Family-Centered Care and Delayed or Missed Pediatric Preventive Care due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Objective: To examine the association between family-centered care and its components with delayed or missed preventive care due to the COVID-9 pandemic among US children.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study using nationally representative data from the 2021 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH). Children were eligible if they received health care services in the past 12 months (n = 42,649; 79.

Factors associated with unmet pediatric health care needs during the coronavirus pandemic.

Purpose: To examine risk factors for unmet pediatric health care needs during the coronavirus pandemic in a national sample of US children under 17 years of age.

Design And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we used data from the 2021 National Survey of Children's Health (n = 50,892). Unmet pediatric health care needs were assessed as follows: "during the past 12 months, was there any time when this child needed health care but it was not received?".

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Factors Associated With Delayed or Missed Pediatric Preventive Care in the US Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Importance: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted medical care use. Yet information on how the pandemic has affected pediatric preventive care use in the US is lacking.

Objective: To examine the prevalence of and risk and protective factors for delayed or missed pediatric preventive care in the US due to the COVID-19 pandemic, further stratified by race and ethnicity to assess associations by groups.

Maternal Malnutrition During Pregnancy Among Women with Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Introduction: As the utilization of metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) continues to rise, it is important to address the nutritional needs of women who had MBS who become pregnant. Not meeting those nutritional needs could lead to complications associated with malnutrition. To better understand the relationship between MBS, pregnancy, and malnutrition, this study sought to determine whether differences exist in the presence of malnutrition during pregnancy in women with a history of MBS compared to women without a history of MBS.

Stroke-related risk factors during pregnancy in women who underwent metabolic and bariatric surgery compared with women who have not undergone metabolic and bariatric surgery.

Background: Stroke during pregnancy is rare, occurring in 30 of 100,000 pregnancies and accounting for 7% of maternal deaths in the United States from 2016 to 2018. Metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) has been shown to reduce symptoms of chronic conditions that are risk factors for stroke, including hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes in women. However, little is known about the impact of MBS on stroke risk during pregnancy.

Men's Preconception Health and Fertility Intentions: A Latent Class Analysis Approach.

Men's pregnancy intention is associated with a host of positive outcomes for families, yet this topic remains understudied. Because unintended pregnancies are more likely to occur at suboptimal parental health, this study aimed to examine the extent to which men improve their preconception health in the context of future fertility planning. This study used pooled data from the 2011-2019 National Survey of Family Growth for a final sample size of 10,223.

Men's preconception health and the social determinants of health: What are we missing?

Background: Life course perspectives suggest that optimizing men's health before conception is requisite to equitably improve population health, an area of increasing public health focus. Although scholarship on the social determinants of health (SDOH) suggests that men's health and health behaviors do not occur in a vacuum, preconception health studies have not explicitly examined how these factors influence men's preconception health.

Objective: To identify latent classes of men's preconception health and the role of the SDOHs in predicting class membership.

Association between maternal family history of hypertension and preterm birth: modification by noise exposure and multivitamin intake.

Objective: To measure the effect of maternal family history of hypertension on preterm birth (PTB) and to identify factors that modified this association.

Methods: A case-control study was nested in a prospective cohort of the entire pregnant population in Wuhan, China, from 2011 to 2013. Home-visit interviews were scheduled for all PTBs and their controls, to collect extensive information on maternal exposures to behavioral, environmental, and intergenerational risk factors of PTB.

Refreshing the Perinatal Periods of Risk: A New Reference Group and Nationwide Large-County-Level Analyses.

Introduction: The Perinatal Periods of Risk approach (PPOR) is designed for use by communities to assess and address the causes of high fetal-infant mortality rates using vital records data. The approach is widely used by local health departments and their community and academic partners to inform and motivate systems changes. PPOR was developed and tested in communities based on data years from 1995 to 2002.

Non-linear Relationship of Maternal Age With Risk of Spontaneous Abortion: A Case-Control Study in the China Birth Cohort.

Background: Spontaneous abortion is one of the prevalent adverse reproductive outcomes, which seriously threatens maternal health around the world.

Objective: The current study is aimed to evaluate the association between maternal age and risk for spontaneous abortion among pregnant women in China.

Methods: This was a case-control study based on the China Birth Cohort, we compared 338 cases ending in spontaneous abortion with 1,352 controls resulting in normal live births.

Association of types of diabetes and insulin dependency on birth outcomes.

Background: Diabetes rates among pregnant women in the United States have been increasing and are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Aim: To investigate differences in birth outcomes (preterm birth, macrosomia, and neonatal death) by diabetes status.

Methods: Cross-sectional design, using linked Missouri birth and death certificates (singleton births only), 2010 to 2012 ( = 204057).

Pregnancy Complications in Women with Weight Loss Surgery Compared to a Non-Surgical Population of Women with Obesity.

Background: The objective of this study was to assess the effect of WLS on pregnancy and delivery complications in women who had WLS compared to women with obesity who did not undergo WLS.

Methods: We used the National Inpatient Sample data from 2012 to 2017, with a study population of women between the ages of 20 and 44 who had a maternal admission code in the NIS data (n = 663,795). Weighted logistic regression models were fitted and the models were stratified by race.

Association between maternal outdoor physical exercise and the risk of preterm birth: a case-control study in Wuhan, China.

Background: China had the second largest proportion of preterm birth (PTB) internationally. However, only 11% of pregnant women in China meet international guidelines for maternal physical activity, a significantly lower proportion than that in Western countries. This study aims to examine the association between outdoor physical exercise during pregnancy and PTB among Chinese women in Wuhan, China.

Neighborhood built and social environment and meeting physical activity recommendations among mid to older adults with joint pain.

Arthritis is a leading cause of disability in the United States, with the most efficacious treatments being physical activity (PA). Arthritis patients are less likely to meet PA recommendations and the neighborhood environment may play a role. This study examines the effect of neighborhood walkability and social cohesion on PA among arthritis patients in a sample of US adults.

Smoking Cessation and Pregnancy: Timing of Cessation Reduces or Eliminates the Effect on Low Birth Weight.

Background: Women who smoke cigarettes while pregnant are at elevated risk of having low birth weight infants (LBW, < 2500 g) which increases risks of infant mortality and morbidity, including chronic conditions later in life.

Objective: Smoking cessation during pregnancy can reduce the risk of poor birth outcomes. However, the effect that timing of smoking cessation has on the reduction of poor birth outcomes in term pregnancies is unknown.

Are Statutory Requirements Followed in the Certification of Traumatic, Unexpected, and Unattended Deaths in Missouri?

Medical examiners and coroners (ME/Cs) investigate deaths important to public health. This cross-sectional study evaluated 343,412 death certificates from 2007 to 2012 in Missouri. We examined agreement between cause and manner of death by year and ME/C contact as well as 2010-2012 trends in ME/C contact.

Effects of in utero and Postnatal Exposure to Secondhand Smoke on Lung Function by Gender and Asthma Status: The Seven Northeastern Cities (SNEC) Study.

Background: Little information exists on whether gender or asthma status modifies the effects of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure on lung function.

Objective: To evaluate whether gender or asthma status modifies the association of SHS exposure with lung function.

Methods: A total of 6,740 children (average 11.

Risk Factors Associated with Very Low Birth Weight in a Large Urban Area, Stratified by Adequacy of Prenatal Care.

Objectives: This study examined risk and protective factors associated with very low birth weight (VLBW) for babies born to women receiving adequate or inadequate prenatal care.

Methods: Birth records from St. Louis City and County from 2000 to 2009 were used (n = 152,590).

Socioeconomic Status, Alcohol Use, and Pregnancy Intention in a National Sample of Women.

Using data from the 2004 and 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a cross-sectional study was conducted to explore the role of socioeconomic status as a potential modifier on the relationship between a woman's intention to become pregnant and her drinking behaviors. The analytic sample included 37,777 fertile women aged 18-44 years. The primary outcomes were any, heavy, or binge drinking.

Predictors of size for gestational age in St. Louis City and County.

Objective: To identify social, behavioral, and physiological risk factors associated with small for gestational age (SGA) by gestational age category in St. Louis City and County.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted using birth certificate and fetal death records from 2000 to 2009 (n = 142,017).

Very low birth weight and perinatal periods of risk: disparities in St. Louis.

Objective: Very low birth weight (VLBW) is a significant issue in St. Louis, Missouri. Our study evaluated risk factors associated with VLBW in this predominantly urban community.

Residential characteristics and household risk factors and respiratory diseases in Chinese women: the Seven Northeast Cities (SNEC) study.

Background: Few studies have assessed the impact of residential home characteristics and home environmental risk factors on respiratory diseases in Chinese women. Therefore, this study sought to determine the association between residential home features, domestic pets, home renovation and other indoor environmental risk factors with respiratory health outcomes of Chinese women.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included a study sample of 30,780 Chinese women aged 23 to 49 from 25 districts of seven cities in Liaoning Province, Northeast China.

Surveillance of preconception health indicators in behavioral risk factor surveillance system: emerging trends in the 21st century.

Objectives: This article assesses emerging trends in the 21st century, if any, in preconception health indicators among women of reproductive age.

Methods: This is a secondary analysis of cross-sectional data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2003-2010. Subjects were a sample of noninstitutionalized, 18-44-year-old, nonpregnant, women in the United States (n=547,177) grouped into two categories, 2003-2006 (n=275,630) and 2007-2010 (n=271,547).

Association between long-term air pollution and increased blood pressure and hypertension in China.

Several studies have investigated the short-term effects of ambient air pollutants in the development of high blood pressure and hypertension. However, little information exists regarding the health effects of long-term exposure. To investigate the association between residential long-term exposure to air pollution and blood pressure and hypertension, we studied 24 845 Chinese adults in 11 districts of 3 northeastern cities from 2009 to 2010.