Confidence in knowledge, childbirth fear, and preference for cesarean birth among Polish women: a cross-sectional study.
In Poland, 48 in 100 babies are born by cesarean section, which is among the highest rate of cesarean birth (CB) in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. Several factors are linked to higher CB rates, including childbirth fear prior to pregnancy (CFPP), and phys...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Public Health Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 107 - 112 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Feb2026
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