West, Kristina D Ali, Mir M Blanco, Martin Natzke, Brenda Nguyen, Linda
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Maternal and child health journal
What is already known about the topic? Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) and prenatal substance exposure are significant risk factors for poor neurodevelopmental and mental health outcomes in early childhood. NAS birth rates have been increasing in the US since 2000 and the majority of NAS births are covered by Medicaid.What this article adds? Thi...
Evgin, Derya Sezer Efe, Yağmur Özdemir, Fatma
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Maternal and child health journal
What is already known on the subject? Nurses working in COVID-19 units wear protective equipment and work for a long time under difficult conditions. In addition, nurses who have children are separated from their children because of the fear of transmitting COVID-19.What does this study add? Therefore, nurses caring for COVID-19 patients should alt...
Work, Erin C Muftu, Serra MacMillan, Kathryn Dee L Gray, Jessica R Bell, Nicole Terplan, Mishka Jones, Hendree E Reddy, Julia Wilens, Timothy E Greenfield, Shelly F
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Maternal and child health journal
What is already known on this subject? Child protection systems (CPS) reporting is associated with barriers to prenatal care and family resources and services. Some state policies in the United States mandate reporting to CPS for prenatal substance exposure, including prescribed medications for opioid use disorder.What this study adds? This study c...
Beck, Dana Hall, Stephanie Costa, Deena Kelly Admon, Lindsay
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Maternal and child health journal
We review population health datasets and provide recommendations that would enable maternal health researchers to unlock the full potential of these datasets by exploring the influence of structural factors and SDoH on maternal health among under-researched groups.
Guan, Alice Batra, Akansha Seligman, Hilary Hamad, Rita
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Maternal and child health journal
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is among the largest U.S. social safety net programs. Although strong evidence exists regarding the benefits of WIC, take-up (i.e., participation among eligible individuals) has steadily declined in the past decade. This study addresses gaps in our knowledge regarding...
Roley-Roberts, Michelle E Edrees, Hanein Thomas, Jessy Weber, Steph Ramsey, Riane Walton, Jennifer Witwer, Andrea
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Maternal and child health journal
The US opioid epidemic contributes to a growing population of children experiencing neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). A review of the developmental impacts of the opioid crisis highlights that both prenatal exposure to teratogens and ACEs can result in developmental delay and disabilities. Training for the...
Bertani, André Luís Tanni, Suzana Erico Godoy, Irma
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Maternal and Child Health Journal
What is Already Known? Studies show that the prevalence of pregnant women who consume alternative forms of tobacco is high, and that these types of smoking are also harmful to pregnancy. What this Study Adds? Our study describes the characteristics related to smoking in pregnant smokers and identifies dual/poly use of tobacco products.
Moossdorff-Steinhauser, Heidi F A Houkes, Inge Berghmans, Bary C M Spaanderman, Marc E A Bols, Esther M J
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Maternal and child health journal
What is already known on this subject? Peri-partum women with urinary incontinence often believe it is normal and will resolve by itself over time. Health care professionals in peri-partum care, although knowledgeable on urinary incontinence, do not standardly discuss urinary incontinence in The Netherlands. A majority of peri-partum women do not s...
Ahmed, Haseeb Khalid, Hina
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Maternal and child health journal
This study documents the gender bias in income-health relationship for children in rural Pakistan. Our results imply that interventions that target poverty alleviation at the household level may not have equitable impacts on all members of the household because of possible ‘son-preference’. This suggests that there is a need to design gender-sensit...
Zaçe, Drieda Hoxhaj, Ilda Pasciuto, Tina Diakanthos, Maria Beccia, Flavia Di Pietro, Maria Luisa De Santis, Marco
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Maternal and Child Health Journal
What is already known? Food insecurity in pregnant women is a public health concern, since it affects both the woman and her child. This condition leads to poor health outcomes, such as gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, and anemia for the woman, and low birth weight, shorter gestational age, and chronic diseases in adult...
