Experiences of childbirth care in Lithuania and Romania: Insights from the European Babies Born Better survey.

Background: Data on experience and satisfaction of users are essential for improvement of health care, especially in the field of childbirth. The aim of this study was to compare childbirth care experiences in Lithuania and Romania.

Methods: Data derived from the EU Babies Born Better online survey were analyzed.

Scalability of a singing-based intervention for postpartum depression in Denmark and Romania: protocol for a single-arm feasibility study.

Introduction: Postpartum depression (PPD) affects around one in seven women globally, with these women in need of non-pharmaceutical treatment strategies. There is a long history of the benefits of singing for maternal mental health, and promising research exists showing the clinical effectiveness of group singing. Group singing interventions are being scaled up to support new mothers in the United Kingdom, but we do not know if such an intervention may benefit women in different cultural contexts.

A Cross-Section Study of Relationship Characteristics and Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy in a Sample of Romanian Pregnant Women.

Introduction: Partner support and relationship characteristics may be important factors in effective couple-based pregnancy smoking cessation programs. Research is needed to investigate the links between couple relationship characteristics and maternal smoking cessation to inform the development of such interventions.

Methods: This paper relies on cross-section data collected during the formative phase in the development of an ongoing couple-focused pregnancy tobacco cessation trial.