Nursing Professor Honored for Journal's Best Research Article

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Cara Osborne, right, receives the Best Research Article Award from Frances Likis, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health. Photo courtesy of American College of Nurse-Midwives

Cara Osborne, University of Arkansas assistant professor of nursing, received the Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health Best Research Article Award for "First Birth Cesarean and Risk of Antepartum Fetal Death in a Subsequent Pregnancy."

The official journal of the American College of Nurse-Midwives honored contributions of exceptional authors at the organization's 58^th annual meeting and exposition June 1 in Nashville, Tenn.

Osborne is lead author on the article that described a study that found an increased risk of antepartum fetal death in subsequent pregnancies for women whose first birth was by cesarean section. It was published in the journal's January/February 2012 edition. The study drew from a database of all women who gave birth at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston between 1994 and 2002. The findings suggest that antepartum fetal deaths in subsequent pregnancies might be prevented by avoiding primary cesarean birth.

The best article award is given annually to honor an author for contributions to the journal that enhance midwifery and women's health through the publication of outstanding research articles that promote understanding of clinical practice, policy, education or research.

Osborne joined the faculty of the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing in 2010. She earned doctoral and master's degrees in maternal and child health from Harvard University and a master's degree in midwifery from Vanderbilt University.