Women's perspectives on falls and fall prevention during pregnancy.

Background: Falls are the leading cause of unintentional injury in women. During pregnancy, even a minor fall can result in adverse consequences. Evidence to inform effective and developmentally appropriate pregnancy fall prevention programs is lacking.

Early discharge among late preterm and term newborns and risk of neonatal morbidity.

Understanding how late preterm infants (34-36 completed weeks' gestation) are affected by discharge policies created for term infants (37-41 completed weeks' gestation) is essential for preventing postdischarge neonatal morbidity among late preterm infants. We analyzed linked birth certificate and hospital discharge data for Massachusetts between 1998 and 2002 to evaluate the risk of neonatal morbidity (defined as hospital readmission, observational stay, or both) between all vaginally delivered, live-born singleton late preterm and term infants. All infants were born at a Massachusetts hospital to a state resident and were discharged home early (<2-night hospital stay).