Maternal Care and Women’s Health Bibliography
ABFM research examining workforce trends, training gaps, and practice patterns shaping the delivery of maternity and women’s health care.
ABFM Published Research Involving Maternal Care and Women's Health
OBSTETRICS AND MATERNITY CARE
Tong ST, Makaroff LA, Xierali IM, Parhat P, Puffer JC, Newton WP, Bazemore AW. Proportion of Family Physicians Providing Maternity Care Continues to Decline. Journal of The American Board of Family Medicine. 2012;25(3):270-271
Tong ST, Makaroff LA, Xierali IM, Puffer JC, Newton WP, Bazemore AW. Family Physicians in the Maternity Care Workforce: Factors Influencing Declining Trends. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2013;17(9):1576-1581
Peterson LE, Blackburn B, Phillips RL, Puffer JC. Structure and Characteristics of Family Medicine Maternity Care Fellowships. Family Medicine. 2014;46(5):354-359
Rayburn WF, Manning BK, Petterson SM, Dickinson LM, Phillips RL. Trends in Family Physicians Performing Deliveries, 2003-2010. Birth. 2014;41(1):26-32.
Barreto T, Peterson LE, Petterson S, Bazemore AW. Family Physicians Practicing High-Volume Obstetric Care Have Recently Dropped by One-Half. American Family Physician. 2017;95(12):762.
Barreto TW, Eden AR, Petterson S, Bazemore AW, Peterson LE. Intention Versus Reality: Family Medicine Residency Graduates’ Intention to Practice Obstetrics. Journal of The American Board of Family Medicine. 2017;30(4):405-406
Eden AR, Peterson LE. Impact of Potential Accreditation and Certification in Family Medicine Maternity Care. Family Medicine. 2017;49(1):14-21
Barreto TW, Eden AR, Hansen ER, Peterson LE. Barriers Faced by Family Medicine Graduates Interested in Performing Obstetric Deliveries. Journal of The American Board of Family Medicine. 2018;31(3):332-333
Eden AR, Peterson LE. Challenges Faced by Family Physicians Providing Advanced Maternity Care. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2018;22(6):932-940
Tong ST, Hochheimer CJ, Barr WB, Leveroni-Calvi M, Lefevre NM, Wallenborn JT, Peterson LE. Characteristics of Graduating Family Medicine Residents Who Intend to Practice Maternity Care. Family Medicine. 2018;50(5):345-52
Barreto TW, Eden AR, Hansen ER, Peterson LE. Opportunities and Barriers for Family Physician Contribution to the Maternity Care Workforce. Family Medicine. 2019;51(5):383-388
Eden AR, Barreto T, Hansen ER. Experiences of New Family Physicians Finding Jobs with Obstetrical Care in the USA. Family Medicine and Community Health. 2019;7(2):e000063
AR, Barreto TW, St. Louis J. Improving treatment of opioid use disorder in pregnancy: first define the workforce. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2019;221(4):371-372.
Hansen ER, Eden AR, Peterson LE. A Qualitative Study of Trainee Experiences in Family Medicine-Obstetric Fellowships. Birth. 2019;46(1):90-96
St. Louis J, Eden AR, Morgan ZJ, Barreto TW, Peterson LE, Phillips RL. Maternity Care and Buprenorphine Prescribing in New Family Physicians. Annals of Family Medicine. 2020;18(2):156-158. doi:10.1370/afm.2504
Taylor MK, Barreto T, Goldstein JT, Dotson A, Eden AR. Providing Obstetric Care: Suggestions from Experienced Family Physicians. Family Medicine. 2023;55(9):582-590.
CONTRACEPTION
Nisen MB, Peterson LE, Cochrane A, Rubin SE. US Family Physicians’ Intrauterine and Implantable Contraception Provision: Results from a National Survey. Contraception. 2016;93(5):432-437
SCOPE OF PRACTICE
Bazemore AW, Petterson S, Johnson N, Xierali IM, Phillips RL, Rinaldo J, Puffer JC, Green LA. What Services Do Family Physicians Provide in a Time of Primary Care Transition? Journal of The American Board of Family Medicine. 2011;24(6):635-636
Xierali IM, Puffer JC, Tong ST, Bazemore AW, Green LA. The Percentage of Family Physicians Attending to Women’s Gender-Specific Health Needs is Declining. Journal of The American Board of Family Medicine. 2012;25(4):406-7
Peterson LE, Phillips RL, Puffer JC, Bazemore A, Petterson S. Most Family Physicians Work Routinely with Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, or Certified Nurse Midwives. Journal of The American Board of Family Medicine. 2013;26(3):244-245
Peterson LE, Blackburn B, Petterson S, Puffer JC, Bazemore A, Phillips RL. Which Family Physicians Work Routinely with Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants or Certified Nurse Midwives. Journal of Rural Health. 2014;30(3):227-234
Coutinho AJ, Cochrane A, Stelter K, Phillips RL, Peterson LE. Comparison of Intended Scope of Practice for Family Medicine Residents with Reported Scope of Practice Among Practicing Family Physicians. JAMA. 2015;314(22):2364-2372
Peterson LE, Blackburn B, Peabody M, O’Neill TR. Family Physicians’ Scope of Practice and American Board of Family Medicine Recertification Examination Performance. Journal of The American Board of Family Medicine. 2015;28(2):265-270
Eiff MP, Hollander-Rodriguez J, Skariah J, Young R, Waller E, Dexter E, O’Neill TR, Peabody MR, Green LA, Carney PA. Scope of Practice Among Recent Family Medicine Residency Graduates. Family Medicine. 2017;49(8):607-617
Peterson LE, Fang B. Rural Family Physicians Have a Broader Scope of Practice than Urban Family Physicians. UKnowledge - Rural & Underserved Health Research Center Publications. 2018;5
Peterson LE, Fang B, Puffer JC, Bazemore AW. Wide Gap Between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians. Journal of The American Board of Family Medicine. 2018;31(2):181-182
Weidner AKH, Phillips RL, Fang B, Peterson LE. Burnout and Scope of Practice in New Family Physicians. Annals of Family Medicine. 2018;16(3):200-205
Nasim U, Morgan ZJ, Peterson LE. The Declining Scope of Practice of Family Physicians is Limited to Urban Areas. Journal of Rural Health. 2021;37(4):734-744
Davis CS, Roy T, Peterson LE, Bazemore AW. Evaluating the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education model at 10 years: Practice-based Outcomes and Opportunities. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2022;14(5):599–605
Killeen D, Jetty A, Peterson LE, Bazemore A, Jabbarpour Y. The Association of Practice Type and the Comprehensiveness of Practice of Family Physicians. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2023;36(1):79-87
Pollack S, Andrilla CH, Peterson LE, Morgan Z, Longenecker R, Schmitz D, Evans D, Patterson D. Rural Versus Urban Family Medicine Residency Scope of Training and Practice. Family Medicine. 2023;55(3):162-170.
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