Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Maternal Health

Maternal health refers to the health and well-being of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, encompassing the care, support, and conditions needed for safe and healthy pregnancy and delivery. It is a central concern of global health because maternal mortality and morbidity remain high in man…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 21× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2693-1176 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Maternal health refers to the health and well-being of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, encompassing the care, support, and conditions needed for safe and healthy pregnancy and delivery. It is a central concern of global health because maternal mortality and morbidity remain high in many low- and middle-income settings, where access to skilled care, adequate nutrition, antenatal services, and emergency obstetric care can be limited. Improving maternal health depends on a combination of factors, including quality antenatal and postnatal care, skilled attendance at birth, nutritional support, and the strengthening of health systems and the workforce that delivers care. Research published through the International Journal of Global Health and related OpenAccessPub journals has examined many facets of maternal health, including the utilization of antenatal care services and the factors that influence it, the use of mobile communication to support expectant mothers, the integration of maternal and child health care delivered by community health workers, nutrition services for pregnant women, the well-being and burnout of maternal and neonatal healthcare staff, and the rates and outcomes of cesarean delivery in resource-limited settings. Together these contributions reflect a strong focus on improving care across diverse contexts. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to maternal health.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2017

The Evolution of Fetal Surgery

Knezevich MichelleCorresponding author
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
Exact topic Fetal Surgery doi:10.14302/issn.2997-2086.jfs-17-1663

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 21 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.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Global Health (ISSN 2693-1176).

Journal editorial board
Andrew Hall · United Kingdom Richard Bright · Australia Zhiqiang Feng · United Kingdom

This page summarises published research for orientation; it is not medical or professional advice.