Family Income and Gang Presence in the Neighborhood: Diminished Returns of Black Families
Urban Science, 2020 Background: Based on the Minorities’ Diminished Returns (MDRs) framework, indicators of high socioeconomic status, such as higher family income, show weaker protective effects on various developmental, behavioral, and health outcomes for Black than White
Shervin Assari +4 more
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Influence of prenatal maternal stress, maternal plasma cortisol and cortisol in the amniotic fluid on birth outcomes and child temperament at 3 months [PDF]
, 2004 This prospective, longitudinal study aimed to investigate relationships between indicators of maternal prenatal stress, infant birth outcomes and early temperament.
Baibazarova, Eugenia +5 more
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Reducing exposure to high levels of perfluorinated compounds in drinking water improves reproductive outcomes: evidence from an intervention in Minnesota. [PDF]
, 2020 BackgroundPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have been detected in drinking water supplies around the world and are the subject of intense regulatory debate.
Auffhammer, Maximilian +4 more
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Sisters in Birth: Improving Birth Outcomes in Mississippi [PDF]
The Journal of Perinatal Education, 2020 Mississippi has the poorest birth outcomes in the United States. Sisters in Birth (SIB) is a community-based nonprofit, charitable organization program that links community and clinical health to improve birth outcomes in Mississippi. This article describes the community and clinical health variables that influence birth outcomes and the organization's
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Trial protocol OPPTIMUM : does progesterone prophylaxis for the prevention of preterm labour improve outcome? [PDF]
, 2012 Background Preterm birth is a global problem, with a prevalence of 8 to 12% depending on location. Several large trials and systematic reviews have shown progestogens to be effective in preventing or delaying preterm birth in selected high risk women ...
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Maternal Education at Birth and Youth Breakfast Consumption at Age 15: Blacks’ Diminished Returns
J, 2020 Background: Based on the Marginalization-related Diminished Returns (MDRs) framework, high socioeconomic status (SES) such as parental education shows weaker effects for Blacks than Whites.
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Forced Marriage and Birth Outcomes [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016 Abstract We study the impact of marriages resulting from bride kidnapping on infant birth weight. Bride kidnapping—a form of forced marriage—implies that women are abducted by men and have little choice other than to marry their kidnappers.
Becker, CM, Mirkasimov, B, Steiner, S
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Birth outcomes for African and Caribbean babies in England and Wales: retrospective analysis of routinely collected data [PDF]
, 2012 Objectives: To compare mean birth weights, gestational ages and odds of preterm birth and low birth weight of live singleton babies of black African or Caribbean ethnicity born in 2005 or 2006 by mother's country of birth.
Datta-Nemdharry, P. +2 more
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Newborn Adipokines and Birth Outcomes [PDF]
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 2015 AbstractBackgroundAdipokines can serve as a measure of adipose tissue activity. Although birthweight correlates with neonatal adiposity, findings for cord blood levels of adipokines and birth outcomes have been conflicted. Therefore, we determined the cross‐sectional associations between adipokines measured in newborn dried blood spots (DBS) and birth ...
Edwina H. Yeung +6 more
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International Journal of Women's Health, 2023 Julie R Whittington,1 Taylor Ghahremani,2 Megan Whitham,3 Amy M Phillips,2 Bethany N Spracher,4 Everett F Magann2 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA, USA; 2Department of ...
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