Minimum Wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Mental Health Around Pregnancy
Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study estimates the effects on perinatal mental health of the state's minimum wage and earned income tax credit (EITC), controlling for other policies and state‐level factors. Using data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System for 2012–2018 births we find robust evidence that minimum wages and EITC levels reduce depression ...
Bryce J. Stanley, Karen Smith Conway
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Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica ScandinavicaIntroduction Fear of childbirth (FOC) is a common obstetrical challenge that complicates about every 10th pregnancy. Background factors of FOC are diverse. We evaluated the association of induced abortion (IA) and FOC in subsequent pregnancy.
Venla Kemppainen +7 more
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Childbirth Fear and Associated Factors in a Sample of Pregnant Iranian Women
Oman Medical Journal, 2018 Objectives: Fear of childbirth is common during pregnancy and may contribute to several adverse outcomes. We aimed to investigate childbirth fear and associated factors in a sample of pregnant Iranian women.
Forough Mortazavi, Jila Agah
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Implementation of repeat HIV testing during pregnancy in Kenya: a qualitative study. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundRepeat HIV testing in late pregnancy has the potential to decrease rates of mother-to-child transmission of HIV by identifying mothers who seroconvert after having tested negative for HIV in early pregnancy.
Bukusi, Elizabeth A +6 more
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Asymmetric Information With Multiple Risks: The Case of the Chilean Private Health Insurance Market
Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We extend the Rothshild and Stiglitz (1976) model to two sources of risk –inpatient and outpatient risk– to better proxy real‐world health insurance markets. We uncover an interesting theoretical possibility: Take individuals A and B, who are low risks in, say, the inpatient dimension but A is riskier in the outpatient dimension.
Dolores de la Mata +3 more
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Labour pain: the hidden influences of anxiety and social deprivation [PDF]
, 2009 No abstract ...
Dolan, J. +4 more
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Risk factors associated with post-traumatic stress symptoms following childbirth in Turkey [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVE: this study examined factors associated with symptoms of post-traumatic stress (PTS) following childbirth in women with normal, low-risk pregnancies in Nigde, Turkey.
Ayers, S. +4 more
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Do midwives need to be more media savvy? [PDF]
, 2015 Fear is increasingly cited as a reason for rising rates of intervention in childbirth, with women it is argued opting for operative birth in order to avoid going through labour. Explanatory factors are said to include previous negative birth experiences,
Hundley, Vanora +2 more
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Birth after emergency caesarean section: Women’s perspectives on the factors influencing their decision making [PDF]
, 2015 The study explored the decisions women made in relation to mode of birth following a previous emergency lower segment caesarean section (emLSCS), particularly focusing on what different factors influenced women to choose a particular mode of birth and ...
Hughes, Laura Jane
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Sustainable Work and Employment in Social Care: New Challenges, New Priorities
Human Resource Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Human Resource Management (HRM) research focused on social care is sparse. This gap is surprising given the scale of the social care workforce in many countries, its vital role in meeting the increasingly complex needs of vulnerable community groups, and the persistent challenges in recruiting and retaining staff.
Ian Kessler +4 more
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