Racial differences in bacterial vaginosis among pregnant women: the relationship between demographic and behavioral predictors and individual BV-related microorganism levels.

abstract：:Sexual violence is a significant public health problem, and has been linked to adverse effects on women's physical and mental health. Although some advances in the research have been made, more scientific exploration is needed to understand the potential association between sexual violence and women's reproductive hea...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： McMahon PM,Goodwin MM,Stringer G

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective To describe associated perinatal behaviors among women using fertility treatment. Methods Data were obtained for 12,197 Maryland women who delivered live neonates from 2004 to 2011 and completed the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System survey postpartum. We conducted weighted descriptive and multivari...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Vo H,Cheng D,Cheng TL,Mistry KB

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Characteristics of Northern Plains American Indian maternal grandmothers who had grandchildren with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) or incomplete FAS are described to more effectively prevent fetal FAS and alcohol use during pregnancy. METHODS:Study 1 had 27 maternal grandmothers who had grandchildren with F...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Kvigne VL,Leonardson GR,Borzelleca J,Welty TK

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the impact of psychosocial stress during pregnancy on infant health outcomes in the first postnatal year. METHODS:A sample of 3000 women completed a stress inventory (the Psychosocial Hassles Scale) during their third trimester before first childbirth. Infant health outcomes were measured via ma...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Phelan AL,DiBenedetto MR,Paul IM,Zhu J,Kjerulff KH

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:Objectives Inappropriate discipline such as harsh physical punishment is a social determinant of health. The objective was to determine if a brief parent training intervention that teaches discipline strategies is culturally sensitive. Methods English or Spanish-speaking parents of 1-5 year old children viewed a multi...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Smith AE,Hudnut-Beumler J,Scholer SJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 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:To determine whether delivery hospitals that perform poorly for women also perform poorly for high-risk infants and to what extent Black and Hispanic women receive care at hospitals that perform poorly for both women and infants. METHODS:We examined the correlation between hospital rankings for severe matern...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Howell EA,Janevic T,Blum J,Zeitlin J,Egorova NN,Balbierz A,Hebert PL

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to determine the levels of maternal morbidity from no complications to near miss and describe factors associated with different levels of morbidity. We conducted an observational study of all women delivering at a tertiary hospital in Accra, Ghana between October 2010 and March 2011. We examined the ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Tunçalp O,Hindin MJ,Adu-Bonsaffoh K,Adanu RM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many priority countries in the countdown to the millennium development goals deadline are lagging in progress towards maternal and child health (MCH) targets. Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one such country beset by challenges of geographical inaccessibility, inequity and health system weakness. Several countries...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Byrne A,Hodge A,Jimenez-Soto E

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine experiences of perinatal (in pregnancy or post-partum) abuse from in-laws and to assess associations between such experiences and perinatal intimate partner violence (IPV) from husbands, as reported by Indian women residing in low-income communities in Mumbai. The present study includes both qualitative and...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Raj A,Sabarwal S,Decker MR,Nair S,Jethva M,Krishnan S,Donta B,Saggurti N,Silverman JG

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Maternal Mortality Ratio is an important public health indicator that reflects both the quality of a health care system and the role of women within that society. In September 2000 the United Nations Millennium Declaration outlined the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that set targets to be achieved by 20...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Moazzeni MS

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives A number of interventions to reduce disparities in maternal health have been introduced and implemented without concrete evidence to support them. In Korea, a universal voucher scheme for antenatal care and birth services was initiated in December 2008 to improve Korea's fertility rate. This study explores ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Choe SA,Min HS,Cho SI

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explored the developmental trajectories of postpartum weight from 0.5 to 3 years after childbirth, and aimed to determine the associations between postpartum weight trajectories and prepregnancy body mass index and adequacy of gestational weight gain (GWG). Data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort st...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Abebe DS,Von Soest T,Von Holle A,Zerwas SC,Torgersen L,Bulik CM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the relationship between gestational weight gain (GWG) and birthweight outcomes among a low-income population in Hawaii using GWG recommendations from the 2009 Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines. Data were analyzed for 19,130 mother-infant pairs who participated in Hawaii's Special Supplemental Nutr...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Chihara I,Hayes DK,Chock LR,Fuddy LJ,Rosenberg DL,Handler AS

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Middle-income countries in the intermediate stages of the nutrition transition are facing a complex picture of nutrition-related diseases with child stunting and maternal obesity coexisting within single households (SCOB). A debate exists as to whether SCOB is a true phenomenon or a statistical artefact. In this study...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Aitsi-Selmi A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine how maternal and paternal pregnancy wantedness and couple concordance regarding pregnancy wantedness predict children's social-emotional development in kindergarten. We used data from nationally representative US sample from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Birth Cohort. Exposures of interest were mat...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Saleem HT,Surkan PJ

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study sought to determine the relationship between maternal birth weight, prenatal care usage, and infant birth weight. METHODS:Stratified and logistic regression analyses were performed on a dataset of computerized Illinois vital records of White (N = 187, 074) and African-American (N = 58,856) infant...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Collins JW Jr,David RJ,Prachand NG,Pierce ML

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：:Objectives To determine whether affluent-born White mother's descending neighborhood income is associated with infant mortality rates (< 365 day, IMR). Methods Stratified and multilevel logistic regression analyses were completed on the Illinois transgenerational dataset of singleton births (1989-1991) to non-Latina W...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Collins JW Jr,Colgan J,Rankin KM,Desisto C

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Few studies examine the consequences of unwanted pregnancy on child development, and most of those that do, use measures of pregnancy intention. Here we use measures of pregnancy wantedness, together with measures of maternal motivation, to examine the potential effect of wantedness on the child's attachment...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Miller WB,Sable MR,Csizmadia A

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:Objectives To examine the association between having a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) and healthcare expenditures and quality of care for children with special health care needs (CSHCN). Methods We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 8802 CSHCN using the 2008-2012 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. A PCMH ind...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Lin CW,Romley JA,Carlin C

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of prenatal depression on physical and mental health among women in mainland China has not been previously investigated. The aim of this research was to (a) calculate the prevalence of depression during pregnancy, (b) explore the relationship between depression sample characteristics and quality of life and (...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Li J,Mao J,Du Y,Morris JL,Gong G,Xiong X

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Better understanding of the impact of unintended childbearing on infant and early childhood health is needed for public health practice and policy. Data from the 2004-2008 Oklahoma Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System survey and The Oklahoma Toddler Survey 2006-2010 were used to examine associations between a f...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Lindberg L,Maddow-Zimet I,Kost K,Lincoln A

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the association between paternal age and a wide range of structural birth defects. Data were drawn from The California Birth Defects Monitoring Program, a population-based active surveillance system for collecting information on infants and fetuses with defects born between 1989 and 2002. The analy...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Grewal J,Carmichael SL,Yang W,Shaw GM

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Few studies of children's access to care account for the independent effects of parental immigration characteristics. To address this gap in knowledge, we examine the association between parental nativity and where children usually obtain health care. DATA SOURCE:The 2002 National Survey of America's Families ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Weathers AC,Novak SP,Sastry N,Norton EC

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article discusses Arizona's strategic implementation and evaluation of the first time motherhood initiative grant (FTMI) to understand preconception health among African American men and women in Arizona. Longitudinal focus groups assessed whether African American men and women in the targeted areas comprehended a...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Hussaini KS,Hamm E,Means T

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the impact of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) One Test. Two Lives.™ (OTTL) campaign on key outcomes related to CDC's revised HIV testing recommendations and the use of the campaign materials. Data from three cross-sectional surveys were used to assess the effect of OTTL on ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Green DR,Anderson BL,Burke MF,Griffith J,Schulkin J

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00