Adelekan, Babatunde Goldson, Erika Abubakar, Zubaida Mueller, Ulla Alayande, Audu Ojogun, Tellson Ntoimo, Lorretta Williams, Bukky Muhammed, Ibrahim Okonofua, Friday
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Reproductive Health
The onset of COVID-19 has raised concerns that it may compromise women’s access to sexual and reproductive health and rights. Although data are still emerging, some reports indicate reduced access to sexual and reproductive health services, largely due to disruptions in the demand and supply of contraceptive commodities, the diversion of staff and ...
Manoufi, D Kabore, W C Yahannon, C N Dumont, A Ridde, V
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Revue d'epidemiologie et de sante publique
Chad is among the countries with the highest maternal and infant mortality rates in the world. An initiative aimed at improving mother-and-child health services was implemented from 2016 to 2019 in three rural health districts in southern Chad, with strong community input, while concomitantly increasing the supply and demand for care. The objective...
Masters, Grace A. Brenckle, Linda Sankaran, Padma Moore Simas, Tiffany Person, Sharina D. Allison, Jeroan J. Ziedonis, Douglas Ko, Jean Robbins, Cheryl Byatt, Nancy
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OBJECTIVE: Perinatal depression is a common pregnancy complication and universal screening is recommended. The Practice Readiness to Evaluate and address Perinatal Depression (PREPD) was developed to measure obstetric practice readiness to integrate depression care into workflows. Objectives were to describe: (1) the PREPD; (2) associated character...
Hicks, Madelyn J. Hsiao-Rei Mohsin, Mohammed Silove, Derrick Fisher, Jane Moussa, Batool Steel, Zachary Nancarrow, Heather Nadar, Nawal Klein, Louis Hasoun, Fatima
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BACKGROUND: The aim was to compare, for the first time in a large systematic study, women born in conflict-affected countries who immigrated to Australia with women born in Australia for attitudes towards gender roles and men's use of IPV and the actual prevalence of IPV. The study also examined if any associations remained across the two timepoint...
Nguyen, Phuong T. Rahman, Md Shafiur Le, Phuong Mai Nguyen, Huy Van Vu, Kien Duy Nguyen, Hoa L. Dao, An Thi Minh Khuong, Long Quynh. Hoang, Minh Van Gilmour, Stuart
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Background: To assess the reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) service coverage in Vietnam with trends in 2000-2014, projections and probability of achieving targets in 2030 at national and sub-national levels; and to analyze the socioeconomic, regional and urban-rural inequalities in RMNCH service indicators. Methods: We used n...
Sullivan, Katherine Vaidya, Ruben Singh, Rachana
OBJECTIVE: We leveraged the Massachusetts perinatal quality collaborative (PQC) to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Our goals were to: (1) implement perinatal practices thought to reduce mother-to-infant SARS-CoV-2 transmission while limiting disruption of health-promoting practices and (2) do so without inequities attributable to race/ethnicity, lan...
Kroll-Desrosiers, Aimee Holzhauer, Cathryn Glanton Russo, Lindsey DeRycke, Eric C. Kinney, Rebecca L. Bastian, Lori A. Mattocks, Kristin M.
INTRODUCTION: Little is known about the rates of smoking among pregnant veterans. Our objective was to examine rates of smoking during pregnancy and factors associated with quitting smoking during pregnancy. METHODS: We used data from a cohort study of pregnant veterans from 15 Veterans Health Administration facilities nationwide. Veterans who repo...
Ssegujja, Eric Andipatin, Michelle
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Globalization and Health
BackgroundOf the close to 2.6 million stillbirths that happen annually, most are from low-income countries where until recently policies rarely paid special attention to addressing them. The global campaigns that followed called on countries to implement strategies addressing stillbirths and the adoption of recommendations varied according to conte...
Iyengar, Udita Jaiprakash, Bhavisha Haitsuka, Hanako Kim, Sohye
Obstetric guidelines have rapidly evolved to incorporate new data and research on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), with data on perinatal mental health building over the last year. Our aim in the present manuscript is to provide a systematic review of mental health outcomes in pregnant and postpartum women during the COVID-19 pandemic in t...
Sobelman, Celia Richard, Kristen McQuilkin, Patricia A. Fahey, Nisha
Introduction. The Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) curriculum is an established, effective method to combat neonatal mortality. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted in-person HBB training sessions worldwide, portending deficits in the dissemination of this important intervention. Methods. A pilot study to compare in-person versus virtual HBB training am...
