Gestational Weight Gain and Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Underweight Pregnant Women: A Population-Based Historical Cohort Study.

abstract：:African American infants die at higher rates and are at greater risk of adverse birth outcomes than White infants in Milwaukee. Though self-reported experiences of racism have been linked to adverse health outcomes, limited research exists on the impact of racism on women's prenatal care experiences. The purpose of th...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Salm Ward TC,Mazul M,Ngui EM,Bridgewater FD,Harley AE

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this brief is to explore beliefs about health and body weight in young perinatal women. Thirty-two women were interviewed. Findings point to the importance of young women receiving education related to physical activity, nutrition, and the link between these components and a healthy weight during reprod...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Huberty J,Meendering J,Balluff M,Schram S,Roberts S,Mason M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Examine the association of acculturation and cesarean section after adjusting for clinical and non-clinical factors that could influence clinical discretion in performing the surgery. METHODS:A sample of 2102 low-risk, low-income primarily Mexican Latinas in San Diego County was divided into two groups: pri...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Zlot AI,Jackson DJ,Korenbrot C

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives To identify risk factors associated with urban postpartum emergency department utilization. Methods This case-control study included 100 matched pairs of postpartum women who had delivered at a large, integrated urban medical system in Bronx, New York, in 2012-2013, with the cases having had an emergency de...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Sheen JJ,Smith HA,Tu B,Liu Y,Sutton D,Bernstein PS

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives In 2011, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, within the Health Resources and Services Administration, awarded a 4-year grant to increase access to and assure the delivery of quality oral health preventive and restorative services to children. The grant was awarded to organizations serving high-need commun...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Trudnak Fowler T,Matthews G,Black C,Crosby Kowal H,Vodicka P,Edgerton E

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Reproductive health inequalities tend to be more marked in large cities because they include neighbourhoods with unequal social and community networks, resources and opportunities. The aim was to describe social inequalities in fertility patterns among women who gave birth between 2007 and 2016 in the city o...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Forcadell-Díez L,Gotsens M,Leon-Gomez BB,Pérez G

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:This study examined the effects of prenatal care and the timing of its initiation on birth weight and gestational age outcomes among women in a state-wide Medicaid enhanced prenatal care program. METHODS:Ordinary Least Squares and logistic regression analyses were performed using data on 88,196 births in New...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Reichman NE,Teitler JO

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To examine rates and correlates of depressive symptoms among pregnant reservation-based American Indian (AI) adolescents from the Southwestern United States (N = 53). METHODS:Data were derived from a study evaluating a home-visiting program designed to promote positive parenting among young families. Partic...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Ginsburg GS,Baker EV,Mullany BC,Barlow A,Goklish N,Hastings R,Thurm AE,Speakman K,Reid R,Walkup J

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：: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：: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：:In the feminist paradigm, intimate partner violence (IPV) among heterosexual couples is gender asymmetric and largely a tactic of male control. However, research on the relationship between men's controlling behavior and physical violence against women is limited. This study examines whether having a controlling partn...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Mandal M,Hindin MJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

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：:Pregnancy represents a unique period of time when women are at an increased risk of developing depression. Although the Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition (BDI-II) is one of the most widely used self-report measures of depression symptomology, its psychometric properties and underlying factor structures have not...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Alexander LA,de la Fey Rodríguez Muñoz M,Perry DF,Le HN

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：:The aim of this paper was to investigate the association between birthweight and prevalence of food allergies using a national sample of US children. Adult report of birthweight and child food allergies were obtained for years 2005-2009 from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), a cross-sectional household surv...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Chandran U,Demissie K,Echeverria SE,Long JB,Mizan S,Mino J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breastfeeding is nurturing, cost-effective, and beneficial for the health of mother and child. Babies receiving formula are sick more often and are at higher risk for childhood obesity, diabetes, asthma, and other conditions compared with breastfed children. National and international organizations recommend exclusive...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Hayes DK,Mitchell KM,Donohoe-Mather C,Zaha RL,Melcher C,Fuddy LJ

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnancy weight gain may be a risk factor for the development of obesity highlighting the importance of identifying psychosocial risk factors for pregnancy weight gain. The goal of this qualitative pilot study was to evaluate knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding weight gain during pregnancy among predominantly ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Tovar A,Chasan-Taber L,Bermudez OI,Hyatt RR,Must A

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：AIMS:This study examines the prevalence of khat chewing among women during pregnancy and some of the risk factors for this habit in Yemen. METHODS:Survey data on 7,343 ever-married women from the Yemen Demographic and Maternal and Health Survey (YDMHS), conducted in 1997 are used. Women who had a live birth during the...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Khawaja M,Al-Nsour M,Saad G

更新日期：2008-05-01 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 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 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：OBJECTIVES:To determine if the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a unique and valuable MCH data source and an effective mechanism for states to collect MCH data, and to assess if recent changes in it have improved efficiency and flexibility. METHODS:Each component of the PRAMS methodology is descr...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Gilbert BC,Shulman HB,Fischer LA,Rogers MM

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if, among overweight or obese women with gestational diabetes (GDM), weight loss after GDM diagnosis is associated with lower infant birth weight within levels of overweight or obesity class. Overweight and obese women with singleton pregnancies managed for GDM at a large diabetes and pregnancy program lo...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Katon J,Reiber G,Williams MA,Yanez D,Miller E

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective Appropriate and timely complementary feeding practices are fundamental to a child's growth, health, and development during the first 2 years of life. This study aimed to understand (1) Ghanaian mother's complementary feeding practices, and (2) their perceived and observed impacts of complementary feeding on ...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Egyir BK,Ramsay SA,Bilderback B,Safaii S

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives This study sought to explore how sexual minority women (SMW) and heterosexual women compare in terms of reproductive history, with a particular focus on examining within-group differences among SMW. Methods Women were predominantly recruited through consecutive sampling during presentation for prenatal care...

journal_title：Maternal and child health journal

authors： Januwalla AA,Goldberg AE,Flanders CE,Yudin MH,Ross LE

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00