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2024

Širvinskienė, G., Forray, A. I., König-Bachmann, M., Blaga, O. M., Grincevičienė, Š., Luegmair, K., Pranskevičiūtė-Amoson, R., & Zenzmaier, C. (2024). Experiences of childbirth care in Lithuania and Romania: Insights from the European Babies Born Better survey. Birth (Berkeley, Calif.)51(1), 121–133. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12771

2023

Širvinskienė, G., Grincevičienė, Š., Pranskevičiūtė-Amoson, R., Kukulskienė, M., & Downe, S. (2023). ‘To be Informed and Involved’: Women’s insights on optimising childbirth care in Lithuania. Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy26(4), 1514–1523. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13754

Hadjigeorgiou, E., Andreaki, M., Koliandri, I. et al. Exploring mothers’ experiences of perinatal care in Cyprus: Babies Born Better survey. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 23, 487 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05800-5 https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-023-05800-5

Thaels, E., Meermans, H., & Beeckman, K. (2023). What influences women’s experiences of childbirth in Flanders? – A quantitative cross-sectional analysis of the Babies Born Better survey. Midwifery126, 103810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2023.103810

Vedeler, C., Eri, T. S., Nilsen, R. M., Blix, E., Downe, S., van der Wel, K. A., & Nilsen, A. B. V. (2023). Women’s negative childbirth experiences and socioeconomic factors: Results from the Babies Born Better survey. Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives36, 100850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2023.100850

Young, K., & Miller, Y. D. (2024). “Make it better for the women and babies who come after me”: Findings from women in Australia completing the international Babies Born Better survey. Birth (Berkeley, Calif.)51(1), 71–80. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12762

Responses to Survey – Country List

See below for the number of responses by country women birthed in. Women from 79 countries so far have filled in the survey! Head to the home page to take part in the survey and have your say.

Afghanistan2Germany2882Pakistan4
Andorra1Greece25Poland574
Argentina6Hungary11Portugal12
Australia44Iceland2Qatar2
Austria120India4Republic of Moldova2
Bahamas1Indonesia3Romania666
Bangladesh2Iran1Russian Federation330
Belarus9Ireland76San Marino1
Belgium434Israel12Saudi Arabia50
Bosnia and Herzegovina6Italy302Serbia3
Bulgaria18Japan1Singapore5
Canada30Jordan3Slovakia115
Chile432Kazakhstan2Somalia1
China52Kenya1South Africa5
Colombia5Latvia4Spain104
Costa Rica2Lebanon1Sweden577
Côte d’Ivoire4Lithuania638Switzerland52
Croatia532Luxembourg7Trinidad and Tobago1
Cyprus437Malaysia1Turkey6
Czech Republic31Malta23Ukraine12
Denmark433Mauritania1United Arab Emirates6
Ecuador1Mexico3U.K.1387
El Salvador1Montenegro2U.S.A.108
Estonia3Morocco4Uzbekistan1
Ethiopia1Netherlands923Zimbabwe2
Finland74New Zealand10
France18Norway2628Total14,295
As of 12th of October 2021