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Vulnerabilities and reparative strategies during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period: moving from rhetoric to action.
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- Effects of maternal education on maternal and perinatal outcomes: An individual participant data meta-analysis of 2 356 402 pregnancies.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026Pooled it
- Fostering the inclusion of teen fathers in adolescent health interventions: a call for structured and gender-inclusive programming.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- Oral health changes during pregnancy and their association with stress and salivary cortisol.BMC oral health · 2026Observational
- Enhancing postpartum care access: associations between home visiting participation and postpartum visit attendance using a Quasi-Experimental study design.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Introducing and testing the maternal vulnerability segmentation tool (MVST) for essential health services use: demonstrating its use in Oromia, Ethiopia.BMJ global health · 2026Article
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- Epidemiological Transition in Health Risks and Disease Burden Among Women of Childbearing Age in East Asia and the Pacific, 1990-2023.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- Association of Travel Time and Residential Location With the Use of Antenatal Care and Institutional Delivery Services in Afghanistan.Obstetrics and gynecology international · 2026Article
- Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes and Health System Costs in Standard Public Maternity Care Compared to Private Obstetric-Led Care: A Population-Level Matched Cohort Study.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2026Observational
- A mixed-methods evaluation of outreach service provision by the "Strengthening Migrant Access to Reproductive Health in Thailand" Initiative, 2020-2024.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Article
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- Analysis of variables affecting postpartum quality of life: their relative influence and interrelationships.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Use of Traditional Herbal Medicines during Pregnancy in Rwanda: Perspectives from Community Health Workers and Traditional Healers.Rwanda journal of medicine and health sciences · 2025Article
- Nutritional knowledge and practices of low-income women during pregnancy: a qualitative study in two Oaxacan cities.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Mixed vulnerabilities: the biological risk of high parity is aggravated by emergency referral in Benin, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Counseling received in prenatal care by Brazilian women.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2025Article
- Postpartum recovery after severe maternal morbidity in Kilifi, Kenya: a grounded theory of recovery trajectories beyond 42 days.BMJ global health · 2024Article
- Editorial: Inequities and disparities in reproductive health: reproductive epidemiology.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2024Article
- Maternal Health Beyond Delivery: action to address multifactorial health inequity.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Maternal outcomes throughout pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period are influenced by interlinked and interdependent vulnerabilities. A comprehensive understanding of how various threats and barriers affect maternal and perinatal health is critical to plan, evaluate and improve maternal health programmes. This paper builds on the introductory paper of the Series on the determinants of maternal health by assessing vulnerabilities during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period. We synthesise and present the concept of vulnerability in pregnancy and childbirth, and map vulnerability attributes and their dynamic influence on maternal outcomes in early and late pregnancy and during childbirth and the postnatal period, with a particular focus on low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). We summarise existing literature and present the evidence on the effects of various reparative strategies to improve pregnancy and childbirth outcomes. Lastly, we discuss the implications of the identified vulnerability attributes and reparative strategies for the efforts of policymakers, healthcare professionals, and researchers working towards improving outcomes for women and birthing people in LMICs.
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