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Infant Serum and Maternal Milk Vitamin B-12 Are Positively Correlated in Kenyan Infant-Mother Dyads at 1-6 Months Postpartum, Irrespective of Infant Feeding Practice. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
BackgroundVitamin B-12 is an essential nutrient required for many functions including DNA synthesis, erythropoiesis, and brain development. If maternal milk vitamin B-12 concentrations are low, infants may face elevated risks of deficiency when ...
Achando, Beryl   +9 more
core   +3 more sources

Mediation Analysis Supports a Causal Relationship between Maternal Hyperglycemia and Placental DNA Methylation Variations at the Leptin Gene Locus and Cord Blood Leptin Levels. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Changes in fetal DNA methylation (DNAm) of the leptin (LEP) gene have been associated with exposure to maternal hyperglycemia, but their links with childhood obesity risk are still unclear.
Bouchard, Luigi   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Implementation of a Free Maternal and Child Health Programme in a Nigerian State

open access: yesInternational Journal of Medicine and Health Development, 2021
Background: The Government of Enugu State as a policy response to reduce maternal and child mortality and morbidity in the state introduced the Free Maternal and Child Health (MCH) programme for all pregnant mothers and under-5-year-old clients in public
Festus Uzor, Arthur Idoko, Ed Nwobodo
doaj   +1 more source

Extracting fetal heart beats from maternal abdominal recordings: Selection of the optimal principal components [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This study presents a systematic comparison of different approaches to the automated selection of the principal components (PC) which optimise the detection of maternal and fetal heart beats from non-invasive maternal abdominal recordings.
Di Maria, Costanzo   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Effect of mHealth based intervention on Maternal Knowledge and Practices of Child Care: A quasi-experimental study

open access: yesPublic Health of Indonesia
Background:Child malnutrition contributes to elevated rates of mortality and morbidity, profoundly affecting child welfare. Maternal childcare knowledge and practices play a pivotal role in addressing this issue.
Tri Siswati Siswati   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Relationship Between Paternal and Maternal Depression During the Perinatal Period: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
Background: Meta-analyses suggest an increased prevalence of paternal depression during the perinatal period of around 10%. The relationship between paternal and maternal symptoms, however, has received little attention.Objective: To determine pooled ...
Freya Thiel   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of Geographical Location on Maternal-Infant Microbiota: Study in Two Populations From Asia and Europe

open access: yesFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
Early gut microbial colonization is driven by many factors, including mode of birth, breastfeeding, and other environmental conditions. Characters of maternal-neonatal microbiota were analyzed from two distinct populations in similar latitude but ...
Yue Cheng   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influencing factors of maternal online health information-seeking behavior

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health
IntroductionAs an important social group, mothers possess unique physiological and psychological characteristics. They may rely on Internet sources for obtaining health information about themselves and their children.MethodsBased on the Elaboration ...
Huajie Xu, Yanping Zhou, Xiaotong Wang
doaj   +1 more source

A global disorder of imprinting in the human female germ line [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Imprinted genes are expressed differently depending on whether they are carried by a chromosome of maternal or paternal origin. Correct imprinting is established by germline-specific modifications; failure of this process underlies several inherited ...
A Kerjean   +30 more
core   +1 more source

A Study of Etiological Spectrum of Maternal Near-miss Cases and Quality Care Indicators in Western Region of India

open access: yesNMO Journal
Background: Maternal death review has remained the fundamental quality care indicator for any maternal health-care governance program. Maternal near-miss (MNM) cases which are the forerunner of mortality cases could serve as a proxy indicator to evaluate
Alhad A. Pande   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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