Searched PubMed and Joanna Briggs on the concepts of Prenatal, perinatal, childbirth and lamaze education and effectiveness or outcomes.

The following has been selected for review

Effects of extended childbirth education by midwives on the childbirth fear of first-time mothers: An RCT. (n.d.). Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, Scandinavian journal of caring sciences , 2016.

Fernández Y Fernández-Arroyo, M., Muñoz, I., & Torres, J. (n.d.). Assessment of the pregnancy education programme with ‘EDUMA2’ questionnaire in Madrid (Spain). Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 20(4), 436-444.

Byrne, J., Hauck, Y., Fisher, C., Bayes, S., & Schutze, R. (n.d.). Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Childbirth Education pilot study on maternal self-efficacy and fear of childbirth. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, 59(2), 192-197.

Vasegh Rahimparvar, S., Hamzehkhani, M., Geranmayeh, M., & Rahimi, R. (n.d.). Effect of educational software on self-efficacy of pregnant women to cope with labor: A randomized controlled trial. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 286(1), 63-70

Koehn, M. (2002). Childbirth education outcomes: An integrative review of the literature. The Journal of Perinatal Education an ASPO/Lamaze Publication., 11(3), 10-19.

Binte Maznin, Nur Liyanna [BSc (Nursing)]. Creedy, K Debra [RN, BA(Hons), M.Ed, PhD] A comprehensive systematic review of factors influencing women’s birthing preferences. 2009