Maternal and neonatal infections and obstetrical outcome in water birth

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 
Volume 134, Issue 1, September 2007, Pages 37-43 

doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2006.09.012       
Copyright © 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd All rights reserved.

Rosanna A. Zanetti-Daellenbach, a, , Sibil Tschudina, Xiao Yan Zhonga, Wolfgang Holzgrevea, Olav Lapairea and Irene Höslia 
aWomen's University Hospital Basel, Spitalstrasse 21, 4031 Basel, Switzerland 
Received 28 June 2006;  revised 28 August 2006;  accepted 25 September 2006.  Available online 7 November 2006. 

Waterproofing EMG Instrumentation

Biological Research For Nursing , Vol. 8, No. 3, 195-201 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1099800406293313
© 2007 SAGE Publications

Rebecca D. Benfield, CNM, PhD
East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, benfieldr@mail.ecu.edu

Edward R. Newton, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

Tibor Hortobágyi, PhD
Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Biomechanics Laboratory at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

Researcher Studies Warm Baths To Ease Labor Pain

By Nancy McGillicuddy
From Pieces of Eight, Nov. 3, 2003 
Pieces of Eight is the newspaper for faculty and staff of East Carolina University.
Rebecca Benfield (Nursing) is studying the effects of warm water on anxiety and pain during labor. Hydrotherapy tubs like the one pictured  may provide an effective alternative to standard pain treatments.

Hydrotherapy in labor

Research in Nursing & Health 
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 57 - 67 
Published Online: 8 Mar 2001 
Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Rebecca D. Benfield 1 *, JoAnne Herman 2, Vern L. Katz 3, Steven P. Wilson 4, J. Mark Davis 5
1Nurse-Midwifery Education Program, Department of Family and Child Nursing, East Carolina University School of Nursing, Rivers Building Room 203, Greenville, NC 27858-4353
2College of Nursing, Department of Administrative and Clinical Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
3Center for Genetics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Sacred Heart Hospital, Eugene, OR
4Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
5Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina School of Public Health, Columbia, SC
*Correspondence to Rebecca D. Benfield, Nurse-Midwifery Education Program, Department of Family and Child Nursing, East Carolina University School of Nursing, Rivers Building Room 203, Greenville, NC 27858-4353
 

Hydrotherapy in Labor

Journal of Nursing Scholarship
Volume 34 Issue 4 Page 347-352, December 2002
Rebecca D. Benfield (2002)
Journal of Nursing Scholarship 34 (4) , 347–352 doi:10.1111/j.1547-5069.2002.00347.x 

Rebecca D. Benfield11Rebecca D. Benfield, PhD, CNM, Beta Nu, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, and Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
1Rebecca D. Benfield, PhD, CNM, Beta Nu, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, and Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
 

Randomised controlled trial of labouring in water compared with standard of augmentation for management of dystocia in first stage of labour

BMJ  2004;328:314 (7 February), doi:10.1136/bmj.37963.606412.EE (published 26 January 2004)

Elizabeth R Cluett, lecturer in midwifery1, Ruth M Pickering, senior lecturer in medical statistics2, Kathryn Getliffe, professor of nursing1, Nigel James St George Saunders, medical director3

1 Nightingale Building (67), University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, 2 Medical Statistics Group, Health Care Research Unit (805), Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, 3 Trust Management Office (Mail point 18), Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD

Correspondence to: E R Cluett m_newburn@national-childbirth-trust.co.uk

Has the medicalisation of childbirth gone too far?

BMJ 2002;324:892-895 ( 13 April )

Richard Johanson, professor of obstetrics a, Mary Newburn, head of policy research b, Alison Macfarlane,professor of perinatal health c. 

a Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, North Staffordshire Maternity Hospital, Stoke on Trent ST4 6QG, b National Childbirth Trust, Alexandra House, Oldham Terrace, London W3 6NH, c Department of Midwifery, St Bartholomew School of Nursing and Midwifery, City University, London EC1A 7QN

Correspondence to: M Newburn m_newburn@national-childbirth-trust.co.uk