Recognizing Excellence in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Epidemiology: The 2014 National MCH Epidemiology Awards.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The South Carolina Pregnancy Assistance Fund (SCPAF) funded four counties to increase the amount, quality, and awareness of services for young parents; increase educational attainment among expectant and parenting youth; reduce the number of repeat teen pregnancies among youth; and improve parenting skills. ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Workman LM,Browder JS

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background While there is considerable variability with respect to attendance at the postpartum visit, not much is known about women's preferences with respect to postpartum care. Likewise, there is also limited information on providers' practices regarding the postpartum visit and care including the delivery of contr...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Henderson V,Stumbras K,Caskey R,Haider S,Rankin K,Handler A

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction The Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW) program is a home visiting program, utilizing peer mentors to improve maternal/child health outcomes in underserved communities. Findings are presented from a randomized clinical trial (RCT) testing the efficacy of the MIHOW model in a sample of Hispanic ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Lutenbacher M,Elkins T,Dietrich MS,Riggs A

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives This study aimed to identify predictors of cranial asymmetry. We hypothesize that among infants diagnosed with cranial asymmetry in the sampled region, there is an association between exposure to more time in baby gear and less awake time in prone and side-lying than in infants who do not present with this ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Zachry AH,Nolan VG,Hand SB,Klemm SA

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives Previous studies have identified racial/ethnic disparities in infertility care, but patterns among American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) have not been reported. Our objective was to evaluate infertility services use in the US by race/ethnicity using data from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG). Me...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Janitz AE,Peck JD,Craig LB

更新日期：2019-01-01 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 understand racial/ethnic differences in prenatal care receipt among Pacific Islanders and Asians, who are often combined into a single A/PI category. METHODS:Retrospective, population-based data were collected by the Vital Statistics branch of the California Department of Health Services. Approximately 2....

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Sarnquist CC,Grieb EM,Maldonado YA

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：INTRODUCTION:The nutritional status in the first 5 years of life has lifelong and inter-generational impacts on individual's potential and development. This study described the trend of stunting and its risk factors in children under 5 years of age between 2001 and 2016 in Nepal. METHODS:The study used datasets from t...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Budhathoki SS,Bhandari A,Gurung R,Gurung A,Kc A

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to compare demographic, medical, and cause-of-death information reported for third-trimester fetal and neonatal death vital records collected in New York City (NYC) before and after implementation of the revised fetal death certificate to identify: (1) the limitations of combining fetal and neonatal death rec...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Lee EJ,Gambatese M,Begier E,Soto A,Das T,Madsen A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to ascertain the prevalence and potential sources of lead exposure among pregnant women residing in a socially-disadvantaged immigrant community in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Pregnant women (n = 140) receiving prenatal care through a community clinic participated in a structured intervi...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Bakhireva LN,Rowland AS,Young BN,Cano S,Phelan ST,Artyushkova K,Rayburn WF,Lewis J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated whether and how different patterns of group exposure within residential contexts (i.e., living in a Mexican immigrant enclave, a Mexican ethnic enclave, a pan-Hispanic enclave, or a non-Hispanic white neighborhood) are associated with smoking during pregnancy among Mexican-origin mothers. Using...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Noah AJ,Landale NS,Sparks CS

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：:Symptoms of depression and anxiety are prevalent during pregnancy and may influence women's health behaviors. The impact of women's mental health on alcohol use may be particularly important to consider as prenatal alcohol use is common and may have serious negative consequences for the developing fetus. The objective...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Leis JA,Heron J,Stuart EA,Mendelson T

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：:The objectives of this study are (1) to design an accurate method for linking newborn screening (NBS) and state birth certificate databases to create a de-identified study database; (2) To assess maternal cytomegalovirus (CMV) seroprevalence by measuring CMV IgG in newborn dried blood spots; (3) To assess congenital C...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： DePasquale JM,Freeman K,Amin MM,Park S,Rivers S,Hopkins R,Cannon MJ,Dy B,Dollard SC

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of our research is to compare sexual violence prevalence rates from three sources of state level data. Public health officials, legislators and other policymakers often require state-level sexual assault prevalence estimates to justify funding and rationalize both new and ongoing sexual violence prevention...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Potter SJ,Laflamme DJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:To estimate initiation of HPV vaccination among adolescent girls and examine the relationship between receiving care consistent with the medical home model in a population-based sample. We used the National Survey of Children's Health 2007, a nationally representative sample of children in the United States, to study ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Sara Test F,Caskey R,Rankin KM

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives The magnitude, characteristics, and morbidity of term (≥37 weeks gestation) newborns that are small-for-gestational-age (SGA) in the U.S. are underexplored. We sought to examine characteristics and trends for SGA-coded term newborns in the U.S. Methods Data were obtained from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Ewing AC,Ellington SR,Shapiro-Mendoza CK,Barfield WD,Kourtis AP

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Compare mothers' reports of injuries for infants and toddlers sleeping with crib-bumpers/mesh-liners/no-barriers and reasons for these sleep environment choices. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey of mothers subscribing to a parenting magazine and using crib bumpers (n = 224), mesh liners (n = 262), and no bar...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Scheers NJ,Dayton C,Batcher M,Thach BT

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose The number of fetal deaths in the United States each year exceeds that of infant deaths. High quality fetal death certificate data are necessary for states to effectively address preventable fetal deaths. We evaluated completeness of detection of fetal deaths among Wyoming residents that occur out-of-state, qu...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Harrist AV,Busacker A,Kroelinger CD

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Examine the association between mothers' low- and high-level depressive symptoms in early childhood and children's behavior problems in middle childhood. METHODS:We used data from 1844 families in a multi-site, longitudinal study beginning when children were 14 months and continuing to age 11 years. Childre...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Conners-Burrow NA,McKelvey L,Perry D,Whiteside-Mansell L,Kraleti S,Mesman G,Holmes K,Kyzer A

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：:Objective To examine changes in the prevalence and odds of unmet healthcare needs and healthcare utilization among low-income women of reproductive age (WRA) after Ohio's 2014, ACA-associated Medicaid expansion, which extended coverage to non-senior adults with a family income ≤ 138% of the federal poverty level. Meth...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Farietta TP,Lu B,Tumin R

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine if the quality of prenatal care predicts skilled institutional delivery, a primary means of reducing maternal mortality. METHODS:The probability of skilled institutional delivery is predicted among 4173 rural low-income women of reproductive age in seven Mexican states, as a function of materna...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Barber S

更新日期：2006-09-01 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 Limited data are available that estimate the effect of gestational weight gain on maternal and neonatal outcomes in underweight women according to revised 2009 Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines. Methods A population-based historical cohort study of 21,674 underweight women in Missouri delivering livebor...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Gavard JA

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) benefit from a medical home, however, a subset, those children with high intensity needs, have medical and social service issues beyond the capacity of most primary care practices. We describe a novel medical home center that is designed to meet the needs of chi...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Kelly A,Golnik A,Cady R

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00