Factors in Accessing Routine Health Care: Mental Health and Postpartum Mothers.

Objectives: One strategy proposed to decrease the maternal mortality and morbidity in the United States is to increase the rate which new mothers access routine postpartum care. Using Missouri's Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (MO PRAMS) data, this retrospective study analyzed whether a self-reported history of depressive symptoms during the postpartum period was associated with a decreased rate of accessing the postpartum care visit (PPCV).

Methods: Data were collected on 7,357 new mothers who completed the Missouri PRAMS survey between 2009-2014.

A Retrospective Study on Infant Bed-sharing in a Clinical Practice Located in an Urban Cluster.

Objectives: This retrospective study evaluates infant bed-sharing at a Missouri family practice with OB care.

Methods: After Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval, data were extracted from the first four well-child visits of 2374 infants between Sept. 2003 and Dec.

A retrospective study on infant bed-sharing in a clinical practice population.

In 2005 the American Academy of Pediatrics published new recommendations on infant sleep environment which advised against infants bed-sharing. A retrospective study was done to determine the prevalence of infant bed-sharing and its associations in a clinical practice. Demographic data were collected from 2,405 infants from a large family practice residency program, which included OB care, in Missouri between March 2002 and February 2008.