Evaluating Prenatal Care Compliance and Barriers to Prenatal Care Among Pregnant Individuals in Forsyth County, North Carolina.

Background: Individuals who gave birth from May 2021 through July 2021 at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist (AHWFB) Hospital were surveyed to identify barriers to prenatal care (PNC), assess adequacy of PNC, and examine how these measures relate to race, ethnicity, and income.

Methods: A survey was administered to 200 individuals giving birth at AHWFB. Eligibility included English- or Spanish-speaking, aged 18 years or older, and a gestational age of 35 weeks or greater at delivery.

Change in Knowledge and Preferred Scenario Responses After Completion of the Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Course in Serbia.

Background And Objectives: The Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) course is widely utilized in the United States as an evidence-based program that bridges knowledge gaps and improves skills via hands-on training, group learning, and memorization of standardized mnemonics in a team-based approach to patient care. This reduces communication barriers among maternity care providers, ultimately decreasing potential negative outcomes. A needs assessment identified that Serbian providers would benefit from structured learning and hands-on simulation approaches in obstetrics from a structured training like the ALSO course.

Maternal Health Care Challenges Confronting Arab Muslim Refugee Women in Triad North Carolina.

Arab Muslim refugee women represent a new underserved population in North Carolina with many health needs and challenges. Barriers in language, economic and social status, culture, and health all play a role in this population's successful assimilation. Without support, fear and isolation may impede them from becoming active in society.

T-cell proliferative responses following sepsis in neonatal rats.

Both experimental and clinical evidence suggest a suppression of T-cell function in burn and sepsis. The objective of the present study was to evaluate splenocyte and purified T-cell proliferative response and IL-2 production in septic neonatal rats. We also examined if alterations in T-cell proliferation and IL-2 production in neonatal sepsis is due to elevation in PGE2.