Does the quality of prenatal care matter in promoting skilled institutional delivery? A study in rural Mexico.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine factors contributing to state infant mortality rates (IMR) and develop an adjusted IMR in the United States for 2001 and 2002. DESIGN/METHODS:Ecologic study of factors contributing to state IMR. State IMR for 2001 and 2002 were obtained from the United States linked death and birth certificate d...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Paul DA,Mackley A,Locke RG,Stefano JL,Kroelinger C

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examine the financial and time burdens associated with caring for children with chronic conditions, focusing on disparities across types of conditions. Using linked data from the 2003 to 2006 National Health Interview Survey and 2004-2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, we created measures of financial burden (ou...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Zan H,Scharff RL

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to investigate the association between gestational weight gain (GWG) and postpartum weight retention (PWR) in pre-pregnancy underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese women, with emphasis on the American Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations. We performed secondary analyses on data based on ques...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Rode L,Kjærgaard H,Ottesen B,Damm P,Hegaard HK

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine predictors of bacterial vaginosis (BV) and the level of three common BV-related microorganisms by racial group. METHODS:Prospective cohort study of 1,886 pregnant women. BV was measured with Nugent's Gram Stain criteria, smoking status with urinalysis of cotinine levels, and stress with Cohen's ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Uscher-Pines L,Hanlon AL,Nelson DB

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To describe characteristics, referrals, service utilization, and self-reported quit rates among pregnant and non-pregnant women enrolled in a smoking cessation quitline. This information can be used to improve strategies to increase pregnant and non-pregnant smokers' use of quitlines. We examined tobacco use character...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Bombard JM,Farr SL,Dietz PM,Tong VT,Zhang L,Rabius V

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of the current study was to describe anxious pregnant women's concerns about using pharmacotherapy to treat anxiety symptoms, and the relationship of such concerns to women's willingness to use pharmacotherapy during pregnancy. METHODS:Between April 2011 and May 2012, 148 women who were pregnant...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Lemon E,Vanderkruik R,Arch JJ,Dimidjian SA

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:S: To identify correlates of prenatal alcohol use in a statewide population-based sample. METHODS:A self-reported survey was conducted in 67 prenatal clinics in Minnesota with 4,272 women at their first prenatal visit. Chi-squared and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify risk ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Meschke LL,Hellerstedt W,Holl JA,Messelt S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The pattern of gestational weight gain (GWG) reflects general nutrient availability to support growing fetal and maternal compartments and may contribute to later health, but how it relates to changes in maternal body composition is unknown. We evaluated how the pattern of GWG related to changes in maternal ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Widen EM,Factor-Litvak PR,Gallagher D,Paxton A,Pierson RN Jr,Heymsfield SB,Lederman SA

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This paper presents a new approach for understanding factors related to physician adoption of clinical guidelines, using children's vaccine recommendations as a case study. METHODS:The model traces sequential steps, from awareness to agreement to adoption and, finally, adherence to the guideline. Movement th...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Freed GL,Pathman DE,Konrad TR,Freeman VA,Clark SJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine early postnatal care among healthy newborns during 2000 in 19 states. METHODS:Using data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, a multistate population-based postpartum survey of women, we calculated prevalences of early discharge (ED; stays of < or =2 days after vaginal delivery an...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Lansky A,Barfield WD,Marchi KS,Egerter SA,Galbraith AA,Braveman PA

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To describe the state variation, demographic and family characteristics of children eligible for public health insurance but uninsured. Using data from the National Survey of Children's Health we selected a subset of children living in households with incomes <200 % of the federal poverty level, who are generally elig...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Crocetti M,Ghazarian SR,Myles D,Ogbuoji O,Cheng TL

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral health care is a necessary and critical component of health care for pregnant women, but its importance is often overlooked by clinicians. Pregnant women who are low-income also find it particularly difficult to access care. This analytic essay summarizes oral health coverage for pregnant women under various type...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Stohl HE,Chen A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives This study sought to explore how sexual minority women (SMW) and heterosexual women compare in terms of reproductive history, with a particular focus on examining within-group differences among SMW. Methods Women were predominantly recruited through consecutive sampling during presentation for prenatal care...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Januwalla AA,Goldberg AE,Flanders CE,Yudin MH,Ross LE

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excess gestational weight gain (GWG) may predispose mothers to becoming overweight or obese. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between GWG, according to the American Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines, and postpartum weight retention (PPWR). A cohort of 12,875 women from Nova Scotia, Canada ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Ashley-Martin J,Woolcott C

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:According to many studies, anxiety in the perinatal period is widespread and has many detrimental effects. Thus, screening measures should not be limited to assessing depression symptoms. The widely used Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) might assess depression but also anxiety symptoms. This stu...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Loyal D,Sutter AL,Rascle N

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives Prenatal maternal metabolic problems such as pre-pregnancy adiposity, excess gestational weight gain, and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are associated with an increased risk of psychopathology in offspring. We examined whether these exposures were linked to symptoms of emotional and behavioral problem...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Krzeczkowski JE,Lau A,Fitzpatrick J,Tamana S,Smithson L,de Souza R,Kozyrskyj AL,Lefebvre D,Becker AB,Subbarao P,Turvey SE,Pei J,Schmidt LA,Sears MR,Van Lieshout RJ,Mandhane PJ,CHILD Study Investigators.

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Little is known about provider attitudes regarding safety of selected hormonal contraceptives among breastfeeding women. METHODS:Using a nationwide survey, associations were analyzed between provider characteristics and perception of safety of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) in breastfeeding women ≥ 1 m...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Mayhew A,Ermias Y,Zapata LB,Pagano HP,Tepper NK

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives Get Healthy in Pregnancy (GHiP) is a telephone based lifestyle coaching service for pregnant women, in New South Wales, Australia. GHiP had two service options; a telephone-based health coaching program consisting of up to 10 calls and information only (including one call). This study sought to compare the ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Rissel C,Khanal S,Raymond J,Clements V,Leung K,Nicholl M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective To determine the contribution of paternal factors to the risk of adverse birth outcomes. Methods This is a retrospective cross-sectional analysis using birth certificate data from 2004 to 2015 retrieved from the Finger Lakes Regional Perinatal Data System. Primiparous women with singleton pregnancies were an...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Meng Y,Groth SW

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoking during pregnancy is one of the most preventable causes of infant morbidity and mortality, yet 80 % of women who smoked prior to pregnancy continue to smoke during pregnancy. Past studies have found that lower maternal-fetal attachment predicts smoking status in pregnancy, yet past research has not ex...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Magee SR,Bublitz MH,Orazine C,Brush B,Salisbury A,Niaura R,Stroud LR

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study compared the effects of group to individual prenatal care in late pregnancy and early postpartum on (1) women's food security and (2) psychosocial outcomes among food-insecure women. METHODS AND RESULTS:We recruited 248 racially diverse, low-income, pregnant women receiving CenteringPregnancy™ gro...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Heberlein EC,Frongillo EA,Picklesimer AH,Covington-Kolb S

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 mandated citizenship documentation from all Medicaid applicants as a condition of eligibility and was implemented in Oregon on September 1, 2006. We assessed whether new citizenship documentation requirements were associated with delays in Medicaid authorization for newly preg...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Bauer J,Angus L,Fischler N,Rosenberg KD,Gipson TF,Devoe J

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We assess how countries in regions of the world where maternal mortality is highest-South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa-are performing with regards to providing women with vital elements of the continuum of care. METHODS:Using recent Demographic and Health Survey data from nine countries including 18,036 women...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Singh K,Story WT,Moran AC

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is a major health hazard as it contains lower doses of the toxins that smokers' inhale. Prenatal exposure to wood fuel smoke has been linked to delivering low birth weight (LBW) infants. The study aims to assess the association between prenatal exposure to ETS and...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Abusalah A,Gavana M,Haidich AB,Smyrnakis E,Papadakis N,Papanikolaou A,Benos A

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide. The largest barriers to treating PPH are symptom recognition and timely diagnosis. The SAPHE (Signaling a Postpartum Hemorrhage Emergency) Mat was constructed so that each square on the Mat absorbs up to 50 mL of blood. The ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Wilcox L,Ramprasad C,Gutierrez A,Oden M,Richards-Kortum R,Sangi-Haghpeykar H,Gandhi M

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine if physician knowledge and practices related to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and its prevention vary based on the proportion of Native/Aboriginal patients served. METHODS:A questionnaire was mailed to a national random sample of Canadian physicians between October 2001 and May 2002. The...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Tough S,Clarke M,Cook J

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if, among overweight or obese women with gestational diabetes (GDM), weight loss after GDM diagnosis is associated with lower infant birth weight within levels of overweight or obesity class. Overweight and obese women with singleton pregnancies managed for GDM at a large diabetes and pregnancy program lo...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Katon J,Reiber G,Williams MA,Yanez D,Miller E

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the relationship between pregnancy intendedness and utilization of recommended prenatal care for mothers and vaccinations for children against six vaccine preventable diseases in rural India using a prospective dataset. To examine the association between pregnancy intention and neonatal and infant morta...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Singh A,Singh A,Mahapatra B

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services are critical to achieve national and global targets of 90% antiretroviral therapy (ART) coverage in PMTCT, and mother to child transmission rates less than 5%. In 2012, Kenya adopted WHO's recommended ART regimen for PMTCT "Option B+". Aims ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Pricilla RA,Brown M,Wexler C,Maloba M,Gautney BJ,Finocchario-Kessler S

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the utility of maternal recalled birth size (BS) as a proxy measure for actual birth weight (BW) when BW data are missing. Data for the study come from the 2000 National Health Survey of Oman. Frequency distribution, sensitivity and specificity analysis, bivariate, and multivariate statistical techniques w...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Islam MM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00