Maternal health care comprises the medical and supportive services provided to women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, aiming to safeguard the health and survival of mother and infant. It encompasses antenatal care, skilled birth attendance, emergency obstetric and newborn care, and postnatal …
Maternal health care comprises the medical and supportive services provided to women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, aiming to safeguard the health and survival of mother and infant. It encompasses antenatal care, skilled birth attendance, emergency obstetric and newborn care, and postnatal follow-up, with quality shaped by access, workforce capacity, referral systems, and social determinants. Strengthening maternal care requires understanding the barriers to utilisation, the role of community-level delivery, and the well-being of the staff who provide it. The research collected here reflects these themes through studies of antenatal care utilisation and its determinants, inequities in hospital delivery linked to social determinants, community health workers' implementation of maternal and child care, and the use of mobile telephone communication to improve antenatal attendance. Further work addresses preconception care, caesarean delivery outcomes performed by associate clinicians, nutrition services for pregnant women, obstetric skills training, quality-improvement strategies, the mental health of maternal and neonatal staff, and postpartum depression. Together they span access, service delivery, clinical outcomes, and provider well-being across diverse low-resource and tertiary settings. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research on the provision, utilisation, and outcomes of maternal health care within Women's Reproductive Health.
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
The 12 articles above have been cited 48 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
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