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Partnering to improve healthcare quality for mothers and babies

2026

Improving Maternal Care in Florida Through Levels of Maternal Care Verification

Published: May 2026 in The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Authors: YX Alesafis de Koter, S Stubben, C Rouse, B Wood, LA Detman, LA Reeves

2023

Assessing hospital differences in low-risk cesarean delivery metrics in Florida

Published: December 2023 in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Authors: R Obure, CN Reid, JL Salemi, E Rubio, J Louis, WM Sappenfield

Identification of Clinician Training Techniques as an Implementation Strategy to Improve Maternal Health: A Scoping Review

Published: May 2023 in The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Authors: CA Vamos, TR Foti, E Reyes Martinez, Z Pointer, LA Detman, WM Sappenfield

Race and Ethnicity Misclassification in Hospital Discharge Data and the Impact on Differences in Severe Maternal Morbidity Rates in Florida

Published: April 2023 in The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Authors: CN Reid, R Obure, JL Salemi, E Rubio, WM Sappenfield

2022

An initiative “that you do for one person”: Identifying barriers and facilitators to implementing an immediate postpartum LARC initiative in Florida hospitals

Published: September 2022 in Maternal and Child Health Journal

Authors: RG Logan, CA Vamos, LA Detman, WM Sappenfield

Multilevel factors associated with length of stay for neonatal abstinence syndrome in Florida’s NICUs: 2010–2015
Published: June 2021 in Journal of Perinatology
Authors: CN Reid, TR Foti, AK Mbah, ML Hudak, M Balakrishnan, RS Kirby, RE Wilson, WM Sappenfield
Patients and providers' knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception: a systematic review
Published: February 2020 in Women & Health
Authors: EL Thompson, CA Vamos, RG Logan, EA Bronson, LA Detman, R Piepenbrink, EM Daley, WM Sappenfield
Promoting teamwork may improve infant care processes during delivery room managment: Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative's Approach
Published: April 2017 in the Journal of Perinatology
Authors: M Balakrishnan, N Falk-Smith, LA Detman, B Miladinovic, WM Sappenfield, JS Curran, and TL Ashmeade
Hospital Variations in Unexpected Complications Among Term Newborns
Published: March 2017 in Pediatrics
Authors: YV Sebastiao, LS Womack, H Lopez Castillo, M Balakrishnan, K Bruder, P Alitz, LA Detman, EA Bronson, JS Curran, WM Sappenfield
Contextual Factors Influencing the Implementation of the Obstetric Hemorrhage Initiative in Florida
Published: November 2016 in Journal of Perinatology
Authors: CA Vamos, EK Thompson, A Cantor, L Detman, E Bronson, A Phelps, JM Louis, AR Gregg, JS Curran, W Sappenfield
The Obstetric Hemorrhage Initiative (OHI) in Florida: The Role of Intervention Characteristics in Influencing Implementation Experiences among Multidisciplinary Hospital Staff
Published: May 2016 in Maternal Child Health Journal
Authors: CA Vamos, A Cantor, EL Thompson, LA Detman, EA Bronson, A Phelps, JM Louis, AR Gregg, JS Curran, WM Sappenfield
Hospital Variation in Cesarean Delivery Rates: Contribution of Individual and Hospital Factors in Florida
Published: January 2016 in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Authors: YV Sebastiao, L Womack, CA Vamos, JM Louis, FF Olaoye, T Caragan, OM Bubu, LA Detman, JS Curran, WM Sappenfield
Maternal and Hospital Characteristics of Non-Medically Indicated Deliveries Prior to 39 Weeks
Published: January 2014 in Maternal and Child Health Journal
Authors: LS Womack, WM Sappenfield, CL Clark, WC Hill, RW Yelverton, JS Curran, LA Detman, VR Bettigowda

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