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Filter by:ABSTRACT Adolescent pregnancy rates are gradually increasing in the recent decades. As a reason of war nutritional difficulties, language differences and difficulty in applying to the health institution causes lack of prenatal care. As a reason of absence of prenatal care, associated medical complications can occur. 525 adolescent women who gave birth to singletons agreed to participate in this study. Data on maternal demographic and obstetric characteristics as well as neonatal outcomes were analyzed. In conclusion, adolescent pregnancy continues to be an important social problem due to the health support needs. However, the results of our present study are important in terms of showing that the perinatal care is quietly improved in Turkey.
The pregnant women constituting the sample were divided into 3 groups. Group 1 was given only childbirth education (Group-ED), group 2 was given childbirth education and was subjected to a birth plan (Group-ED&P), and group 3 was the control group, each including 51 pregnant women.
The impact of living in a deprived area has far reaching consequences on maternal and infant health. Studies in England show women living in deprived areas have some of the poorest experiences of care, poor birth outcomes and are 50% more likely to die of pregnancy related complications than women in the least deprived neighbourhoods. Life expectancy has also stalled for women living in the most deprived areas and the global COVID-19 pandemic has further amplified existing health inequalities. The Social Determinants of Health (SDH) are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and are mostly responsible for health inequities - the unfair and avoidable differences in health seen within and between populations. Evidence shows taking action on the SDH alongside Midwifery Continuity of Care (MCC) models, improves birth outcomes and reduces health inequalities. How midwives working in MCC models in areas of high deprivation address the SDH as part of their public health and prevention role is currently not clear. There is also a lack of qualitative evidence exploring the SDH from the perspectives of women themselves. Drawing on Constructivist Grounded Theory methods, this research will take place in a low-income setting in England. Through the use of semi-structured interviews with women and midwives working in an NHS MCC model, the study will generate theory to help explain how and indeed whether midwives take action to address the SDH as part of their public health role. The study also seeks to understand the SDH impacting upon women's lives and what mechanisms exist to support or obstruct engagement with the SDH. Examining these domains will contribute to the evidence base about the impact of MCC and the public health and prevention strategy in NHS maternity services.
The aim of the study is to examine the relationship between "flat" sugar curve on OGTT-glucose tolerance test during pregnancy, neonatal birthweight and other perinatal outcomes.
Obesity is an ongoing public health problem that is difficult to treat. There is evidence that obesity has fetal origins. Body composition, including visceral, subcutaneous, brown, and hepatic fat have been found to be important predictors in obesity and metabolic syndrome. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can quantify body composition that does not require radiation but is motion limited. The investigators have developed a motion-compensated MRI sequence, also known as "free breathing" MRI. In this study, the investigators plan to obtain free-breathing MRIs of pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy. MRIs will be obtained from healthy mothers, mothers with growth-restricted fetuses, and mothers with gestational diabetes. The different types of adipose tissue will be measured and compared between groups and correlated to birth growth parameters. The goal is this study is to assess if motion-compensated MRI can help predict early growth patterns in infancy.
The purpose of this study is to reduce use of personal care products that contain endocrine disrupting chemicals among women. For this pilot intervention, the investigators focus on the hair care product class of personal care products, the reduction in use of phthalate-containing Hair Care Products (HCPs) and use among pregnant Women of Color (WOC).
The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical efficacy of olive oil on the severity and progression of striae gravidarum. This randomized controlled clinical trial included 156 primipara women who were early third trimester. They were randomly allocated into two groups: an experimental group and a control group. Women in the experimental group applied olive oil to their abdomen twice a day in the morning and evening. The control group had no intervention.
More than 40% of all pregnant women in Pakistan are exposed to second-hand smoke - causing approximately 17,000 still births in a year. In Pakistan only 1% of still births are attributed to women actively smoking during pregnancy, but for second-hand smoke the figure is 7%, largely due to the high numbers of pregnant women exposed to tobacco smoke in the home. Negative effects of Second-hand smoking (SHS) on maternal and fetal health are well established. In low and middle-income countries (LMICs) smoking inside the house is largely unrestricted adversely affecting pregnant women by exposure to SHS. SHS exposure in non-smoking pregnant women has increased the risk of stillbirth and congenital malformation along with behavioural and cognitive issues in children. Partner's support during pregnancy is important for developing a better maternal health. Therefore, a phenomenological research approach is appropriate for describing the essence of experience in terms of affective and emotional aspects. Phenomenology is an approach of creating phenomenological knowledge in a situation by describing implicit meaning of experience. The investigators therefore propose an epistemological approach of phenomenology.
The postpartum period is a critical time for both maternal and child health, and more than half of all maternal deaths occur postpartum, from one day to one year after birth. This poor outcome is linked to the racial and ethnic disparities that disproportionately effects low income and black women. To reduce the burden of the postpartum period for this population, the goal of this project is to develop an accessible, targeted online tool designed to address the needs of underserved women who are at greater risk for adverse postpartum outcomes by providing the appropriate tools, knowledge and skills to improve postpartum health.
Labour induction is an obstetrical procedure, which artificially starts the process of cervix dilation, in order to induce labour. Several methods of labour induction exist : mechanical ones (using dilatation balloons) or pharmacological ones (using prostaglandins or oxytocin). This trial aims to compare, in case of non-favourable cervix, the strategy of labour induction using the Propess® method first (Dino-first) versus the strategy beginning with the use of a dilatation balloon (Ballon-first), with respect of the usual practice and the current guidelines.