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Society for Maternal‐Fetal Medicine Special Statement: Assessing and using maternal mortality data

Pregnancy
The Society for Maternal‐Fetal Medicine (SMFM) strongly supports using maternal mortality data to inform programs and interventions to reduce the high maternal mortality rate in the United States.
Society for Maternal‐Fetal Medicine (SMFM), SMFM Health Policy and Advocacy Committee, SMFM Publications Committee
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Update from a cohort study for birth defects in Hunan Province, China, 2010–2020

Scientific Reports, 2023
To define the relationship between sex, residence, maternal age, and a broad range of birth defects by conducting a comprehensive cross-analysis based on up-to-date data.
Xu Zhou, Shenglan Cai, Hua Wang, Junqun Fang, Jie Gao, Haiyan Kuang, Donghua Xie, Jian He, Aihua Wang   +8 more
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The Impact of Paid Maternity Leave on Maternal Health [PDF]

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2018
We examine the impact of the introduction of paid maternity leave in Norway in 1977 on maternal health in the medium and long term. Using administrative data combined with survey data on the health of women around age 40, we find the reform improved a range of maternal health outcomes, including BMI, blood pressure, pain, and mental health. The reform
Bütikofer, Aline, Riise, Julie, Skira, Meghan M.   +2 more
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What do women want? An analysis of preferences of women, involvement of men, and decision-making in maternal and newborn health care in rural Bangladesh

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background To improve the utilization of maternal and newborn health (MNH) care and to improve the quality of care, the World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly recommended men’s involvement in pregnancy, childbirth, and after birth. In this article,
Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Janet Perkins, Shumona Sharmin Salam, Shema Mhajabin, Aniqa Tasnim Hossain, Tapas Mazumder, Shams EL Arifeen   +6 more
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A sustainable organizational structure to integrate psycho-social stimulation programme into primary health care services in Bangladesh: protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial on scaling up early childhood development activities

BMC Psychology
Background Early childhood development (ECD) in low to middle-income nations has been a pressing concern for the last two to three decades. It is estimated that approximately 250 million children under the age of five are not reaching their full ...
S. M. Mulk Uddin Tipu, Sheikh Jamal Hossain, Shams El Arifeen, Syeda Fardina Mehrin, Nur E Salveen, Masuma Kawsir, Mohammad Saiful Alam Bhuiyan, Shamima Shiraji, Mohammed Imrul Hasan, Fahmida Tofail, Jena Derakhshani Hamadani   +10 more
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Evaluating two models of postpartum family planning counseling on contraceptive uptake, knowledge, and intended use: evidence from a repeated cross-sectional study in Ghana

Reproductive Health
Background Integrating family planning programming into postpartum care is widely established as an effective approach to improve access to family planning.
Sarah Eustis-Guthrie, Benjamin Williamson, Mohammed Awal Alhassan, Anthony Suguru Abako, Abdul Rahman Issah, Catherine Fist, Sofía Martínez Gálvez   +6 more
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Clinical experience of the expanded carrier screening for recessive genetic diseases in a large cohort study in Southern central China

Scientific Reports
Recessive monogenic disorders represent a significant cause of congenital malformations and disabilities in pediatric populations. The present study aims to provide the first comprehensive assessment of clinical experience with expanded carrier screening
Lu pan, Haiyan Luo, Tingting Huang, Huizhen Yuan, Yongyi Zou, Qing Lu, Baitao Zeng, Pengpeng Ma, Yan Yang, Ting Huang, Danping Liu, Bicheng Yang, Yanqiu Liu, Jun Zou, Fen Fu   +14 more
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Novel inflammatory markers for predicting adverse pregnancy outcomes in pregnant women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a retrospective case‒control study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Objective To investigate the potential predictive value of novel inflammatory markers for adverse pregnancy outcomes in pregnant women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Methods A retrospective case‒control study was conducted.
Na Pan, Jing Zhang, Ning Zhu, Mengting Liu, Shuying Yang, Zhanshuai Song, Haibo Song   +6 more
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A novel variant of the SOX10 gene associated with Waardenburg syndrome type IV

BMC Medical Genomics, 2023
Background Waardenburg syndrome (WS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by varying degrees of sensorineural hearing loss and accumulated pigmentation in the skin, hair and iris.
Yanan Wang, Yuqiong Chai, Pai Zhang, Weiwei Zang   +3 more
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Correlation between ocular residual astigmatism and anterior corneal astigmatism in children with low and moderate myopia

BMC Ophthalmology, 2022
Background To assess the correlation between ocular residual astigmatism and anterior corneal astigmatism in children with low and moderate myopia. Methods Refractive astigmatism was determined by subjective manifest refraction.
Jian Lin, Dexiang An, Yun Lu, Dongmei Yan   +3 more
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