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How Delayed Cord Clamping Saves Newborn Lives Open

Judith Mercer, Elisabeth Sæther, Tekoa L. King, Holger Maul, Holly Powell Kennedy , et al. · 2025

Interest in the subject of umbilical cord clamping is long-standing. New evidence reveals that placental transfusion, facilitated by delayed cord clamping (DCC), reduces death and need for blood transfusions for preterm infants without evi…

Frequency of Prenatal Care Visits: Protocol to Develop a Core Outcome Set for Prenatal Care Schedules Open

Mark Turrentine, Buu-Hac Nguyen, Beth Choby, Susan Kendig, Tekoa L. King , et al. · 2023

Background Prenatal care, one of the most common preventive care services in the United States, endeavors to improve pregnancy outcomes through evidence-based screenings and interventions. Despite the prevalence of prenatal care and its im…

Care plan for individuals at risk for preeclampsia: shared approach to education, strategies for prevention, surveillance, and follow-up Open

James M. Roberts, Tekoa L. King, John R. Barton, Stacy Beck, Ira M. Bernstein , et al. · 2023

Frequency Of pRenatal CAre viSiTs (FORCAST): study protocol to develop a core outcome set for prenatal care schedules Open

Mark Turrentine, Buu-Hac Nguyen, Beth Choby, Susan Kendig, Tekoa L. King , et al. · 2023

Background Prenatal care, one of the most common preventive care services in the United States, endeavors to improve pregnancy outcomes through evidence-based screenings and interventions. Despite the prevalence of prenatal care and its im…

Frequency of Prenatal Care Visits: Protocol to Develop a Core Outcome Set for Prenatal Care Schedules (Preprint) Open

Mark Turrentine, Buu-Hac Nguyen, Beth Choby, Susan Kendig, Tekoa L. King , et al. · 2022

BACKGROUND Prenatal care, one of the most common preventive care services in the United States, endeavors to improve pregnancy outcomes through evidence-based screenings and interventions. Despite the prevalence of prenatal care and its i…

A Professional Journal That Represents, Reflects, and Renews the Profession Open

Tekoa L. King · 2021

Many midwives recognize the Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health (JMWH) as a collection of articles that discuss a variety of topics germane to our profession. For the last 20 years, I have been a member of the Journal's editorial team, a…

Avoiding Cognitive Biases When Reading Research Studies Open

Tekoa L. King · 2021

In most high-income nations, clinical practice is primarily based on the results of basic and clinical research. These investigations measure, test, and estimate the safety and efficacy of therapies that are designed to promote or improve …

Honoring Authorship Responsibilities in Manuscript Preparation Open

Patricia A. Murphy, Frances E. Likis, Tekoa L. King, Ira Kantrowitz‐Gordon · 2021

Authorship of an article published in a peer-reviewed journal is an important academic and scientific achievement. It is a contribution to the health and science literature and a prestigious accomplishment for the authors. But that achieve…

Gender Diversity and Inclusion in Midwifery Open

Frances E. Likis, Tekoa L. King · 2020

Midwifery is a profession that is composed almost entirely of women. Diversification of the profession with regard to race and ethnicity has received increasing attention,1, 2 but gender diversity within midwifery has not been well explore…

The Effectiveness of Midwifery Care in the World Health Organization Year of the Nurse and the Midwife: Reducing the Cesarean Birth Rate Open

Tekoa L. King · 2020

Breastfeeding Support: Statistics Don't Tell the Whole Story Open

Tekoa L. King · 2019

Human milk is the ideal source of nutrition for infants and is recommended as their only food until they reach 6 months of age.1 Breastfeeding (also called chestfeeding) initiation rates in the United States are high (83%), but continuatio…

Defining and Redefining Midwifery Practice Open

Julia C. Phillippi, Tekoa L. King · 2019

Throughout history, midwives have adapted to meet the needs of their communities. The provision of high-quality health care is always specific to the patient, the individual midwife's scope of practice, and the larger context of health car…

Describing latent phase duration and associated characteristics among 1281 low‐risk women in spontaneous labor Open

Ellen L. Tilden, Julia C. Phillippi, Mia Ahlberg, Tekoa L. King, Mekhala Dissanayake , et al. · 2019

Background Recent research suggests that latent phase of labor may terminate at 6 rather than 4 centimeters of cervical dilation. The objectives of this study were to: (a) characterize duration of the latent phase of labor among term, low‐…

Assessing the Value of the ARRIVE Trial for Clinical Practice: Sea Change or Just a Splash? Open

Julia C. Phillippi, Tekoa L. King · 2018

Shared Decision Making: Misconstrued and Misused Open

Tekoa L. King, Frances E. Likis, Angela M. Wilson‐Liverman · 2018

Shared decision making is widely promoted as the preferred model for communication between health care providers and patients when discussing recommended treatments or interventions.1 The concept of shared decision making is based on the t…

Intentional Inconsistency as Gender‐Neutral Language Evolves Open

Frances E. Likis, Tekoa L. King, Patricia A. Murphy, Brittany Swett · 2018

As the editors of the Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health (JMWH), we are increasingly being asked about the use of gender-neutral language. Authors are unsure about wording in their manuscripts, and midwifery faculty have practical and p…

Interprofessional Collaboration: Changing the Future Open

Tekoa L. King · 2015

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