Research on Doulas

1. Goer, Henci. 2004. Humanizing Birth: A Global Grassroots Movement. Birth 31 (4): 308-314.
2. Berry, LM 1988. Realistic expectations of the labor coach. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing. Sept/Oct: 354-55.
3. Bertsch, TD, Nagashima-Whalen, L, Dykeman, S, Kennel, JH, McGrath, S. 1990. Labor support by first-time fathers: direct observations with comparison to experienced doulas. Journal of Psychosomatics in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 11:251-260.
4. Campero L; Garcia C; Diaz C; Ortiz O; Reynoso S; Langer A. “Alone, I wouldn’t have known what to do”: a qualitative study on social support during labor and delivery in Mexico. Social Science and Medicine, 1998 Aug, 47(3):395-403. (UI: 98345234–MEDLINE)
5. Copstick, SM, Taylor, KE, Hayes, R, Morris, N. 1986. Partner support and the use of coping techniques in Labor. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 30(4): 497-503.
6. Gagnon AJ; Waghorn K; Covell C. A randomized trial of one-to-one nurse support of women in labor [see comments]. Birth, 1997 Jun, 24(2):71-7.
7. Gordon NP; Walton D; McAdam E; Derman J; Gallitero G; Garrett L. Effects of providing hospital-based doulas in health maintenance organization hospitals. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1999 Mar, 93(3):422-6.
8. Hodnett, ED and Osborn RW. 1989. Effects of continuous intrapartum professional support on childbirth outcomes. Research in Nursing & Health 12(5):289-297.
9. Hofmeyr, GJ, Nikodem, VC, Wolman, WL, Chalmers BE, Kramer T. 1991 Companionship to modify the clinical birth environment: effects on progress and perceptions of labour, and breastfeeding. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 98:756-764.
10. Kennel, J, Klaus, M, McGrath, S, Robertson, S, Hinkley, C. 1991. Continuous emotional support during labor in a US hospital. Journal of American Medical Association 265(17): 2197-2201.
11. Klaus MH; Kennell JH. The doula: an essential ingredient of childbirth rediscovered. Acta Paediatrica, 1997 Oct, 86(10):1034-6.
12. Klaus, MH, Kennell, JL, Robertson, SS, Sosa, R. 1986. Effects of social support during parturition on maternal and infant morbidity. British Medical Journal 293(6547): 585-7.
13. Langer A; Campero L; Garcia C; Reynoso S. Effects of psychosocial support during labour and childbirth on breastfeeding, medical interventions, and mothers’ wellbeing in a Mexican public hospital: a randomised clinical trial. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1998 Oct, 105(10):1056-63.
14. Manning-Orenstein G. A birth intervention: the therapeutic effects of Doula support versus Lamaze preparation on first-time mothers’ working models of caregiving. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 1998 Jul, 4(4):73-81.
15. May, K. 1988-89. Is it time to fire the coach? Childbirth Educator Winter 30-35.
16. McNiven, P, Hodnett, E, O’Brien-Pallas, LL. 1992. Supporting women in labor: a work sampling study of the activities of intrapartum nurses. Birth: in press.
17. Nolan M. Supporting women in labour: the doula’s role [see comments]. Modern Midwife, 1995 Mar, 5(3):12-5.
18. Perez PG; Herrick LM. Doulas: exploring their roles with parents, hospitals, & nurses. AHWONN Lifelines, 1998 Apr, 2(2):54-5.
19. Ridiman KM. Doula for the bereaved. Supporting a mother whose pregnancy has ended. Midwifery Today and Childbirth Education, 1997 Spring(41):26-8.
20. Schuiling KD; Sampselle CM. Comfort in labor and midwifery art. Image - The Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 1999, 31(1):77-81.
21. Shearer, B. 1989. Birth Assistant: new ally for the parents-to-be. Childbirth Educator Spring:26-31.
22. Sosa, R, Kennel, J, Robertson, S, Urrutia, J. 1980. The effect of a supportive companion on perinatal problems, length of labor, and mother-infant interaction. The New England Journal of Medicine. 303(11):597-600.
23. Zhang J; Bernasko JW; Leybovich E; Fahs M; Hatch MC. Continuous labor support from labor attendant for primiparous women: a meta-analysis. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1996 Oct, 88(4 Pt 2):739-44.