Publications by authors named "Moriah Hall"
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- The COVID-19 pandemic has caused nearly 6 million deaths worldwide, leading to overwhelmed health departments and the need for private health systems to engage in contact tracing and outbreak control efforts.
- The study aimed to design and implement a volunteer contact tracing program at the University of Pennsylvania Health System to support COVID-19 patients and their contacts from April 2020 to May 2021.
- Out of 5470 COVID-19 patients contacted, 2982 were interviewed, revealing diverse demographic data and highlighting the program's importance in providing necessary resources during isolation and quarantine.
Postpartum depression (PPD) is one of the most common birthing complications, and studies negatively associate PPD with breastfeeding initiation and continuation. However, little is known about either the breastfeeding experience of mothers with PPD or what resources mothers need for sustained breastfeeding from their perspectives. This study aimed to identify the antecedents, barriers, and facilitators to breastfeeding for mothers with PPD, understand the relationship between self-efficacy and emergent themes, and generate suggestions to inform supportive interventions.
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