Homebirth Research Hub (by year)

Research link Round-up

Is home birth safe? 2025

https://www.sarawickham.com/research-updates/is_home_birth_safe/

Cochrane review of hospital vs planned homebirth 2023

https://www.cochrane.org/CD000352/PREG_planned-hospital-birth-versus-planned-home-birth

Comparison of homebirth vs hospital birth in Ireland 2023

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871519223000355?via%3Dihub

Vbac/hbac 2021

https://www.sarawickham.com/research-updates/hbac

The Lancet, Systematic review. Homebirth vs hospital birth outcomes 2020

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30063-8/fulltext

Perinatal and neonatal mortality among women who intend at the onset of labor to give birth at home compared to women of low obstetrical risk who intend to give birth in hospital 2019
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6833447/

What influences women's choice for homebirth? 2018

https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-018-1733-1

Father's views of homebirth 2015

https://www.womenandbirth.org/article/S1871-5192%2814%2900124-3/pdf

Homebirth Safety and 'high risk' 2015

https://www.sarawickham.com/research-updates/home-birth-also-safer-for-higher-risk-women/

The Birth Place follow on studies 2015

https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/birthplace/birthplace-follow-on-study

The Birthplace Study 2011

https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/birthplace

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