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Jail Incarceration and Birth Outcomes [PDF]

Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 2004
This study examined the relationships between jail incarceration during pregnancy and infant birth weight, preterm birth, and fetal growth restriction. We used multivariate regression analyses to compare outcomes for 496 births to women who were in jail for part of pregnancy with 4,960 Medicaid-funded births as matched community controls.
Janice F, Bell, Frederick J, Zimmerman, Mary Lawrence, Cawthon, Colleen E, Huebner, Deborah H, Ward, Carole A, Schroeder   +5 more
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Maternal Nutrition and Birth Outcomes [PDF]

Epidemiologic Reviews, 2010
In this review, the authors summarize current knowledge on maternal nutritional requirements during pregnancy, with a focus on the nutrients that have been most commonly investigated in association with birth outcomes. Data sourcing and extraction included searches of the primary resources establishing maternal nutrient requirements during pregnancy (e.
Kathleen, Abu-Saad, Drora, Fraser
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Evidence of interactive effects of late-pregnancy exposure to air pollution and extreme temperature on preterm birth in China: a nationwide study

Environmental Research Letters, 2023
Perinatal exposure to heat and air pollution has been shown to affect the risk of preterm birth (PTB). However, limited evidence exists regarding their joint effects, particularly in heavily polluted regions like China.
Xiang Xiao, Ruixia Liu, Yunjiang Yu, Zheng Zhang, Luke D Knibbs, Bin Jalaludin, Lidia Morawska, Shyamali C Dharmage, Joachim Heinrich, Stefania Papatheodorou, Yuming Guo, Yangyang Xu, Ling Jin, Yike Guo, Wentao Yue, Jilong Yao, Yue Zhang, Chengrong Wang, Shen Gao, Enjie Zhang, Shaofei Su, Tong Zhu, Guang-Hui Dong, Meng Gao, Chenghong Yin   +24 more
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Birth outcomes, puberty onset, and obesity as long-term predictors of biological aging in young adulthood

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023
BackgroundBiological aging and particularly the deviations between biological and chronological age are better predictors of health than chronological age alone. However, the predictors of accelerated biological aging are not very well understood.
Martin Jáni, Martin Jáni, Lenka Zacková, Lenka Zacková, Pavel Piler, Lenka Andrýsková, Milan Brázdil, Milan Brázdil, Klára Marečková   +8 more
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The effects of socioeconomic status and indices of physical environment on reduced birth weight and preterm births in Eastern Massachusetts [PDF]

, 2008
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work
A Ellaway, Ariana Zeka, B Ritz, B Ritz, BA Coull, BG Link, BL Williams, CI Li, DJ Barker, EH Ha, GLIMMIX, GR Alexander, I Kawachi, J Dejmek, JJ Collins, Joel Schwartz, JS Lucas, K Mortimer, K Sexton, KM Godfrey, LC Messer, LW Pickle, M Bobak, M Bobak, M Jerrett, M Maisonet, M Roorda-Knape, M Wilhelm, M Wilhelm, MassGIS-EOEA, ML Bell, MT Salam, MW Gillman, N Gouveia, N Krieger, N Krieger, N Krieger, N Krieger, N Krieger, N Schenker, NA Ponce, RC Gwynn, RM Burton, S Kanjilal, S Macintyre, Steve J Melly, SV Subramanian, TIGER, TJ Woodruff, X Wang, Y Zhu   +50 more
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Planned Out-of-Hospital Birth and Birth Outcomes

Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 2015
The frequency of planned out-of-hospital birth in the United States has increased in recent years. The value of studies assessing the perinatal risks of planned out-of-hospital birth versus hospital birth has been limited by cases in which transfer to a hospital is required and a birth that was initially planned as an out-of-hospital birth is ...
Jonathan M, Snowden, Ellen L, Tilden, Janice, Snyder, Brian, Quigley, Aaron B, Caughey, Yvonne W, Cheng   +5 more
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Urinary Phthalate Biomarkers during Pregnancy, and Maternal Endocrine Parameters in Association with Anthropometric Parameters of Newborns

Children, 2022
Adverse birth outcomes present risk factors resulting in neonatal morbidity and mortality. Sufficient maternal hormonal concentrations are crucial for normal foetal development.
Henrieta Hlisníková, Branislav Kolena, Miroslava Šidlovská, Miloš Mlynček, Ida Petrovičová   +4 more
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The Dependent Coverage Provision Is Good for Mothers, Good for Children, and Good for Taxpayers [PDF]

, 2018
Importance The effect of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) dependent coverage provision on pregnancy-related health care and health outcomes is unknown. Objective To determine whether the dependent coverage provision was associated with changes in payment
Carroll, Aaron E., Cheng, Erika R.
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Prepregnancy Obesity and Birth Outcomes [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015
To investigate the association between prepregnancy obesity and birth outcomes using fixed effect models comparing siblings from the same mother.A total of 7496 births to 3990 mothers from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 survey are examined.
Averett, Susan L., Fletcher, Erin K.
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Evaluating Birth Outcomes From a Community-Based Pregnancy Support Program for Refugee Women in Georgia

Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2021
Refugee women face numerous and unique barriers to sexual and reproductive healthcare and can experience worse pregnancy-related outcomes compared with U.S.-born and other immigrant women.
Elizabeth A. Mosley, Elizabeth A. Mosley, Michelle Pratt, Ghenet Besera, Lasha S. Clarke, Heidi Miller, Tracy Noland, Bridget Whaley, Jennifer Cochran, Amber Mack, Melinda Higgins   +10 more
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