Does it really matter where women live? A multilevel analysis of the determinants of postnatal care in Nigeria.

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：:Objective To assess the potential impact of missing data on body mass index (BMI) on the association between prepregnancy obesity and specific birth defects. Methods Data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS) were analyzed. We assessed the factors associated with missing BMI data among mothers of in...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Razzaghi H,Tinker SC,Herring AH,Howards PP,Waller DK,Johnson CY,National Birth Defects Prevention Study.

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To examine characteristics related to drinking during pregnancy among a population-based sample of women. METHOD:We analyzed data related to third-trimester drinking collected from the Alaska Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS). PRAMS used a population-based, stratified sampling design to su...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Perham-Hester KA,Gessner BD

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latino toddlers fall behind White peers at 24 months of age in oral language and interactive skills with their mothers in English or Spanish. But Latino children enter kindergarten with social skills that rival White peers, despite social-class disparities. We ask whether cognitive trajectories widen during the 24-48 ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Guerrero AD,Fuller B,Chu L,Kim A,Franke T,Bridges M,Kuo A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to examine mothers' perspectives of obesity-related health behavior recommendations for themselves and their 0-6 month old infants. A health educator conducted 4 motivational counseling calls with 60 mothers of infants during the first 6 months postpartum. Calls addressed 5 behaviors for infants (bre...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Price SN,McDonald J,Oken E,Haines J,Gillman MW,Taveras EM

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：: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：PURPOSE:We report on a successful quality improvement project designed to increase access to perinatal mental health services through universal screening for postpartum depression (PPD) and facilitating referrals for evaluation and treatment, at a multi-site, integrated system of pediatric and obstetric practices in Ho...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Puryear LJ,Nong YH,Correa NP,Cox K,Greeley CS

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and training needs of child care providers on infant feeding practices, specifically breastfeeding. METHODS:Needs assessment surveys for child care directors and infant room teachers were developed, tested and mailed to the 277 Color...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Clark A,Anderson J,Adams E,Baker S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives Obstetric fistula is a maternal injury that causes uncontrollable leaking of urine or stool, and most women who develop it live in poverty in low-income countries. Obstetric fistula is associated with high rates of stigma and psychological morbidity, but there is uncertainty about the impact of surgical tre...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Wilson SM,Sikkema KJ,Watt MH,Masenga GG,Mosha MV

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore attitudes of physicians attending births in the public and private sectors and at the managerial level toward cesarean birth in Nicaragua. A qualitative study was conducted consisting of four focus groups with 17 physicians and nine in-depth interviews with decision-makers. Although study participants liste...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Colomar M,Cafferata ML,Aleman A,Castellano G,Elorrio EG,Althabe F,Engelbrecht S

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Postpartum depressive symptoms negatively affect the quality of life and daily functioning of mothers and infants. Little research has examined the impact of situational factors such as physical symptom burden and function on early postpartum depressive symptoms. OBJECTIVES:To explore the association betwee...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Howell EA,Mora P,Leventhal H

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess trends in prenatal discussions about HIV testing and prenatal HIV testing during the period 1996-2001. METHODS:Using data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, a population-based postpartum survey of women, we calculated the self-reported prevalences of discussion of prenatal HIV te...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Lansky A,Sansom SL,Harrison LL,Stancil T

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：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 identify maternal, care provider, and institutional-level risk factors for early term (37-38 weeks) elective repeat cesarean delivery in a population-based cohort. Retrospective cohort study of women in the British Columbia (BC) Perinatal Data Registry, BC, Canada, 2008-2011, with an elective repeat cesarean delive...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Hutcheon JA,Joseph KS,Kinniburgh B,Lee L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A large body of research has established an association between parental support for children's physical activity (PA) and children's PA. However, there has been little attention to the relative influences of parent and child perceptions of that parental support. PURPOSE:To examine agreement among parent an...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Forthofer M,Dowda M,McIver K,Barr-Anderson DJ,Pate R

更新日期：2016-03-01 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:The objective of this study is to determine the association between unmarried status and infant mortality among twins born to teenagers. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective cohort study on twin live births to teenagers in the United States from 1995 through 1998 using the Vital Records assembled by the Nati...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Salihu HM,Mbuba CK,Oluwatade OJ,Aliyu MH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Turning a ship requires small but steady and deliberate efforts over time. During the past 9 years, Wisconsin's Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Program has begun to utilize the life-course perspective as its framework for guiding efforts around women's health, early childhood systems, children and youth with special h...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Rohan AM,Onheiber PM,Hale LJ,Kruse TL,Jones MJ,Gillespie KH,Lathen LS,Katcher ML

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective To characterize cumulative physiologic dysfunction (CPD) in pregnancy as a measure of the biological effects of chronic stress and to examine its associations with gestational age and birth weight. Methods Women ≤28 weeks gestation were enrolled from obstetric clinics in Rochester, NY and followed through th...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： McKee KS,Seplaki C,Fisher S,Groth SW,Fernandez ID

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the net effect of women's autonomy on their health seeking behavior in Ethiopia. We hypothesize that women with higher autonomy are more likely to seek health care during pregnancy and delivery than those with lower autonomy. The paper also examines whether the autonomy-health utilization relations...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Woldemicael G,Tenkorang EY

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2010 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) update on perinatal group B streptococcal (GBS) prevention advises universal vaginal-rectal GBS screening of pregnant women in the 35th through 37th week of gestation. Because GBS colonization is transient, a test performed more than 5 weeks before delivery may...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： MacLaughlin KL,Garrison GM,Matthews MR,O'Brien ML,Westby E,Targonski PV

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:To assess support for 12 potential smoking cessation strategies among pregnant Australian Indigenous women and their antenatal care providers. Cross-sectional surveys of staff and women in antenatal services providing care for Indigenous women in the Northern Territory and New South Wales, Australia. Respondents were ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Passey ME,Sanson-Fisher RW,Stirling JM

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to investigate the association of recreational physical activity before pregnancy with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). A cross-sectional study was performed using self-reported data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring System. The study population included 1,052 self-reported GDM cases and 1...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Redden SL,LaMonte MJ,Freudenheim JL,Rudra CB

更新日期：2011-05-01 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