Laura Wick

Midwife
Researcher
Institute of Community and Public Health
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
email: lwick@birzeit.edu


Educational Background:
Diploma, Development Studies, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland.
Diploma, International Health, University of Paris VI, France.
Degree, Midwifery, Geneva, Switzerland.
BA, Smith College, USA.


Research Interests:
Women's health, with particular emphasis on the perinatal period, and implications for health policies and practices in developing countries.


Selected Recent Publications:
Abdul-Rahim, H. Abu-Rmeileh, N., Wick, L. (2009) Cesarean section deliveries in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt): an analysis of the 2006 Palestinian Family Health Survey. Health Policy (open access).

Mikki, N., Abu-Rmeileh, N., Wick, L., Abu-Asab, N., & Hassan-Bitar, S. Cesarean delivery rates, determinants, and indications in maqassed hospital, Jerusalem, 1993 and 2003. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. in Press

Giacaman, R., Abu-Rmeileh, N., Mataria, A., & Wick, L. (2008). Palestinian women's pregnancy intentions; analysis and critique of the DHS 2004. Health Policy, 85, 83-93.

Giacaman, R., Abu-Rmeileh, N., & Wick, L. (2007). The limitations on choice: Palestinian women's childbirth location, dissatisfaction with the place of birth and determinants. The European Journal of Public Health., 17(1), 86-91.

Hassan-Bitar, S., & Wick, L. (2007). Evoking the guardian angel: Childbirth care in a Palestinian hospital. Reproductive Health Matters, 15(30), 103-113.

Mikki, N., Wick, L., Abu-Asab, N., & Abu-Rmeileh, N. (2007). A trial of amniotomy in a Palestinian hospital. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 27(4), 368-373.

Giacaman, R., Wick, L., Abdul-Rahim, H., & Wick, L. (2005). The politics of childbirth in the context of conflict: Policies or de facto practices? Health Policy, 72, 129-139.

Wick, L., Mikki, N., Giacaman, R., & Abdul-Rahim, H. (2005). Childbirth in Palestine. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 89, 174-178.

Wick, L., Mikki, N., Giacaman, R., & Halabi Abdul-Rahim, H. (2004). The policies and practices of normal childbirth in maternity facilities in the west bank: Implications for safe childbirth. Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University.

Giacaman, R., Abdul-Rahim, H., & Wick, L. (2003). Health sector reform in the occupied Palestinian territories (OPT): Targeting the forest or the trees?. Health Policy and Planning, 18(1), 59-67.

Institute of Community and Public Health. (2003). Mabruk maa ajakum-building skills for midwifery care during the period of childbirth and the postpartum. Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University.