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- 1From: Maternal and Child Health Journal. (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedObjective In this paper we describe the development, implementation, evaluation, and subsequent improvements of a supplemental feeding program that provides community-based care to underweight children in a rural East...
- 2From: Maternal and Child Health Journal. (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIn 2002, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) commissioned the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) to recommend a uniform newborn screening (NBS) panel. The ACMG sent out a survey to...
- 3From: Maternal and Child Health Journal. (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedTo determine whether season of infant birth or amount of daylight at time and location of birth is a risk factor for self-reported postpartum depression (PPD). The primary hypothesis was that the prevalence of PPD will...
- 4From: Maternal and Child Health Journal. (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedObjectives Evaluate the prevalence of physical inactivity (no physical activity or exercise for 30 min or more at least one day per week) in the 3 months prior to pregnancy in a population-based sample of women and...
- 5From: Maternal and Child Health Journal. (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThis paper describes well-being (health status/ quality of life, healthcare utilization, employment, and financial status) of parental caregivers of children with activity limitations and compares their well-being to...
- 6From: Maternal and Child Health Journal. (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedObjective To determine the analytic advantages obtained from separating unmarried mothers with partners from unmarried mothers without partners when assessing risk of adverse birth outcomes. Methods Data were obtained...
- 7From: Maternal and Child Health Journal. (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedObjectives We sought to understand how low-income urban mothers explain feelings of sadness, stress or demoralization in the context of their life experiences. Methods 28 in-depth qualitative interviews, constituting...
- 8From: Maternal and Child Health Journal. (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedObjective Studies evaluating the effect of maternal stress on preterm birth (PTB) or low birth weight (LBW) and variations across neighborhood contexts have been inconclusive. The purpose of the study was to examine the...
- 9From: Maternal and Child Health Journal. (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedObjectives The implementation of rapid HIV-I testing for women in labor with undocumented HIV status is an essential tool for the prevention of perinatal HIV transmission. Unfortunately, practices of rapid HIV testing...
- 10From: Maternal and Child Health Journal. (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedObjectives Because prior work suggests an association between high insulin concentrations in early pregnancy and excess gestational weight gain, we examined such associations in a prospective cohort. Methods...
- 11From: Maternal and Child Health Journal. (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedObjective To investigate differences between children ages 2 and 5 years enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in Texas whose overweight persisted and those whose...
- 12From: Maternal and Child Health Journal. (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThis cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the association between consanguineous marriages and adverse pregnancy outcome in the north of Jordan. Women delivered in four major hospitals in the north of Jordan...
- 13From: Maternal and Child Health Journal. (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedObjectives In this paper we examine the role of mothers' nutritional status and socio-biological aspects in determining the birth weight of their most recent child. Methods We used data from the second Indian National...
- 14From: Maternal and Child Health Journal. (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedBackground Our purpose was to determine the prevalence of specific types of CHD among non-Hispanic (NH)-Black, NH-White, and Hispanic infants. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study with 9,352 singleton...
- 15From: Maternal and Child Health Journal. (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedTo examine trends in repeat cesarean delivery, the characteristics of women who have repeat cesareans, and the risk of neonatal mortality for repeat cesarean birth compared to vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). Trends...
- 16From: Maternal and Child Health Journal. (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedObjectives Researchers sought to determine the difference in health behaviors between women who receive prenatal care via the Centering Pregnancy approach and those involved in traditional prenatal care. Methods Using a...
- 17From: Maternal and Child Health Journal. (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedObjectives U.S. Latinas have a persistently high rate of teenage childbearing, which is associated with adverse outcomes for both mother and child. This study was designed to investigate the roles of socioeconomic...
- 18From: Maternal and Child Health Journal. (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedObjectives Published studies show poor pregnancy outcomes associated with unintended pregnancies are disproportionately higher than in planned pregnancies and place a burden on the health care system. This study was...
- 19From: Maternal and Child Health Journal. (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedLittle is known about vaginal douching among Latina immigrants in the U.S. Understanding factors associated with douching is important due to the negative reproductive outcomes associated with this practice. This study...