International Journal of Childbirth (Individual Subscription, Online Only)
The journal is of interest to midwives, maternity care and neonatal nurses, maternity service users, obstetricians, neonatologists, pediatricians, physiologists, health sociologists, physiotherapists, health economists, biologists, and psychologists with an interest in maternal and infant research, maternity service policy makers and managers, doulas, traditional birth attendants, childbirth educators, and students of maternity care.
The International Journal of Childbirth (IJCB), a quarterly publication of Springer Publishing Company. The IJCB is listed in the Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index. The mission of IJCB is to disseminate original research, theoretical insights, case studies, and authoritative opinions that enhance our reader’s evidence-based safe practice in prenatal, antepartal, intrapartal, and postpartal care.
Manuscripts are peer-reviewed by a distinguished editorial board. The IJCB encourages the following professions to submit manuscripts: nurses, midwives, obstetricians, maternal-fetal medicine physicians, physiologists, anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists, physiotherapists, economists, biologists, pediatricians, neonatologists, maternity service policy makers, health care leaders, health care safety experts, doulas, traditional birth attendants, childbirth educators, and students of maternity care to submit manuscripts that may have an impact on maternal and/or fetal health.
Currently, the IJCB seeks manuscripts on the following topics:
- Fetal physiology
- Fetal pathophysiology
- Fetal anatomy (passenger)
- Maternal physiology
- Maternal pathophysiology
- Maternal pelvic anatomy (passageway)
- Maternal psychology (psyche)
- Fetal and maternal safety and liability issues
- Healthcare system issues
- Short-term outcomes for mother, baby, or family
- Long-term outcomes for mother, baby, or family
- Human rights
- Ethics related to prenatal, antepartal, intrapartal or postpartal care
- Maternity care variations across cultures
- Passenger-passageway issues such as cephalopelvic disproportion
- Critical-thinking at the bedside
- Vigilance fatigue and other safety issues
- Patient perspectives (qualitative research)
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Michelle L. Murray, PhD, RNC-OB
Founder/President, Learning Resources International Inc.
Albuquerque, NM, USA
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Barbara A. Anderson, DrPH, CNM, FACNM, FAAN
Professor Emeritus
Frontier Nursing University
United States
Elaine Jefford, PhD
Associate Professor Midwifery
UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences
University of South Australia
Adelaide, Australia
Robbie Davis Floyd, PhD
Senior Research Fellow
Department of Anthropology
University of Texas Austin
United States
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
Sheena Byrom, RM, MA
Board Member, Royal College of Midwives (RCM)
Fellow, Royal College of Midwives (2015)
United Kingdom
Hannah Dahlen, RN, RM, BN(Hons), MCommN, PhD, FACM
Professor of Midwifery
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Higher Degree Research Director
University of Western Sydney
Australia
Marcos Dias, MD, PhD
Department of Obstetrics
Instituto Fernandes Figueira–FIOCRUZ,
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Grace Edwards, RN, RM, ADM, Cert Ed, M.Ed, PhD
Aga Khan University
School Nursing and Midwifery
Uganda
Jenny Gamble, RM, MHlth, PhD
Professor of Midwifery
Chair and Director, Midwifery Maternity Provider Organisation Australia
Griffith University
Australia
Atf Gherissi, PhD, MEdSc, CM
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Sciences and Health Techniques
Tunis - El Manar University
Tunisia
Ank de Jonge, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Midwifery Science
VU University Medical Center
Netherlands
Eugene Declercq, PhD
Professor, Community Health Sciences
Boston University
USA
Raymond De Vries, PhD
Associate Director, Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine
Professor, Department of Learning Health Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Michigan Medical School
USA
Mechthild Gross, RM, RN, MSc
Midwifery Research and Education
Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Reproductive Medicine
Hannover Medical School
Germany
Elaine Jefford, PhD, MSc, Grad Dip T&L, BSc(Hons) Midwifery, BSC(Hons) Nursing
Associate Professor Midwifery
UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences
University of South Australia
Adelaide, SA, Australia
Holly Powell Kennedy, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN
Professor of Midwifery
Yale University
School of Nursing
New Haven, CT
USA
Amali Lokugamage, MBChB, BSc, MSc, MD, FRCOG
Deputy Academic Lead, Clinical and Professional Practice
Board of Directors, International Motherbaby Childbirth Organisation
University College
London, UK
Lisa Kane Low, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN
Professor
Associate Dean for Practice and Professional Graduate Studies
Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences
University of Michigan
School of Nursing
USA
Margaret Maimbolwa, PhD
Associate Professor and Researcher
University of Zambia
Zambia
Jayne E. Marshall, PFHEA, PhD, MA,PGCEA, ADM, RM, RGN
Foundation Professor of Midwifery
College of Life Sciences,
University of Leicester
UK
Etsuko Matsuoka, PhD
Professor/Director
Center for Gender and Women's Culture in Asia
Education and Research Councilors
Nara Women’s University
Japan
Robyn Maude, PhD, MA (Midwifery), BN, RM, RN
Head of Programme for Midwifery
School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Practice
Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand
Christine McCourt, PhD
Professor of Maternal and Child Health
School of Health Sciences
Division of Midwifery and Radiography
University of London
UK
Judith Mercer, BSN, MS, DNS
Professor Emerita - College of Nursing
Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
USA
Nancy Miller Powell, PhD, MSN, CNM, RNC-OB, RN-BC
Director Professional Development
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
USA
Mary Newburn, MSc
Freelance Health Researcher and Consultant
Patient and Public Involvement in Maternity Services
City, University of London
London, UK
Sally Pezaro, BA (Hons), DipMid, MSc, PhD
Lecturer, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health
Coventry University
UK
Lisa R. Roberts, DrPH, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, CHES, FAANP, FAAN
Director of Research, School of Nursing
Loma Linda University
USA
Jim Thornton, MD, FRCOG
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
University of Nottingham
UK
Kerstin Uvnas-Moberg, MD, PhD
Professor of Physiology
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Stockholm, Sweden
Saraswathi Vedam, RN, MSN, SciD(hc)
Associate Professor of Midwifery
Lead Investigator of the Birth Place Lab
Department of Family Practice
University of British Columbia
Canada
Kim Watts, PhD, PGCAP, MSc, RM, RN
Senior Lecturer Midwifery
King’s College
London, UK
FOUNDING EDITORS
Soo Downe, RM, MSc, PhD
School of Health
University of Central Lancashire
United Kingdom
Kerri D. Schuiling, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN
Division of Academic Affairs
Northern Michigan University
USA
Denis Walsh, PhD, RM
Division of Midwifery
University of Nottingham
United Kingdom
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