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Childbirth Experiences

Childbirth Experiences is a scholarly construct within the study of Black motherhood that encompasses the physiological, emotional, cultural, and systemic dimensions of labor and delivery as uniquely shaped by racialized healthcare inequities, historical trauma, and embodied maternal agency.

1.4K

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73.5K

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3.5K

Authors

1.5K

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2017–2026

483

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Publications

1.4K

Birth as an American rite of passage

Choice Reviews Online · 1993 · 711 citations

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The captured womb: A history of the medical care of pregnant women

Meg Stacey · Social Science & Medicine · 1985 · 708 citations

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A Negative Birth Experience: Prevalence and Risk Factors in a National Sample

Ulla Waldenström, Ingegerd Hildingsson, Christine Rubertsson et al. · Birth · 2004 · 671 citations

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Factors related to childbirth satisfaction

Petra Goodman, Marlene C. Mackey, Abbas Tavakoli · Journal of Advanced Nursing · 2004 · 637 citations

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The art and ritual of childbirth in Renaissance Italy

Choice Reviews Online · 1999 · 499 citations

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Authors

3.5K

  1. LC
    Lynn Clark Callister

    Brigham Young University, United States

    19 publications · 1.4K citations

    17

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  2. MB
    Marie Berg

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    17 publications · 1.3K citations

    15

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  3. IL
    Ingela Lundgren

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    15 publications · 1.4K citations

    14

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  4. IH
    Ingegerd Hildingsson

    Mid Sweden University, Sweden

    13 publications · 2.4K citations

    13

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  5. JF
    Jennifer Fenwick

    Griffith University, Australia

    14 publications · 1.2K citations

    13

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Institutions

1.5K

  1. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    34 h-index

    91 publications

    8.4K citations

  2. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    22 h-index

    68 publications

    4.4K citations

  3. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    21 h-index

    67 publications

    4K citations

  4. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    18 h-index

    56 publications

    2.5K citations

  5. University of Lancashire

    Preston, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    34 publications

    1.9K citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    16 h-index

    26 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. Brigham Young University

    Provo, United States

    16 h-index

    32 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. Western Sydney University

    Richmond, Australia

    16 h-index

    38 publications

    1.3K citations

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Venues

  1. Midwifery

    107 publications · 7.9K citations

    54

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  2. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

    100 publications · 6.2K citations

    48

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  3. Birth

    57 publications · 4.6K citations

    36

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  4. Women and Birth

    42 publications · 1.6K citations

    24

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  5. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

    JRIP · 30 publications · 1.1K citations

    21

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