Association of Parenthood With Incident Heart Disease in United States' Older Men and Women: A Longitudinal Analysis of Health and Retirement Study Data.

To examine the association of number of children birthed/fathered with incident heart disease, accounting for socioeconomic and lifestyle characteristics. We analyzed data from 24,923 adults 50 and older (55% women) in the Health and Retirement Study. Participants self-reported number of children and doctor-diagnosed incident heart disease.

Systematic Review of Interventions for Reproductive Life Planning.

Objective: To systematically review the literature on interventions for reproductive life planning (RLP).

Data Sources: We searched PubMed, CINAHL Plus, and PsycINFO for studies of the implementation and/or evaluation of an RLP intervention using the following search terms: reproductive life planning, intervention, program, evaluation, trial, strategy, assessment, survey, tool, and education. No limitations were set on languages or geographic locations of the studies.