Thompson, James A. Suter, Melissa A.
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundDespite significant research, the reasons for racial health disparities among adverse birth outcomes (ABO) remain largely unknown. The bulk of research into racial health disparities among ABO in the United States has concentrated on the risk of race and ethnic groups relative to the specific sub-population of non-Hispanic white women and...
Huber-Mollema, Yfke Oort, Frans J Lindhout, Dick Rodenburg, Roos
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Epilepsy & behavior : E&B
The purpose of the study was to examine different aspects of well-being in mothers with epilepsy with school-aged children. In an observational study, mothers, identified from the European Registry of Antiepileptic Drugs and Pregnancy database in the Netherlands, completed questions on epilepsy, the impact of epilepsy on daily functioning, quality ...
Mackie, Fiona L. Pattison, Helen Jankovic, Jelena Morris, R. Katie Kilby, Mark D.
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundTwin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) is a highly morbid condition in which treatment exists, but the pregnancy remains high-risk until delivery. It may have serious sequelae, including fetal death, and in the longer term, neurodevelopmental problems. The aim of this study is to assess antenatal and postnatal parental attachment and depre...
Stanney, William Ladam, Franck Donaldson, Ian J. Parsons, Teagan J. Maehr, Rene Bobola, Nicoletta Sagerstrom, Charles G.
Animal embryogenesis is initiated by maternal factors, but zygotic genome activation (ZGA) shifts regulatory control to the embryo during blastula stages. ZGA is thought to be mediated by maternally provided transcription factors (TFs), but few such TFs have been identified in vertebrates. Here we report that NF-Y and TALE TFs bind zebrafish genomi...
Che, Chen Dudick, Kayla Shoemaker, Robin
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Biology of Sex Differences
BackgroundOver a third of reproductive-age women in the USA are obese, and the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is rising in premenopausal women. Cardiac hypertrophy is an independent predictor of CVD. In contrast to pregnancy, where transiently increased left ventricular (LV) mass is not associated with cardiac damage, obesity-mediated c...
De Vivo, Marlize Mills, Hayley
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundThe antenatal period is associated with a decline in physical activity among women. Midwives are viewed central to the dissemination of information during pregnancy, however, there is little research relating to their promotion of physical activity. The purpose of this study was to gain insight into midwives’ perspectives of providing phy...
Wang, Lei Hand, Jacqelyn M. Fu, Liyuan Smith, George W. Yao, Jianbo
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BMC Developmental Biology
BackgroundEpigenetic regulation of oocyte-specific maternal factors is essential for oocyte and early embryonic development. KPNA7 is an oocyte-specific maternal factor, which controls transportation of nuclear proteins important for early embryonic development. To elucidate the epigenetic mechanisms involved in the controlled expression of KPNA7, ...
Zemedu, Theodros Getachew Teshome, Aster Tadesse, Yared Bekele, Abebe Keyes, Emily Bailey, Patricia Ruano, Ana Lorena
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BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundImproving maternal and newborn health indicators are key if Ethiopia is to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. To do so, women need access to skilled attendance at birth and emergency obstetric and newborn care. To maximize their impact, understanding gaps in workers’ knowledge is required to remedy the weakness. This assessment de...
Yarparvar, Amirhossein Jewell, Jo Martin Al-Jawaldeh, Ayoub
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Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
The Eastern Mediterranean Regions and Europe and Central Asia Regions are facing an epidemiological and nutrition transition, especially among vulnerable groups including mothers, children and adolescents. This has led to a double burden of malnutrition (DBM). Poor infant and young child feeding (IYCF), poor dietary diversity, excessive consumption...
Letourneau, Nicole Leung, Brenda Ntanda, Henry Dewey, Deborah Deane, Andrea J. Giesbrecht, Gerald F.
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BMC Pediatrics
BackgroundPrenatal and postnatal depressive symptoms are common in expectant and new mothers and fathers. This study examined the association between four patterns of probable perinatal depression (mother depressed, father depressed, both depressed, neither depressed) in co-parenting mothers and fathers and their children’s internalizing and extern...
