Professional Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among Ugandan Midwives Working in Mubende and Mityana Rural Districts.

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：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：:Giving birth remains a dangerous endeavour for many of the world's women. Progress to improve this has been slow in sub-Saharan Africa. The second delay, where transport infrastructure is key in allowing a woman to reach care, has been a relatively neglected field of study. Six eRanger motorbike ambulances, specifical...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Bhopal SS,Halpin SJ,Gerein N

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study sought to determine whether estimates of oral health-related indicators generated using a relatively small purposive sample of schools were reasonable. METHODS:We collected and analyzed data from two open-mouth school oral health surveys conducted in Ohio in 2004-2005. In each survey, data were g...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Detty AM,Siegal MD

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：OBJECTIVES:1) To investigate the comorbidity of verbal and nonverbal learning disability subtypes with several domains of behavior problems among 8-year-old children. 2) To determine whether receipt of an early intervention modified the association between childhood behavior problems and learning disabilities (LD). ME...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Yu JW,Buka SL,McCormick MC,Fitzmaurice GM,Indurkhya A

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore women's attitudes and practices related to douching. METHODS:We conducted focus groups between July and December 1999 with 34 black and 27 white women enrolled in a managed care plan in Memphis, Tennessee. Participants were at least 18 years of age and had douched at some time in their lives. Fiv...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Gazmararian JA,Bruce FC,Kendrick JS,Grace CC,Wynn S

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study evaluates the effectiveness of a set of information, education, and communication (IEC) strategies designed to increase the awareness of danger signs in pregnancy, delivery, or the postpartum period among pregnant or recently pregnant women. METHODS:Three IEC programs were implemented in 4 regions...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Perreira KM,Bailey PE,de Bocaletti E,Hurtado E,Recinos de Villagrán S,Matute J

更新日期：2002-03-01 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：:Objectives We examined biologic and social determinants of school readiness in an urban population and whether childcare altered these associations. Methods A retrospective cohort study was conducted using school readiness data linked to birth certificates of first-time kindergarten students (n = 39,463) in a large, u...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Reid LD,Strobino DM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lower bodyweight may be associated with adverse birth outcomes, such as low birth weight and being small for a given gestational age. In Japan, the rate of low birth weight has been increasing over the last two decades, such that both low pre-pregnancy weight and inadequate weight gain during pregnancy are viewed as...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Inoue S,Naruse H,Yorifuji T,Murakoshi T,Doi H,Kawachi I

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:Objectives There is an enduring negative association between low birth weight (<2500 g) and early childhood cognitive skills. This study examines if parenting practices meaningfully contribute to or offset birth weight disparities in cognitive development prior to formal schooling. Methods This study uses the ECLS-B, ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Lynch JL,Gibbs BG

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Advanced maternal age at first birth, but not at subsequent births, may have detrimental health implications for both mother and child, such as a poor birth outcome and an increased risk of maternal breast cancer. However, positive outcomes may also result such as an improvement in economic measures and offs...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Heck KE,Schoendorf KC,Ventura SJ,Kiely JL

更新日期：1997-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Increasingly, the public and private sectors are turning to "service integration" efforts to reduce, if not eliminate, barriers to needed care created by categorical programs. In 1991, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation established a new national demonstration project, called the Child Health Initiative, int...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Hughes DC,Brindis C,Halfon N,Newacheck PW

更新日期：1997-12-01 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：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 current COVID-19 pandemic in Kashmir along with lockdown measures-ordered to prevent the spread of the disease-has added further trauma to the fragile mental health system in Kashmir. There may be unquantifiable repercussions of the current epidemic on the emotional status of women during the perinatal period. The...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Shoib S,Arafat SMY,Ahmad W

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Food security is a prerequisite for achieving optimal health, and mothers and children living in food insecure households face barriers to physical and mental health and healthy development. Mothers in food insecure households often also experience poor mental health and domestic violence. Although associa...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Laurenzi C,Field S,Honikman S

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To understand the similarities, differences, and relationships between three tools for performance and capacity assessment currently available for Maternal and Child Health (MCH) programs and for state and local health agencies. METHODS:Three tools for performance and capacity assessment currently available...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Handler A,Grason H,Ruderman M,Issel M,Turnock B

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：:This study extends mediation analysis techniques to explore whether and to what extent differential access to a medical home explains the black/white disparity in unmet healthcare needs among children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN). Data were obtained from the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health, with ana...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Bennett AC,Rankin KM,Rosenberg D

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a single session intervention designed to reduce emotional distress in first-time mothers. We held a parenting class for first-time mothers who had given birth at a university hospital in Tokyo, Japan. The program of the class consists of lectures on infant...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Okamoto M,Ishigami H,Tokimoto K,Matsuoka M,Tango R

更新日期：2013-08-01 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

abstract：:Objectives This study examines the associations between specific maternity care practices and breastfeeding duration for Spanish-speaking Hispanic, English-speaking Hispanic, non-Hispanic Native American, and non-Hispanic White women. Methods We analyzed data from the 2012-2014 New Mexico Pregnancy Risk Assessment Mon...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Sebastian RA,Coronado E,Otero MD,McKinney CR,Ramos MM

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our exploratory study examined rural-urban differences in dental care utilization during early childhood among Medicaid-enrolled children aged younger than 4 years in South Carolina. We conducted a secondary data analysis using Medicaid data. Dependent variables included preventive dental visits, use of medical settin...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Martin AB,Vyavaharkar M,Veschusio C,Kirby H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00