Maternal health refers to the health and well-being of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. It encompasses access to antenatal care, safe delivery, nutrition, and timely management of complications, all of which are essential to protect both mother and child. Strong maternal health systems …
Maternal health refers to the health and well-being of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. It encompasses access to antenatal care, safe delivery, nutrition, and timely management of complications, all of which are essential to protect both mother and child. Strong maternal health systems depend on skilled care, effective referral, and community-level support, and gaps in any of these can increase risks for women and newborns, particularly in under-resourced settings. Research published by this journal documents many facets of maternal health. Studies examine maternal and fetal outcomes of cesarean delivery in Ethiopia, levels of antenatal care utilization and associated factors among mothers, and inequities in hospital delivery linked to social determinants in China. Other work considers the implementation of maternal and child health care by community health workers in Rwanda, the effect of mobile telephone communication on antenatal care use in Uganda, utilization of nutrition services for pregnant women in Tanzania, the quality of maternal and newborn health indicators in Rwanda, and burnout and distress among maternal and neonatal healthcare staff. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to maternal health, supporting readers seeking primary literature on antenatal and delivery care, outcomes, and health systems serving mothers.
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
The 12 articles above have been cited 24 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Maternal Health, linking to each citing work.