About the Authors

Francesca Wuytack

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, Trinity Centre for Maternity Care Research (TCMCR), Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Brenda Lynch

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

brendalynch@ucc.ie

Affiliations Department of Management and Enterprise, Munster Technological University, Bishopstown Campus, Cork, Ireland, School of Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Patrick Moran

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, Trinity Centre for Maternity Care Research (TCMCR), Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Anthony P. Fitzgerald

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Statistics, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Paul Corcoran

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Cecily Begley

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliations School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, Trinity Centre for Maternity Care Research (TCMCR), Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Deirdre Daly

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, Trinity Centre for Maternity Care Research (TCMCR), Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.