Gina Novick, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN

About

Gina Novick is an Associate Professor at Yale School of Nursing in the Midwifery and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Specialty. Dr. Novick received her BA from Wesleyan University, her BSN from Columbia University, and her MSN in midwifery from Yale University. She received her PhD from in 2009 and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in 2011, both at Yale. She is a Fellow of the American College of Nurse-Midwives.

Research Interests/Clinical Practice

Research Interests

Dr. Novick’s research and policy interests focus on understanding and implementing alternatives to conventional models of maternity care, including freestanding birth centers and group prenatal care. Her research examines the experience of low income, minority women receiving group prenatal care as well as barriers and facilitators to implementing, providing, and sustaining group prenatal care in prenatal clinics

Clinical Practice

Dr. Novick has provided midwifery care to women in a wide range of clinical settings over the last 35 years and currently practices with the Yale Midwifery Faculty Practice.

Selected Publications/Presentations

Publications

Novick, G., Womack, J.A. and Sadler, L.S. (2020). Beyond implementation: Sustaining group prenatal care and group well‐child care. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health (early view). doi:10.1111/jmwh.13114

Womack, J.A., Novick, G., & Fried, T. (2018). The beginning of the end: A qualitative study of falls among HIV+ individuals. PLOS ONE 13(11): e0207006. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207006

Cunningham, S.C., Lewis, J., Stasko, E.C., Novick, G., Rising, S.S., Tobin, J. & Ickovics, J.R. (2016). Group Prenatal Care Attendance: Determinants and relationship with care satisfaction program: Lessons learned. Maternal and Child Health Journal,(21), 77-776. doi:10.1007/s10995-016-2161-3

Sadler, L.S., Novick, G. & Meadows-Oliver, M. (2016) “Having a baby changes everything”: Reflective functioning in pregnant adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 31, (3)-e231. doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2015.11.011

Novick, G., Womack, J.A., Lewis, J., Stasko, E.C., Rising, S.S., Sadler, L.S., Cunningham, S.C., Tobin, J. & Ickovics, J.R. (2015). Perceptions of barriers and facilitators during implementation of a complex model of group prenatal care in six urban sites. Research in Nursing and Health, 38, 462-474. doi: 10.1002/nur.21681 

Womack, J. A, Novick, G. Goulet, J. (2014). Hormonal contraceptive use in HIV infected women infected using antiretroviral therapy: A systematic review. Open Access Journal of Contraception. 2015(6)37-52. doi: 10.2147/OAJC.S55038.

Novick, G., Reid, A.R, Kershaw, T.S, Lewis, J., Rising, S.S. & Ickovics, J.R. (2013). Group prenatal care: Model fidelity and outcomes. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 209, 112.e1-112.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.03.026.

Novick, G., Sadler, L.S., Groce, N. Knafl, KA & Kennedy, H.P. (2013). “In a hard spot”: Providing group prenatal care in two urban clinics. Midwifery, 6, 690-697. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2012.06.013

Novick, G., Sadler, L.S., Groce, N. Knafl, KA & Kennedy, H.P. (2012). The intersection of everyday life and group prenatal care for women in two urban clinics.Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved,23, 589-603.doi: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0060

Novick, G., Sadler, L.S., H.P.K., Cohen, S.S., Groce, N. & K.A. (2011). Women’s experience of group prenatal care. Qualitative Health Research, 21, 97-116.

Presentations

Novick, G., Womack, J., Sadler, L.S. (2019, April 4).The Phoenix Project: Reintroducing Group Prenatal Care, Eastern Nursing Research Society, Providence, RI.

Novick, G. (2017, July 1). Midwifery Models of Care. Yale Center Beijing; Beijing, China.

Novick, G., Womack, J., Sadler, L.S.S. (2017, May 23). The Phoenix Project: Reintroducing Group Prenatal Care, American College of Nurse Midwives 60th Annual Meeting & Exhibition; Chicago, IL.

Novick, G., Womack, J., Stasko, E., Lewis, J., Cunningham, S., Tobin, J.,& Ickovics, J.R. (2015, June). Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators during Implementation of Group Prenatal Care,American College of Nurse Midwives 59th Annual Meeting & Exhibition; Washington, D.C.

Novick, G., Womack, J., Stasko, E., Lewis, J., Cunningham, S, Tobin, J., & Ickovics, J.R. (2014, September). Group Prenatal Care: Identifying Factors that Influence Implementation, Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research, Washington, D.C.

Novick, G., Reid, A.R, Kershaw, T.S, Lewis, J., Rising, S.S. & Ickovics, J.R. (2013, October). Group Prenatal Care: Model Fidelity and Outcomes; Centering Healthcare Institute, Washington, D.C.