User profiles for Maureen Heaman

Maureen Heaman, BN, MN, PhD

Professor Emerita, College of Nursing, University of Manitoba
Verified email at ad.umanitoba.ca
Cited by 11370

Advanced maternal age and the risk of cesarean birth: a systematic review

H Bayrampour, M Heaman - Birth, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background: The increasing pregnancy rate at advanced maternal age is contemporaneous
with the increasing rate of cesarean birth. Several studies have found that advanced …

[HTML][HTML] Immigrant and non-immigrant women's experiences of maternity care: a systematic and comparative review of studies in five countries

…, M Raval, T Shafiei, D Korfker, M Heaman… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2014 - Springer
Background Understanding immigrant women’s experiences of maternity care is critical if
receiving country care systems are to respond appropriately to increasing global migration. …

Migrant women's utilization of prenatal care: a systematic review

M Heaman, H Bayrampour, D Kingston… - Maternal and child …, 2013 - Springer
Our objectives were to determine whether migrant women in Western industrialized
countries have higher odds of inadequate prenatal care (PNC) compared to receiving-country …

Maternal mortality and severe morbidity associated with low-risk planned cesarean delivery versus planned vaginal delivery at term

S Liu, RM Liston, KS Joseph, M Heaman, R Sauve… - Cmaj, 2007 - Can Med Assoc
… KS Joseph and Maureen Heaman contributed to the study design, data analysis and
interpretation, and provided substantial feedback on earlier versions of the manuscript. Reg Sauve …

Breastfeeding rates and hospital breastfeeding practices in Canada: a national survey of women

B Chalmers, C Levitt, M Heaman, B O'Brien, R Sauve… - Birth, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Background: The Baby‐Friendly Hospital Initiative was launched by the World Health
Organization and UNICEF in 1989 to promote, protect, and support breastfeeding worldwide. The …

Severe maternal morbidity in Canada, 1991–2001

SW Wen, L Huang, R Liston, M Heaman, T Baskett… - Cmaj, 2005 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Although death rates are often used to monitor the quality of health care, in
industrialized countries maternal deaths have become rare. Severe maternal morbidity has …

Risk of maternal postpartum readmission associated with mode of delivery

S Liu, M Heaman, KS Joseph, RM Liston… - Obstetrics & …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether cesarean and operative vaginal deliveries are associated
with an increased risk of maternal rehospitalization compared with spontaneous vaginal …

[HTML][HTML] Inadequate prenatal care and its association with adverse pregnancy outcomes: a comparison of indices

MI Heaman, CV Newburn-Cook, CG Green… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2008 - Springer
Background The objectives of this study were to determine rates of prenatal care utilization
in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from 1991 to 2000; to compare two indices of prenatal care …

Revisiting the immigrant paradox in reproductive health: the roles of duration of residence and ethnicity

ML Urquia, PJ O'Campo, MI Heaman - Social science & medicine, 2012 - Elsevier
The immigrant paradox refers to the contrasting observations that immigrants usually
experience similar or better health outcomes than the native-born population despite …

Comparison of adolescent, young adult, and adult women's maternity experiences and practices

D Kingston, M Heaman, D Fell, B Chalmers… - …, 2012 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Pregnant adolescents face unique challenges. Understanding
the experiences, knowledge, and behaviors of adolescents during the pregnancy and …