastfeeding support during the COVID-19 pandemic.International breastfeeding journal · 2023Pooled it
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- Pandemic-related stress and access to caregivers and healthcare among parents-to-be.Journal of child and family studies · 2025Article
- Caring for Women of Color: Community-Based Doulas' Strategies in Hospital Birth in Los Angeles.Medical anthropology · 2025Article
- The role of nurses, midwives, and doulas on breastfeeding: changes during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Exploring the Midwives' Experiences of Providing Delivery Care for Women with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 Infection: A Qualitative Study.Journal of caring sciences · 2024Article
- Explaining Iranian midwives' experiences of providing healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Challenges of being a maternity service leader during the COVID-19 pandemic: a descriptive analysis of the journey.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Pregnant under quarantine: Women's agency and access to medical care under Wuhan's COVID-19 lockdown.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2022Article
- 'Forgotten as first line providers': The experiences of midwives during the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia, Canada.Midwifery · 2022Article
- Postnatal Unit Experiences Associated With Exclusive Breastfeeding During the Inpatient Stay: A Cross-Sectional Online Survey.Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant Association · 2022Article
- Early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on promotion of infant activity, strength and communication: A qualitative exploration.Acta psychologica · 2022Article
- Care in the time of COVID: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the impact of COVID-19 control measures on post-partum mothers' experiences of pregnancy, birth and the health system.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Pandemic policies and breastfeeding: A cross-sectional study during the onset of COVID-19 in the United States.Frontiers in sociology · 2022Article
- Experiences of health care providers on pregnancy and childbirth care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran: a phenomenological study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
- Midwifery in the Time of COVID-19: An Exploratory Study from the Perspectives of Community Midwives.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
This article extends the findings of a rapid response article researched in April 2020 to illustrate how providers' practices and attitudes toward COVID-19 had shifted in response to better evidence, increased experience, and improved guidance on how SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 impacted maternity care in the United States. This article is based on a review of current labor and delivery guidelines in relation to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, and on an email survey of 28 community-based and hospital-based maternity care providers in the United State, who discuss their experiences and clients' needs in response to a rapidly shifting landscape of maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic. One-third of our respondents are obstetricians, while the other two-thirds include midwives, doulas, and labor and delivery nurses. We present these providers' frustrations and coping mechanisms in shifting their practices in relation to COVID-19. The primary lessons learned relate to improved testing and accessing PPE for providers and clients; the need for better integration between community- and hospital-based providers; and changes in restrictive protocols concerning labor support persons, rooming-in with newborns, immediate skin-to-skin contact, and breastfeeding. We conclude by suggesting that the COVID-19 pandemic offers a transformational moment to shift maternity care in the United States toward a more integrated and sustainable model that might improve provider and maternal experiences as well as maternal and newborn outcomes.
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