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Arch Womens Ment Health
January 2025
Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, Department Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD, Rotterdam, South Holland, The Netherlands.
Purpose: Psychosocial risk factors are frequently present in pregnant women and are associated with adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. Professional guidelines recommend early detection of vulnerability and provision of multidisciplinary care, including an integrated care plan for pregnant women with social factors, such as residing in deprived areas, teenage pregnancy, and psychiatric illness. However, to date, such approach is impeded by lack of data on co-occurrence of vulnerability.
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January 2025
Institut national de santé publique du Québec, 190 Cremazie Blvd E, Montreal, QC, H2P 1E2, Canada.
We investigated whether ethnocultural inequality in rates of gestational diabetes was prevalent in Canada. We compared the Anglophone minority with the Francophone majority in Quebec. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 853,595 pregnancies between 2008 and 2020 in Quebec, Canada.
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February 2025
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.
Background: Sex steroid hormones are critical for maintaining pregnancy and optimal fetal development. Air pollutants are potential endocrine disruptors that may disturb sex steroidogenesis during pregnancy, potentially leading to adverse health outcomes.
Methods: In the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Understanding Pregnancy Signals and Infant Development pregnancy cohort (Rochester, NY), sex steroid concentrations were collected at study visits in early-, mid-, and late-pregnancy in 299 participants.
Front Public Health
January 2025
School of Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, Woldia University, Woldia, Ethiopia.
Background: The term "danger signs" refers to any symptoms or indicators that suggest a pregnant woman may be at risk during pregnancy. Mothers are often burdened with responsibilities, and the majority of them do not even receive treatment for potential complications, which can ultimately lead to the loss of their lives. This situation highlights the barriers that prevent them from being properly prepared for potential risks.
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