A review of the impact of antenatal care for Australian Indigenous women and attempts to strengthen these services.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The goal of this study was to assess and improve the management of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) in maternity units in Malawi. The main objective was to determine whether criteria-based audit can improve adherence to standards for the management of PPH. METHODS:We used a before-and-after design and univariate...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Kongnyuy EJ,Mlava G,van den Broek N

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MCH professionals play an invaluable role by serving as peer-reviewers for their professional journal. The peer-review process is a fundamental part of maintaining the scientific rigor and professional relevance of our field's literature. The purpose of this article is to provide guidance for the review of manuscripts...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Alexander GR

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Community-based prenatal case management (PCM) is a means to improve birth outcomes for medically or socially high-risk pregnant women. To conduct national surveys of PCM programs, a useful sampling frame of existing programs is needed. However, as a relatively small optional Medicaid reimbursed program, PCM...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Issel LM,Forrestal SG,Wheatley RR,Slaughter J,Schultz A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Policies supporting breastfeeding vary by state, but little is known about the geographical aspects of this variation. This study describes state breastfeeding licensing and administrative regulations targeting child care settings, compares regulations with national standards, and examines the spatial patterning and c...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Benjamin Neelon SE,Duncan DT,Burgoine T,Mayhew M,Platt A

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and feasibility of a Family First Aid approach whereby women and their families are provided misoprostol in advance to manage postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in home births. METHODS:A 12-month prospective, pre-post intervention study was conducted from February 2017 to February 2018. Women...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Mary M,Jafarey S,Dabash R,Kamal I,Rabbani A,Abbas D,Durocher J,Tan YL,Winikoff B

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzed the relationship between maternal mortality and variables related to the use of health services (especially residence-hospital traveled distances estimated through transit networks). Deaths were identified for Rio de Janeiro and adjacent cities, from 2000 to 2002, and were matched by age and socio-...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Simões PP,Almeida RM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To better understand if reported delayed/forgone care and dissatisfaction with care for children with special health care needs (CSHCN) are associated with the parent's perception of health care providers' cultural competency. National survey. Fifty United States and the District of Columbia yielding 750 families per ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Kerfeld CI,Hoffman JM,Ciol MA,Kartin D

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Vaccine preventable diseases are making a comeback in the US. However, research is lacking on illness representations of vaccine preventable diseases and their application in improving childhood immunization. Objective We utilized the common sense model of self-regulation to examine illness representations ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Garg R,Meraya A,Murray PJ,Kelly K

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Giving birth and adjusting to a new baby can be difficult and stressful for new mothers. Negative mood may occur during this time and can affect women, their parenting and the infant's development. This pilot study evaluated a brief online self-help intervention designed to promote positive mood in mothers o...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Ayers S,Fitzgerald G,Thompson S

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Concerns about financial barriers to vaccination led to the creation of the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, which provides free vaccines to states for disadvantaged children. Our objective was to understand the effect of free vaccine and insurance on pediatric nurse practitioners' (PNPs) likelihood of re...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Zimmerman RK,Van Cleve SN,Medsger AR,Raymund M,Ball JA

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Postpartum depression (PPD) is a significant concern for new mothers and their infants, as well as the health professionals who care for them. Obesity may be a risk factor for depression, and therefore, for PPD specifically. We examined the occurrence and risk factors for PPD in a sample of overweight and obe...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Krause KM,Ostbye T,Swamy GK

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction Anxiety in women is highly prevalent during pregnancy and in the postnatal period. Anxiety disorders in mothers have been linked to adverse outcomes in their children's development. However, large-scale prospective studies on this issue, covering both the prenatal and postnatal period with follow-up perio...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Polte C,Junge C,von Soest T,Seidler A,Eberhard-Gran M,Garthus-Niegel S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to estimate the association between residence in coal mining environments and low birth weight. We conducted a cross-sectional, retrospective analysis of the association between low birth weight and mother's residence in coal mining areas in West Virginia. Birth data were obtained from ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Ahern M,Mullett M,Mackay K,Hamilton C

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective Little is known about how women's social context of unintended pregnancy, particularly adverse social circumstances, relates to their general health and wellbeing. We explored associations between stressful life events around the time of unintended pregnancy and physical and mental health. Methods Data are d...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Hall KS,Dalton VK,Zochowski M,Johnson TRB,Harris LH

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To report on the design and basic outcomes of three interventions aimed at improving the use and quality of maternity care in rural China: financial interventions, training in clinical skills, and training in health education. Community-based cluster randomized trials were carried out in one central and two western pr...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Hemminki E,Long Q,Zhang WH,Wu Z,Raven J,Tao F,Yan H,Wang Y,Klemetti R,Zhang T,Regushevskaya E,Tang S

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The study seeks to improve understanding of maternity health seeking behaviors in resource-deprived urban settings. The objective of this paper is to identify the factors which influence the choice of place of delivery among the urban poor, with a distinction between sub-standard and "appropriate" health fac...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Fotso JC,Ezeh A,Madise N,Ziraba A,Ogollah R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate the possible modifying effect of medical home on the association between low birthweight and children's health outcomes. The analytic sample included children 5 years and under from the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health whose mothers were the primary respondents a...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Salas J,Xaverius PK,Chang JJ

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed and tested a theoretically-based pamphlet entitled 'Influenza in Pregnancy,' specifically designed to increase pregnant women's knowledge, reduce barriers to maternal vaccination, and subsequently improve vaccine uptake. A randomized control trial was conducted on pregnant women (n = 135) at three locatio...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Meharry PM,Cusson RM,Stiller R,Vázquez M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite improvements in public health in recent decades, levels of infant and child mortality remain unacceptably high, particularly in developing countries where primary healthcare services including prenatal care services are not universally available. Using information on 7,001 childbirths in five years preceding t...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Hong R,Ruiz-Beltran M

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：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：:Previous studies have shown that maternal and child health nurses (MCH nurses) are in a unique position to help mothers with postpartum depression (PPD), but little has been done to understand the MCH nurses' day-to-day experience. This Australian study addresses that issue by analyzing the results of eight in-depth i...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Rush P

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal psychosocial distress is conceptualized as an important factor underlying the association between neighborhood deprivation and pregnancy outcomes. However, empirical studies to examine effects of neighborhood deprivation on psychosocial distress during pregnancy are scant. Based on a large multicenter cohort ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Yang S,Kestens Y,Dahhou M,Daniel M,Kramer MS

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although postnatal care is one of the major interventions recommended for the reduction of maternal and newborn deaths worldwide, almost two-third (56 %) of women in Nigeria do not receive postnatal care. Attempts to explain this situation have focused on individual and household level factors, but the role of communi...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Ononokpono DN,Odimegwu CO,Imasiku EN,Adedini SA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives Folate plays a vital role in biologic functions yet women often do not meet the recommended dietary intake in pregnancy. It has been suggested that high folic acid intake during pregnancy may increase the risk of respiratory diseases in offspring. However, findings from observational studies in human popula...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Alfonso VH,Bandoli G,von Ehrenstein O,Ritz B

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective The aim of the present research was to evaluate the correlation of vertically transmitted IgG antibodies induced by T. cruzi and newborn early outcome assessment, mainly birth weight and gestational age. Methods We performed a cross-sectional study with 183 pregnant women (64 with asymptomatic Chagas disease...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Vicco MH,Rodeles L,Capovilla GS,Perrig M,Choque AG,Marcipar I,Bottasso O,Rodriguez C,Cuña W

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives A cross-sectional study comparing weight-for-length status of children 6-24 months old who participated in Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) or Special Supplemental Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Methods Secondary analysis of NFP (n = 44,980) and WIC (n = 31,294) national datasets was conducte...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Aldrich H,Gance-Cleveland B

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction Hispanics/Latinos are disproportionately affected by obesity in the U.S. Multiple factors place Hispanic/Latino children at risk for overweight, warranting guidance of a socio-ecologic approach to examine causes of obesity. The purpose of this study was to increase understanding of the factors that influe...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Garcia ML,Gatdula N,Bonilla E,Frank GC,Bird M,Rascón MS,Rios-Ellis B

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00