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Using rising tides to lift all boats: Equity-focused quality improvement as a tool to reduce neonatal health disparities

open access: yesSeminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 2021
Evidence of health disparities affecting newborns abounds. Although quality improvement (QI) methodology is often suggested as a tool to advance health equity, the impact of QI initiatives on disparities is variable.
Vicky Reichman   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Attitudes About Extremely Preterm Birth Among Obstetric and Neonatal Health Care Professionals in England

open access: yesJAMA Network Open, 2022
This qualitative study examines the attitudes of obstetric and neonatal health care professionals regarding counseling parents and caring for extremely preterm infants.
Katie Gallagher   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Maternal Ramadan Fasting and Neonatal Health [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Perinatology, 2004
This retrospective cohort study sought to determine the effects of maternal Ramadan fasting during pregnancy on neonatal birth weight as an important aspect of fetal health. It was carried out among healthy women who were admitted for their neonate delivery at two medical centers in Tehran from January to September 2000.
Zohreh, Kavehmanesh, Hassan, Abolghasemi
openaire   +2 more sources

The effects of performance-based financing on neonatal health outcomes in Burundi, Lesotho, Senegal, Zambia and Zimbabwe

open access: yesHealth Policy and Planning, 2021
Maternal and newborn care has been a primary focus of performance-based financing (PBF) projects, which have been piloted or implemented in 21 countries in sub-Saharan Africa since 2007.
Anna D. Gage, Sebastian Bauhoff
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Randomized Controlled Trial of Oral Immunotherapy with Colostrum or Breast Milk and Clinical Outcomes among Preterm Babies [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Neonatology, 2021
Background: It is well known that mother’s milk is the best nutrient for the baby. Some formal studies have investigated its effectiveness and supported it as a safe feasible practice.
Shiney Easo   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health facility preparedness of maternal and neonatal health services: a survey in Jumla, Nepal

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2021
Over the past 20 years, Nepal has seen major improvements in childhood and maternal survival. In 2015, the Nepalese government introduced a new federal political structure. It is unclear how this has affected the health system, and particularly, maternal
Pasang Tamang   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hypothyroidism in Pregnancy: Consequences to Neonatal Health [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2001
Pregnancy influences thyroid function in multiple ways. Not only does the maternal hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis undergo a series of adjustments, the fetus develops its own HPT axis and the placenta plays an active role in iodide and T4 transport and metabolism. Thus, an integrated three-compartment thyroid model exists during gestation (1).
R C, Smallridge, P W, Ladenson
openaire   +2 more sources

A Rapid Assessment of the Quality of Neonatal Healthcare in Kilimanjaro Region, Northeast Tanzania. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
While child mortality is declining in Africa there has been no evidence of a comparable reduction in neonatal mortality. The quality of inpatient neonatal care is likely a contributing factor but data from resource limited settings are few. The objective
Mbwele, Bernard   +5 more
core   +1 more source

The effects of designation and volume of neonatal care on mortality and morbidity outcomes of very preterm infants in England : retrospective population-based cohort study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Objective: To examine the effects of designation and volume of neonatal care at the hospital of birth on mortality and morbidity outcomes in very preterm infants in a managed clinical network setting.
Draper, E S   +27 more
core   +1 more source

The Effect of Consanguinity on Neonatal Outcomes and Health [PDF]

open access: yesHuman Heredity, 2014
Consanguineous marriages constitute a significant fraction of marriages worldwide and confer a major public health concern on newborns. In addition to the risk of acquiring a recessive genetic disease, the offspring of consanguineous parents are plausibly at an increased risk of preterm birth, decreased anthropometric measurements, congenital defects ...
Hussein A, Abbas, Khalid, Yunis
openaire   +2 more sources

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