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Joyce K. Edmonds
Researcher at Boston College
Publications - 50
Citations - 860
Joyce K. Edmonds is an academic researcher from Boston College. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Childbirth. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 38 publications receiving 630 citations. Previous affiliations of Joyce K. Edmonds include Emory University & University of Massachusetts Boston.
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Women’s social networks and birth attendant decisions: Application of the Network-Episode Model
TL;DR: Results suggest that the structural properties of networks did not add to explanatory value but instead network content or the perceived advice of network members add significantly to the explanation of variation in service use.
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When There Is More than One Answer Key: Cultural Theories of Postpartum Hemorrhage in Matlab, Bangladesh:
TL;DR: Individuals can acquire cultural knowledge from many sources, including personal experience, informal learning, and schooling as discussed by the authors.Identifying these distinct source models and describing personal varia... and using them to describe personal variances.
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Fear of Childbirth and Preference for Cesarean Delivery Among Young American Women Before Childbirth: A Survey Study.
TL;DR: Young women reporting high levels of childbirth fear are nearly four times more likely to prefer a cesarean delivery, and specific fears, such as worries over the influence of pregnancy and birth on the female body, need to be addressed before pregnancy.
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Racial and ethnic differences in primary, unscheduled cesarean deliveries among low-risk primiparous women at an academic medical center: a retrospective cohort study
TL;DR: Racial and ethnic differences in delivery mode and indications for cesareans exist among low-risk nulliparas at one academic medical center, and these differences may be best explained by examining the variation in clinical decisions that indicate fetal distress and failure to progress at the hospital-level.
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A call to action for public health nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
TL;DR: Public health nurses (PHNs) are on the frontline of the public health crisis the world now knows as the COVID-19 pandemic, providing safe, effective, and nondiscriminatory care to the communities in which they serve.