Letter to the editor of implementation science in response to “Implementation Science in maternity care, A scoping Review” by Dadich, Piper, and Coates (2021)
Rachel Blankstein Breman, Rebecca F. Hamm, Jennifer A. Callaghan‐Koru
Abstract
Science in maternity care, A scoping Review" by Dadich, Piper, and Coates. As the authors note, preventable maternal morbidity and mortality is an urgent health crisis. Maternity care is plagued by evidence-based practice gaps at two extremes-"too much too soon" and "too little too late." In both high-and low-resource settings, there is underuse of many effective interventions, as well as unwarranted over intervention in normal physiologic labor As this review demonstrates, maternity care is in great need of implementation research to close these gaps. While we applaud Dadich and colleagues' attention to this important issue, we also have concerns about the study's methodology. Specifically, we believe the authors should have used broader search terms in order to provide a comprehensive assessment of implementation science in maternity care.