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Article: Repeat CS or VBAC? A systematic review of the factors influencing pregnant women’s decision-making processes (Evidence Based Midwifery: September 2012) The aim of this paper was to undertake a mixed studies systematic review of the factors influencing pregnant women’s decisions with respect to planned repeat caesarean section and planned vaginal birth after caesarean section.

Article: Healthcare workers’ need for support during the postpartum period to promote the success of the HIV prevention of mother-to-child transmission programme (Evidence Based Midwifery: September 2012) The aim of the research was to explore the phenomenon of support for caregivers and healthcare workers who render care in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programme in the Bojanala district of the North West Province of South Africa.

Article: Factors associated with adoption of evidence-based substance use prevention curricula in US school districts (Health Educ Res, vol. 20, issue 5, pgs. 514-526 (2005)) This paper examines factors associated with the adoption of evidence-based substance use prevention curricula (EBC) in a national sample of school districts.

Article: Prior family communication and consent to organ donation: using intensive care physicians’ perception to model decision processes (Journal of Public Health Research 2012; volume 1:e19) The purpose of this paper is to provide first hints on the role some factors of family communication and attitudes play in the decision to allow transplantation of a deceased relative’s organs in Switzerland. It is therefore an exploratory study into an area that has not been researched in Switzerland so far.