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Correlates of late initiation and underutilisation of the recommended eight or more antenatal care visits among women of reproductive age: insights from the 2019 Ghana Malaria Indicator Survey

BMJ Open, 2022
Objective This study assessed the correlates of late initiation and underutilisation of the WHO’s recommended eight or more antenatal care visits among women in Ghana.Design We analysed secondary data from 2163 women in the 2019 Ghana Malaria Indicator ...
Agani Afaya, Emmanuel Anongeba Anaba
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The antenatal care debate

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2001
The antenatal care debate has focused on the frequency of antenatal care, its content, continuity, quality, organization, effectiveness and impact on morbidity and mortality. Established antenatal care schedules have been called into question. Randomized controlled trials comparing reduced schedules with routine antenatal care have shown similar or ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Early Clinical, Imaging, and Pathological Characteristics of SRPK3/TTN‐Digenic Myopathy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective SRPK3/TTN‐digenic myopathy was recently established as a skeletal muscle myopathy caused by digenic inheritance. This study characterizes the early clinical presentation of SRPK3/TTN‐digenic myopathy in one previously reported and seven newly identified pediatric patients.
Rotem Orbach, Sandra Donkervoort, Carola Hedberg‐Oldfors, Giovanni Baranello, Dimah Saade, Precilla D'Souza, Ruchee Patel, Eva Michael, A. Reghan Foley, Diana Bharucha‐Goebel, S. Jin Haugland, Meghan McAnally, Omer Abdul Hamid, Katherine Chao, Ellen F. Macnamara, Alan H. Beggs, Anna Sarkozy, Juliane Mueller, Steven A. Moore, Richard S. Finkel, Cynthia J. Tifft, Francesco Muntoni, Anders Oldfors, Carsten G. Bönnemann   +23 more
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Type of occupation and early antenatal care visit among women in sub-Saharan Africa

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Type of occupation has been linked to early antenatal care visits whereby women in different occupation categories tend to have different timing for antenatal care visits.
Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Francis Sambah, Linus Baatiema, Joseph Kojo Oduro, Eugene Budu, Francis Appiah, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah   +7 more
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Building a Framework for Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in the Rheumatology Context: Content and Approaches

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
People with systemic autoimmune and rheumatic diseases (SARDs) are at higher risk than the general population of experiencing adverse pregnancy and perinatal outcomes such as preeclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction, and maternal and/or fetal death.
Mehret Birru Talabi, Sonya Borrero
wiley   +1 more source

Real‐World Trends in Prenatal Antirheumatic Drug Utilization in Ontario, Canada: A Cross‐Sectional Time‐Series Analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aimed to describe real‐world trends in preconception and prenatal use of antirheumatic drugs among pregnant individuals with rheumatic diseases in Ontario, Canada. Methods We conducted a time‐series analysis using repeated cross‐sectional data to examine annual patterns of disease‐modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) use among ...
Shenthuraan Tharmarajah, Swaleh Hussain, Sara J. T. Guilcher, Lisa M. McCarthy, Dharini Mahendira, Howard Berger, Mina Tadrous   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intelligent Orthopedics: Machine Learning in Diagnosis of Bone Disease, Implants, and Bone Health Monitoring

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Efficient recovery from traumatic or degenerative diseases is a great challenge, even after all the advancements in bone and cartilage regeneration. Machine learning (ML) algorithms have presented opportunities to enhance these aspects by accurately analyzing imaging data.
Maryam Kamaei, Hesam Mohammadi, Shamim Golafshan, Mojtaba Alehosseini, Mahsa Mohammadzadeh, Atefeh Golshirazi, Nasim Golafshan, Tatiane Eufrásio‐da‐Silva, Alireza Dolatshahi‐Pirouz, Gorka Orive   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

SOCIAL FACTORS INVOLVED IN WOMEN AVOIDING EARLY ANTENATAL BOOKING IN ARMY SETUP

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2008
Objectives: To study the factors involved in women avoiding early antenatal booking coming to Military Hospital Rawalpindi. Study Design: Comparative cross sectional study.
Tehreem Yazdani, Aliya Islam, Ghazala Nadeem, Talat Hayat, Mamoona Mushtaq   +4 more
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Timing of antenatal care for adolescent and adult pregnant women in south-eastern Tanzania

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2012
Background Early and frequent antenatal care attendance during pregnancy is important to identify and mitigate risk factors in pregnancy and to encourage women to have a skilled attendant at childbirth.
Gross Karin, Alba Sandra, Glass Tracy R, Schellenberg Joanna, Obrist Brigit   +4 more
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The timing and quality of antenatal care received by women attending a primary care centre in Iquitos, Peru: A facility exit survey.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BACKGROUND:Maternal mortality is high in Loreto, Peru, but can be reduced by high quality antenatal care. Indicators for the quality of antenatal care received include the timing (with respect to gestational age) and number of antenatal appointments ...
Sara Jabeen Wynne, Rui Duarte, Gilles de Wildt, Graciela Meza, Abi Merriel   +4 more
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