Public Health Informationist
Erin Reardon
she/her
Contact:
erin.reardon@emory.edu
Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library
Emory University
Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library
Emory University
Subjects: Health Sciences, Public Health
Welcome
The purpose of this guide is to provide resources for study and research on topics relating to maternal and fetal health outcomes, with a focus on health disparities in the US and in the state of Georgia. The word "maternal" is used throughout this guide, and in the linked resources and literature, but the information contained herein applies to pregnant persons.
This page contains links to Emory University Libraries resources; to the left you can view information about searching for literature in databases, finding legislation and policy, learning more about Emory University and Georgia initiatives, and locating national and local data sources on maternal and fetal health outcomes.
Journals
These journals cover the subject of maternal and child health broadly, and you can use Browzine to subscribe to the tables of contents for these journals. To find articles on specific topics, it may be easier to search for your topic of interest in one of our databases. See "Searching Databases" to the left to view some tips for finding literature.
- Maternal Health, Neonatology and PerinatologyCovers subjects such as epidemiology, clinical, prevention and treatment aspects of pregnancy-related conditions, fetal development, topics related to labor and delivery, and topics on health an illnesses affecting the fetus and newborn infant.
- Maternal and Child Health JournalJournal for advancing scientific and professional knowledge of the maternal and child health field. Articles address practice, policy and research; explore topics such as epidemiology and demography, innovative service initiatives, and policy analysis and advocacy.
- Journal of Maternal and Child HealthOpen access journal that publishes on a wide range of topics relating to maternal and child health. Topics covered include obstetrics and gynecology, neonatology, sociology, demography, epidemiology, public health, and preventive medicine.
eBooks
These recent eBooks are available for the faculty, staff, and students of Emory University to view online.
The maternal health crisis in America : nursing implications for advocacy and practice by Publication Date: 2019
Anthropologies of Global Maternal and Reproductive Health : From Policy Spaces to Sites of Practice by Publication Date: 2022This open access edited book brings together new research on the mechanisms by which maternal and reproductive health policies are formed and implemented in diverse locales around the world, from global policy spaces to sites of practice.
Every Child a Lion by Publication Date: 2019Her central concerns include the ways in which pronatalism in France and fears of "race suicide" in the United States shaped public and professional intervention in reproduction, and the influence of women's organizations on social policy in two different institutional and political settings.
Listening to Women after Childbirth by Publication Date: 2020It is vital that healthcare practitioners understand the psychological impact of childbirth when caring for women. This accessible guide is designed to improve the care that women receive and, as a result, public health outcomes related to maternal and infant wellbeing.
Gender, Women's Health Care Concerns and Other Social Factors in Health and Health Care by Publication Date: 2018This volume of Research in the Sociology of Health Care analyses micro-level gender issues and other social factors impacting macro-level health care systems. Examining the health and health care issues of patients and providers of care both in the United States and in other countries, chapters focus on linkages to policy and population concerns as ways to meet global health care needs.
Birth Settings in America by Publication Date: 2020The United States spends more on childbirth than any other country in the world, yet outcomes are worse than other high-resource countries, and even worse for Black and Native American women. Birth Settings in America: Outcomes, Quality, Access, and Choice reviews and evaluates maternal and newborn care in the United States, the epidemiology of social and clinical risks in pregnancy and childbirth, birth settings research, and access to and choice of birth settings.
Complex social issues and the perinatal woman by Publication Date: 2021Pursuing a multidisciplinary approach, this book demonstrates the best quality care for pregnant women and new mothers who may have complex social needs. This book will benefit all health and social care professionals working in women's health, while also providing a valuable reference guide for maternity departments.
Books
These recent books are available for check out at physical Emory University Libraries locations for the faculty, staff, and students of Emory University.
Babylost by Publication Date: 2022The U.S. infant mortality rate is among the highest in the industrialized world, and Black babies are far more likely than white babies to die in their first year of life. Maternal mortality rates are also very high. This book tracks social and cultural dimensions of infant death through 58 alphabetical entries, from Absence to ZIP Code.
Birthing Outside the System by Publication Date: 2020This book investigates why women choose 'birth outside the system' and makes connections between women's right to choose where they birth and violations of human rights within maternity care systems.
The Business of Birth by Publication Date: 2021How the fear of malpractice affects mothers and reproductive choices. In The Business of Birth, Louise Marie Roth explores the process of giving birth, and the ways in which medicine and law interact to shape maternity care.
No Perfect Birth by Publication Date: 2021In No Perfect Birth: Trauma and Obstetric Care in the Rural United States, Kristin Haltinner examines the institutional and ideological forces that cause harm to women in childbirth in the rural United States.
Pregnant While Black by Publication Date: 2023Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy than their white peers. Pregnant While Black is a hopeful exploration of the issues pregnant Black women face in America.
Reproduction on the Reservation by Publication Date: 2019This pathbreaking book documents the transformation of reproductive practices and politics on Indian reservations from the late nineteenth century to the present, integrating a localized history of childbearing, motherhood, and activism on the Crow Reservation in Montana with an analysis of trends affecting Indigenous women more broadly.
