Sexual and reproductive health during international travel: Expectations and experiences among female university students.

To evaluate female students' expectations and experiences related to their sexual and reproductive health (SRH) during international travel. Female students from a US university with a history of sex with men completed a cross-sectional survey about their upcoming (Pre-travelers;  = 170) or recent (Travelers;  = 340) international travel. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize pre-travel SRH expectations (for Pre-travelers) and to determine the prevalence of 15 SRH experiences during both recent and lifetime travel (for Travelers).

International Travel as a Context for Sexual and Contraceptive Behaviors: A Qualitative Study of Young Women Traveling Outside the U.S.

International travel is popular worldwide, yet its implications for sexual and reproductive health are not fully understood. Few studies have examined the contextual factors that shape women's sexual and contraceptive behaviors-and thus, their risk of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs)-while traveling outside their home country. In this qualitative study, female university students with recent (n = 25) or upcoming (n = 19) travel outside the U.

Pregnancy Prevention on the Fly: An Exploratory Study of Contraceptive Lapse Among Young Women Traveling Internationally.

International travel is increasingly popular, and women comprise half of all outbound travel from the United States (almost 46 million trips in 2017). The implications of international travel for women's reproductive health are not fully clear due to lack of data on travelers' contraceptive use. Women attending a U.

Risk of Contraceptive Lapse and New Sexual Partnership Among Female University Students Traveling Internationally.

Context: International travel is common and may influence women's sexual and reproductive health through myriad pathways. Existing studies focus on travelers' risk of acquiring STDs, but not their pregnancy prevention behaviors. Further, it is unclear whether sexual and reproductive health outcomes observed for female travelers are associated with travel itself, because few studies compare travelers with nontravelers.

Best Practices for Nutrition Care of Pregnant Women in Prison.

Approximately 3% to 4% of women are pregnant upon their admission to prison. Pregnant inmates present unique challenges for correctional health providers, including meeting the nutritional needs for healthy pregnancy outcomes. The authors outline six recommendations for nutrition care for pregnant inmates, including (1) test for pregnancy; (2) prescribe prenatal vitamins; (3) follow nutrition recommendations outlined by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; (4) provide additional food, monitor over time, and allow for modifications to meet pregnancy needs; (5) ensure regular access to water; and (6) provide inmates with resources and education on healthy diet.

Prenatal care: associations with prenatal depressive symptoms and social support in low-income urban women.

We examined associations of depressive symptoms and social support with late and inadequate prenatal care in a low-income urban population. The sample was prenatal care patients at five community health centers. Measures of depressive symptoms, social support, and covariates were collected at prenatal care entry.

Differences in Family Planning Services by Rural-urban Geography: Survey of Title X-Supported Clinics In Great Plains and Midwestern States.

Context: Understanding the nature of rural-urban variation in U.S. family planning services would help address disparities in unmet contraceptive need.

Protective Factors, Risk Indicators, and Contraceptive Consistency Among College Women.

Objective: To explore risk and protective factors associated with consistent contraceptive use among emerging adult female college students and whether effects of risk indicators were moderated by protective factors.

Design: Secondary analysis of National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health Wave III data.

Setting: Data collected through in-home interviews in 2001 and 2002.

Doulas' Perspectives about Providing Support to Incarcerated Women: A Feasibility Study.

Objective: To document the logistical feasibility of a doula program for pregnant incarcerated women and to assess doulas' perceptions of their achievements.

Design And Sample: Six doulas provided written case notes ("birth stories") about their experiences with 18 pregnant women in one Midwestern state prison.

Measures: The birth stories were analyzed by two coders to identify major themes related to doulas' perceptions about providing support to incarcerated women.

Associations of adolescent hopelessness and self-worth with pregnancy attempts and pregnancy desire.

Objectives: We examined the associations of pregnancy desire (ambivalence or happiness about a pregnancy in the next year) and recent pregnancy attempts with hopelessness and self-worth among low-income adolescents.

Methods: To evaluate independent associations among the study variables, we conducted gender-stratified multivariable logistic regression analyses with data derived from 2285 sexually experienced 9- to 18-year-old participants in the Mobile Youth Survey between 2006 and 2009.

Results: Fifty-seven percent of youths reported a desire for pregnancy and 9% reported pregnancy attempts.

An examination of prenatal and postpartum depressive symptoms among women served by urban community health centers.

We characterized depressive symptoms in the prenatal and/or postpartum periods and examined associated risk factors among 594 women who received care at community health care centers. Women were screened with comprehensive risk assessments, which included the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 depression screen, during pregnancy and at least 4 weeks after delivery. Fifteen percent had depressive symptoms in the prenatal period only; 6 % in the postpartum period only, and 8 % had depressive symptoms in both periods.

Vision and hearing deficits and associations with parent-reported behavioral and developmental problems in international adoptees.

To determine the occurrence of vision and hearing deficits in international adoptees and their associations with emotional, behavioral and cognitive problems. The Minnesota International Adoption Project (MnIAP) was a 556-item survey that was mailed to 2,969 parents who finalized an international adoption in Minnesota (MN) between January 1990 and December 1998 and whose children were between 4 and 18 years-old at the time of the survey. Families returned surveys for 1,906 children (64%); 1,005 had complete data for analyses.

Evaluating body mass index-specific trimester weight gain recommendations: differences between black and white women.

Introduction: We compared the gestational weight gains of black and white women with the 2009 Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations to better understand the potential for successful implementation of these guidelines in clinical settings.

Methods: Prenatal and birth data for 2760 women aged 18 to 40 years with term singleton births from 2004 through 2007 were abstracted. We examined race differences in mean trimester weight gains with adjusted linear regression and compared race differences in the distribution of women who met the IOM recommendations with chi-square analyses.

Stigma, perceived blame, self-blame, and depressive symptoms in men with colorectal cancer.

Background: We measured the prevalence of stigma, self-blame, and perceived blame from others for their illness among men with colorectal cancer (CRC) and examined whether these factors were associated with depressive symptoms, independent of clinical and sociodemographic factors.

Methods: Self-administered questionnaires were returned in the fall of 2009 by 1109 eligible male US veterans who were diagnosed with CRC at any Veterans Affairs facility in 2008. Questionnaires assessed stigma, feelings of blame, and depressive symptoms as well as other facets of health, cancer characteristics, and quality and type of medical care.

Perceived stigma, strain, and mental health among caregivers of veterans with traumatic brain injury.

Background: Family caregivers of individuals with stigmatized conditions can experience stigma-by-association and discrimination. Moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) may elicit a stigma response if there are visible physical or neurobehavioral effects of the injury. Stigma is a considerable source of stress and may contribute to caregiver strain and stress-related mental health outcomes.

The association of maternal mental health with prenatal smoking cessation and postpartum relapse in a population-based sample.

To examine the association between mental health factors with smoking cessation during pregnancy and postpartum relapse. We used data from 1,416 women who participated in the Minnesota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System survey in 2004-2006 and reported smoking immediately prior to pregnancy. Maternal mood during pregnancy, stressful life events and postpartum depression were the mental health variables.

Balancing work and family after childbirth: a longitudinal analysis.

Background: in the United States, women with young children have dramatically increased their participation in the workforce, resulting in greater potential conflict between work and family roles. However, few studies have examined postpartum work-family conflict. This study examined associations between work-family conflict and women's health after childbirth.

Increasing support for smoking cessation during pregnancy and postpartum: results of a randomized controlled pilot study.

Objectives: We examined the feasibility and effectiveness of an intervention to mobilize women in the social networks of pregnant smokers to support smoking cessation.

Methods: This study was conducted in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Columbus, Ohio, from 2005 through 2007.

Independent and interactive associations of prenatal mood and substance use with infant birth outcomes.

The main objective of this work is to examine low prenatal mood, alcohol and tobacco use and rates of preterm (PTB) and low birth weight (LBW) births among women in Minnesota between 2002 and 2006. We examined the Minnesota version of the national, cross-sectional survey of postpartum women, the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (MN PRAMS). Of the 11,891 women sampled in 2002-2006, 7,457 had complete data for analysis; the weighted response rates averaged 76%.

Race, socioeconomic status, and premature mortality.

This article summarizes the results of a study examining whether the relationship between race and premature mortality varied by socioeconomic status among men and women who are black or white and between the ages of 25 and 64 years. Using a population-based study design, we tested the hypothesis that the association between race and mortality would differ by socioeconomic status as measured by neighborhood poverty and educational status. We found that the odds of dying prematurely were greater for black men and women who lived in less-affluent neighborhoods than for white men and women who lived in similar neighborhoods.

Type-specific prevalence and persistence of human papillomavirus in women in the United States who are referred for typing as a component of cervical cancer screening.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to report type-specific prevalence and persistence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in women who underwent cytologic screening.

Study Design: We examined HPV prevalence in 73,371 women who had type-specific HPV testing in 1 of 23 clinical laboratories in the United States. Persistence was evaluated in 963 women who were tested within 8-16 months of their index test.

Prenatal environmental exposures and child health: Minnesota's role in the National Children's Study.

Five medical conditions are responsible for approximately $250 billion in annual health care costs in the United States: obesity, asthma, diabetes, schizophrenia, and autism. For some individuals, these conditions may begin with in utero exposures. However, firm evidence about the links between these conditions and such exposures has yet to be established.

American Indian breastfeeding attitudes and practices in Minnesota.

Objectives: We examined the breastfeeding attitudes and practices in an American Indian population in Minnesota.

Methods: We interviewed women prenatally (n = 380), at 2-weeks (n = 342) and at 6-months postpartum (n = 256). We conducted multivariable analyses to examine the demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal correlates of breastfeeding initiation and duration.