Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Likelihood of Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery

Birth

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 249-253

  Cheng, Erika R ^a   Declercq, Eugene R ^b   Belanoff, Candice ^b   Iverson, Ronald E ^c   Mccloskey, Lois ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Delivery method; Racial ethnic disparities; Vaginal birth after cesarean

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MASSACHUSETTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CESAREAN SECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939253980     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/birt.12174     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Hamilton BE, Martin JA, Osterman MJ, Curtin SC. Births: Preliminary Data for 2013. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics, 2014.
2. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Safe prevention of the primary cesarean delivery. Obstetric Care Consensus 2014;1:1-19.
3. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. ACOG Practice bulletin no. 115: Vaginal birth after previous cesarean delivery. Obstet Gynecol 2010;116(2 Pt 1):450.
4. Boutsikou T, Malamitsi-Puchner A. Caesarean section: Impact on mother and child. Acta Paediatr 2011;100(12):1518-1522.
5. Shearer EL. Cesarean section: Medical benefits and costs. Soc Sci Med 1993;37(10):1223-1231.
6. Soet JE, Brack GA, DiIorio C. Prevalence and predictors of women's experience of psychological trauma during childbirth. Birth 2003;30(1):36-46.
7. Declercq E, Barger M, Cabral HJ, et al. Maternal outcomes associated with planned primary cesarean births compared with planned vaginal births. Obstet Gynecol 2007;109(3):669-677.
8. Liu TC, Chen CS, Lin HC. Does elective caesarean section increase utilization of postpartum maternal medical care? Med Care 2008;46(4):440-443.
9. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010. 2nd ed. With Understanding and Improving Health and Objectives for Improving Health. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000.
10. Cunningham FG, Bangdiwala S, Brown SS, et al. National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement: Vaginal Birth After Cesarean: New Insights. March 8-10, 2010. Obstet Gynecol 2010;115(6):1279-1295.
11. Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Ventura SJ, et al. Births: Final data for 2011. National vital statistics reports; Vol. 62, No 1. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2013.
12. Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Sutton PD, et al. Births: Final data for 2004. National vital statistics reports; Vol. 55, No. 1. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2006.
13. Singh GK, Kogan MD. Persistent socioeconomic disparities in infant, neonatal, and postneonatal moratlity rates in the United States, 1969-2001. Pediatrics 2007;119:e928-e939.
14. MacDorman M, Declercq E, Menacker F. Recent trends and patterns in cesarean and vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) deliveries in the United States. Clin Perinatol 2011;38(2):179-192.
15. Hollard AL, Wing DA, Chung JH, et al. Ethnic disparity in the success of vaginal birth after cesarean delivery. J Materm-Fetal Neonatal Med 2006;19(8):483-487.
16. Knight HE, Gurol-Urganci I, van der Meulen JH, et al. Vaginal birth after caesarean section: A cohort study investigating factors associated with its uptake and success. BJOG 2014;121(2):183-192.
17. Grobman WA, Lai Y, Landon MB, et al. Development of a nomogram for prediction of vaginal birth after cesarean delivery. Obstet Gynecol 2007;109(4):806-812.
18. Landon MB, Leindecker S, Spong CY, et al. The MFMU Cesarean Registry: Factors affecting the success of trial of labor after previous cesarean delivery. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2005;193(3 Pt 2):1016-1023.
19. Kington R, Reuben D, Rogowski J, Lillard L. Sociodemographic and health factors in driving patterns after 50 years of age. Am J Public Health 1994;84(8):1327-1329.
20. Durnwald C, Mercer B. Vaginal birth after cesarean delivery: Predicting success, risks of failure. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2004;15(6):388-393.
21. Regan J, Keup C, Wolfe K, et al. Vaginal birth after cesarean success in high-risk women: A population-based study. J Perinatol. 2015;35(4): 252-7.
22. Janevic T, Loftfield E, Savitz DA, et al. Disparities in cesarean delivery by ethnicity and nativity in New York city. Matern Child Health J 2014;18(1):250-257.
23. Fu JC, Xirasagar S, Liu J, Probst JC. Cesarean and VBAC rates among immigrant vs. native-born women: A retrospective observational study from Taiwan cesarean delivery and VBAC among immigrant women in Taiwan. BMC Public Health 2010;10:548.
24. Guise JM, Eden K, Emeis C, et al. Vaginal birth after cesarean: New insights. Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep) 2010;191:1-397.
25. Durnwald CP, Ehrenberg HM, Mercer BM. The impact of maternal obesity and weight gain on vaginal birth after cesarean section success. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2004;191(3):954-957.