All content tagged with the term "infant-health".
September 1, 2008 -
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This study utilized a large population-based birth registry to estimate the independent effect of county-level poverty on preterm birth risk. The researchers found that high county-level poverty was significantly associated with preterm birth risk.
December 1, 2007 -
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Women in North Carolina Medicaid can choose to participate in either, both, or neither the maternity care coordination program nor the WIC Program. This study compared the percentages of births that were low birthweight and the maternal risk characteristics of women. The results showed that women who participated only in WIC had the lowest percentage of low-birthweight births.
November 1, 2007 -
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The researchers’ goal was to study the effect of the WIC Program on adverse pregnancy outcomes. Based on the findings, WIC was protective for preterm delivery. Furthermore, it was most protective for women with inadequate prenatal care.
May 1, 2007 -
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The author tested predictors of infant birthweight, including prepregnancy body mass index, gestational weight gain, and smoking. Results showed that higher birthweight was predicted by prepregnancy obesity. Lower infant birthweight was predicted by both lower and higher-than-recommended weight gain and by lower and higher levels of smoking.
February 1, 2007 -
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This study examined the hypothesis that independent of other factors, being black increased the risk of extreme preterm birth and its frequency of recurrence at a similar gestational age. The study found that recurrent black preterm births occurred at increased frequency and at an earlier gestation age (median age: 31 weeks versus 33 weeks), when compared with white births.
February 1, 2007 -
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The authors examined whether there was an association between chronic psychosocial stress and low-birthweight neonates among low-income women. Researchers found that many psychosocial stressors were associated with a low-birthweight delivery, including food insecurity, a child with a chronic illness, a crowded home environment, and unemployment.
January 1, 2007 -
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The researchers identified psychosocial predictors of having low-birthweight infants among mothers enrolled in the Louisiana WIC Program. Among blacks, mothers with an eighth grade education or less had the highest risk of having underweight infants. Among whites, those who initiated prenatal care in the third trimester were most likely to have underweight infants.
May 1, 2006 -
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The aim of this study was to explore whether conditions of mothers’ neighbourhood of residence contributed to adverse birth outcomes, independent of individual-level determinants. Results suggested that measures of neighbourhood economic conditions were associated with both fetal growth and the length of gestation, independent of individual-level factors.
June 1, 2005 -
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This study tested a model describing the relationships between various biopsychosocial, behavioral, and cognitive factors on nutritional adequacy and infant birthweight in low-income pregnant women. The findings showed that maternal age, body mass index prior to pregnancy, nutritional knowledge, and infant gestation at birth explained 52% of the variance in infant birthweight. Providing nutritional education throughout pregnancy might lead to improved dietary patterns, which, in turn, might reduce the incidence of low birthweight.
April 1, 2005 -
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This study described the proportion of low-birthweight births that might be prevented by programs targeting maternal body mass index (BMI) before pregnancy and/or weight gain during pregnancy. The researchers found that 19% of the very low-birthweight births in South Carolina related to either underweight or overweight BMI at conception. In addition, 8% of the very low-birthweight births were attributed to inadequate weight gain during pregnancy. The authors concluded that appropriate maternal BMI at conception, in conjunction with adequate weight gain during pregnancy, might substantially reduce the number of low-birthweight deliveries.