Marit L. Bovbjerg, Ph.D.

Marit L. Bovbjerg, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Marit.Bovbjerg@oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-737-5313

Milam Hall

Milam Hall 139

2520 SW Campus Way

2520 SW Campus Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
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Safe for Whom? Determining Appropriate Candidates for Community Birth in the US

Marit Bovbjerg, Ph.D.

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Publications

2023

Journal Article

K. Boakye, Bovbjerg, M. L., Schuna, Jr, J. M., Branscum, A. J., Varma, R. Prasad, Ismail, R., Barbarash, O., Dominguez, J., Altuntas, Y., Anjana, R. Mohan, Yusuf, R., Kelishadi, R., Lopez-Jaramillo, P., Iqbal, R., Seron, P., Rosengren, A., Poirier, P., Lakshmi, P. V. M., Khatib, R., Zatonska, K., Hu, B., Yin, L., Wang, C., Yeates, K., Chifamba, J., AlHabib, K. F., Avezum, A., Dans, A., Lear, S. A., Yusuf, S., and Hystad, P., “Urbanization and physical activity in the global Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology study”, Scientific Reports, vol. 13, no. 1, 2023.

2020

Journal Article

E. N. Erickson, Bovbjerg, M. L., and Cheyney, M. J., “Factors affecting third-stage management and postpartum hemorrhage in planned midwife-led home and birth center births in the United States.”, Birth, 2020.
M. L. Bovbjerg, Misra, D., and Snowden, J. M., “You're From.. Where, Again? A Critical Assessment of Institutional Diversity in the Society for Epidemiologic Research.”, Am J Epidemiol, 2020.

2019

Journal Article

M. Cheyney, Henning, M., Horan, H., Bovbjerg, M. L., and Ferguson, M., “From Policy to Practice: Women's Experiences of Breastfeeding-Friendly Worksites, Part 1”, Clinical Lactation, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 104 - 112, 2019.

2018

Journal Article

E. Nethery, Gordon, W., Bovbjerg, M. L., and Cheyney, M., “Rural community birth: Maternal and neonatal outcomes for planned community births among rural women in the United States, 2004-2009.”, Birth, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 120-129, 2018.
C. L. Everson, Cheyney, M., and Bovbjerg, M. L., “Outcomes of Care for 1,892 Doula-Supported Adolescent Births in the United States: The DONA International Data Project, 2000 to 2013.”, J Perinat Educ, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 135-147, 2018.
M. L. Bovbjerg, Hill, J. A., Uphoff, A. E., and Rosenberg, K. D., “Women Who Bedshare More Frequently at 14 Weeks Postpartum Subsequently Report Longer Durations of Breastfeeding.”, J Midwifery Womens Health, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 418-424, 2018.
A. Farr, Chervenak, F. A., McCullough, L. B., Grünebaum, A., Benyshek, D. C., Cheyney, M. M., and Bovbjerg, M. L., “Placentophagy among women planning community births in the United States: Frequency, rationale, and associated neonatal outcomes.”, Birth, 2018.
J. M. Snowden, Bovbjerg, M. L., Dissanayake, M., and Basso, O., “The Curse of the Perinatal Epidemiologist: Inferring Causation Amidst Selection”, Current Epidemiology Reports, vol. 5, no. 19, 2018.
D. C. Benyshek, Cheyney, M., Brown, J., and Bovbjerg, M. L., “Placentophagy among women planning community births in the United States: Frequency, rationale, and associated neonatal outcomes.”, Birth, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 459-468, 2018.

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