Publications by authors named "Maria Gibbons"
Background: Healthcare professionals have a role to play in reducing perinatal mental health related stigma.
Aim: To assess the effectiveness of a video-based educational intervention developed to provide guidance to healthcare professionals on perinatal mental health related stigma reduction strategies.
Design: A single group pre-test-post-test pilot study with no control group.
Maternal SARS-COV-2 infection and prematurity: the Southern Michigan COVID-19 collaborative.
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med
December 2023
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the relationship between COVID-19 and the rates of preterm birth (PTB) in pregnant women, highlighting the need for more comprehensive research due to limitations in prior studies.
- Using a retrospective cohort approach, researchers compared pregnant women diagnosed with COVID-19 to uninfected controls from 14 obstetric centers in Michigan, assessing various forms of prematurity and potential confounding factors.
- Results showed that symptomatic COVID-19 cases had notably higher rates of prematurity (26.5%) and ICU admissions correlated with even higher rates (58.8%), indicating that COVID-19 is a significant risk factor for PTB, particularly for early and medically indicated prematurity.