Patient and Provider Perspectives on How Trust Influences Maternal Vaccine Acceptance Among Pregnant Women in Kenya [PDF]
, 2019 Background Pregnant women and newborns are at high risk for infectious diseases. Altered immunity status during pregnancy and challenges fully vaccinating newborns contribute to this medical reality.
Adero, Maxwell +14 more
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Analysis of lipid status, body mass index and waist-hip ratio in post-menopausal women
Journal of Health Sciences, 2012 Introduction: Menopause is the absence of menses in the period longer that one year. It is widely accepted that menopause leads to changes in hormonal status, metabolism and lipid profi le. The aim of this study was to analyze the infl uence of menopause
Lejla Mešalić, Edhem Hasković
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Gaceta Sanitaria, 2021 Objective: One of the indicators in measuring the nutritional status of a particular community is the nutritional status of pregnant women. A nutritional deficiency occurs if nutritional input for pregnant women from food is not balanced with their body ...
Irani Nur Ramadhani +5 more
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Risky drinking patterns are being continued into pregnancy: a prospective cohort study [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Risky patterns of alcohol use prior to pregnancy increase the risk of alcohol-exposed pregnancies and subsequent adverse outcomes. It is important to understand how consumption changes once women become pregnant.
Amy E. Anderson
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Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2021 Vaccination of pregnant women for their protection and the protection of the fetus and the child is not common. Health professionals' prejudices about immunization of pregnant women increase the concerns of women and their families. Such behavior is not supported by scientific data.
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Correlation Between Hormonal and Lipid Status in Women in Menopause
Biomolecules & Biomedicine, 2008 It is widely accepted that menopause leads to changes in hormonal status, metabolism and lipid profile. The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of menopause on the concentrations of lipids, lipoproteins and, the influence of estradiol ...
Lejla Mešalić +3 more
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Prevalence of Malaria and Anaemia among HIV Infected Pregnant women Receiving Co-trimoxazole Prophylaxis in Tanzania: A Cross Sectional Study in Kinondoni Municipality. [PDF]
, 2014 HIV-infected pregnant women are particularly more susceptible to the deleterious effects of malaria infection particularly anaemia. In order to prevent opportunistic infections and malaria, a policy of daily co-trimoxazole prophylaxis without the ...
A Kapito-tembo +34 more
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Prevalence and related factors of substance use during pregnancy: A study from Southeast Iran [PDF]
Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2023 Introduction Substance abuse in women has an increasing trend in all socio-economic classes. In addition to the fetal consequences, this problem has many other economic and social consequences as well.This study aimed to determine the prevalence of ...
Abedin Iranpour +6 more
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Is intimate partner violence more common in pregnant women with severe mental illness? A retrospective study [PDF]
, 2020 Objective: To examine the risk of past and current experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) in women with severe mental illness (SMI) in pregnancy. Methods: We examined past and current experiences of IPV in women with SMI in pregnancy. The data of
Binns, Ray +4 more
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A prospective cohort study comparing the reactogenicity of trivalent influenza vaccine in pregnant and non-pregnant women [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Influenza vaccination during pregnancy can prevent serious illness in expectant mothers and provide protection to newborns; however, historically uptake has been limited due to a number of factors, including safety concerns.
A Legge +29 more
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