Publications by authors named "H L Brumberg"

Objectives: To determine the association between maternal health insurance type and birth outcomes [prematurity, small for gestational age (SGA), Term/Appropriate for gestational age NICU admission (Term/AGA-NICU) & composite birth outcomes (CBO)] accounting for social determinants of health.

Design/methods: A cross-sectional study of maternal surveys and birth certificate data of singleton live births in NY born to mothers with Medicaid (M) or Private Insurance (PI).

Results: 1015 mothers [M = 631, PI = 384) included.

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To determine intention to breastfeed (ITBF) rates among mothers exclusively using marijuana (eMJ) compared with electronic cigarettes (eEcig), tobacco products (eTob), or multisubstances (MS), nonusers (NU), and the influence of paternal presence and paternal substance use. Cross-sectional study of parental survey responses merged with electronic birth certificates. Accounting for clinical and social determinants of health, analyses of ITBF included (1) all mothers, (2) single mothers, and (3) mothers with fathers.

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Common outdoor air pollutants present threats to fetal and neonatal health, placing neonatal-perinatal clinical specialists in an important role for harm reduction through patient counseling and advocacy. Climate change is intertwined with air pollution and influences air quality. There is increasing evidence demonstrating the unique vulnerability in the development of adverse health consequences from exposures during the preconception, prenatal, and early postnatal periods, as well as promising indications that policies aimed at addressing these toxicants have improved birth outcomes.

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