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INTERSECT

Resources for Health Professionals and Policy Makers

Publications

Papers publishing INTERSECT findings

Papers using INTERSECT measures

Sousa M, Fidalgo D, Sousa C, et al. Psychometric properties of the Fear of Birth Scale in women in the perinatal period: A multicountry study. J Affect Disord. 2025;374:365-380.

Suarez A, Yakupova V. Childbirth experiences of women with a history of physical, sexual, and child abuse: a cross-sectional study of 2,575 Russian women. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024 Mar 8;24(1):186. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-024-06369-3

Suarez A, Yakupova V. (2023). Past Traumatic Life Events, Postpartum PTSD, and the Role of Labor Support. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(11):6048. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/11/6048

Pop-Jordanova, N., Jakovska-Maretti, T. & Zorcec, T. (2023). Perceived Birth Trauma in Macedonian Women. PRILOZI, 44(1), 37-46. https://doi.org/10.2478/prilozi-2023-0005

VIDEOS

INTERSECT Video for Health Professionals (English)

INTERSECT Video for Health Professionals (German)

INTERSECT Video for Health Professionals (Italian)

INTERSECT Video for Policy Makers (English)

INTERSECT Video for Policy Makers (German)

INTERSECT Video for Policy Makers (Italian)

STUDY PROTOCOL

The INTERSECT study was pre-registered on Research Registry https://www.researchregistry.com/browse-the-registry#home/registrationdetails/5ffc7453702012001b80a58c/

The latest protocol (V2 dated 26.02.2025) is available here.

CITY BIRTH TRAUMA SCALE

City Birth Trauma Scale webpage www.citybirthtraumascale.com

Ayers, S., Wright, D. B., & Thornton, A. (2018). Development of a measure of postpartum PTSD: the City Birth Trauma Scale. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9, 409.

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