Antenatal immunisation intentions of expectant parents: Relationship to immunisation timeliness during infancy.

Background: Most women decide about infant immunisation during pregnancy. However, we have limited knowledge of the immunisation intentions of their partners. We aimed to describe what pregnant women and their partners intended for their future child's immunisations, and to identify associations between parental intentions and the subsequent timeliness of infant immunisation.

Depression symptoms during pregnancy: Evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand.

Background: Depression during pregnancy has significant implications for pregnancy outcomes and maternal and child health. There is a need to identify which family, physical and mental health factors are associated with depression during pregnancy.

Methods: An ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample of 5664 pregnant women living in New Zealand completed a face-to-face interview during the third trimester.

Children born small for gestational age are not at special risk for preschool emotion and behaviour problems.

Despite the wealth of literature examining long term outcomes of preterm low birthweight children, few studies have directly assessed the developmental impact of being born full term but small for gestational age (SGA). We aim to determine whether (i) being SGA increases preschool behavioural problems and (ii) other risk factors operate differently in SGA and appropriate for gestational age (AGA) controls. 550 New Zealand European mothers and their 3.

Determinants of developmental delay in infants aged 12 months.

The aim of this study was to determine which demographic, maternal, obstetric and postnatal variables were associated with achievement of developmental milestones at the age of 12 months in term infants. Mothers and babies were enrolled in the Auckland Birthweight Collaborative Study shortly after birth. All infants were full term (gestation >or= 37 weeks).

The effect of methadone treatment on the quantity and quality of human fetal movement.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of daily maternal methadone maintenance treatment on the quality and quantity of fetal movement.

Methods: At 34-37 weeks gestation, real-time ultrasound recordings were obtained from 17 methadone treated and 17 non-opioid-dependent mothers at two time points relative to the methadone mothers' daily dose of methadone. The first observation was just prior to the mother taking her daily dose (Time A) and the second was 1-h postdose (Time B).