Publications by authors named "Marielena De Araujo-Greecher"

Purpose: Under-desk pedaling devices could help reduce health risks associated with the global decline in work-related energy expenditure. However, the optimal pedaling work rate to facilitate concurrent work performance among physically inactive adults is unclear. We examined the effects of two light-intensity pedaling work rates on physically inactive adults' work performance.

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  • The study examines how reliably mothers recall their prenatal experiences and birth outcomes at two different points: 6 months and 8 years after giving birth, focusing on factors like smoking and delivery type.
  • 117 mothers participated in the study, providing information on their health behaviors and experiences using a modified life history calendar and pregnancy screener.
  • Results showed mothers had good recall for some aspects of delivery and smoking, but struggled with specifics like illicit drug use and certain medical tests, suggesting retrospective self-reports can be reliable for some information but not all.
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A wide variety of perinatal risk factors have been linked to later developmental outcomes in children. Much of this work has relied on either birth/medical records or mothers' self-reports collected after delivery, and there has been an ongoing debate about which strategy provides the most accurate and reliable data. This report uses a parent-offspring adoption design (N = 561 families) to (1) examine the correspondence between medical record data and self-report data, (2) examine how perinatal risk factors may influence child internalizing and externalizing behavior at age 4.

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We aimed to assess comprehensively the prevalence of perinatal risks experienced by a potentially high-risk yet understudied population of children domestically adopted in the United States. Data are from participant report and medical records from mothers (n = 580) who completed a domestic adoption placement with nonrelatives at or near birth (Mean placement age = 7 days). We describe a comprehensive measure of perinatal risks, including divergences from previous assessment tools and the incorporation of multiple reporters, and report the prevalence of various types of perinatal risks.

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