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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kokou Tegueni, Fifonsi Adjidossi Gbeasor-Komlanvi, Oumarou I Wone Adama, Arnold Junior Sadio, Amivi Phyllis Amenyah-Ehlan, Claver Anoumou Dagnra, Didier Koumavi Ekouevi
BACKGROUND: In 2015, Togo introduced the "test-and-treat" strategy for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. Pediatric HIV infection remains a public health problem in Togo, with a mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) rate of 3.6% in 2020. This study aimed to estimate cases of HIV seroconversion during pregnancy and to identify pregnant women at high risk of transmitting HIV to their children in Lomé, Togo. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out from 18 March to 22 May 2022 among women who had given birth in five maternity units providing PMTCT services in Lomé...
April 15, 2024: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Payam Roshanfekr, Sina Ahmadi, Rahmatollah Amirahmadi, Gelavizh Karimijavan, Reza Yazarloo, Mahmoud Hosseinabadi, Neda SoleimanvandiAzar, Salah Eddin Karimi
This study aimed to investigate the sexual behaviors among working children and the associated factors. This cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 1937 working children in the 10-18 age range in 15 provincial capitals in 2019-20 (Feb-May); the Response rate was 94.9%. Univariate and multivariable logistic regression was used to examine the variable of sexual behaviors. Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) are reported. The prevalence of sexual behaviors in working children was 4...
2024: International Journal of Sexual Health
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Roosa Sofia Tikkanen, Svea Closser, Justine Prince, Priyankar Chand, Judith Justice
BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) are central to Primary Health Care globally. Amidst the current flourishing of work on CHWs, there often is a lack of reference to history-even in studies of programs that have been around for decades. This study examines the 35-year trajectory of Nepal's Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs). METHODS: We conducted a content analysis of an archive of primary and secondary research materials, grey literature and government reports collected during 1977-2019 across several regions in Nepal...
April 13, 2024: International Journal for Equity in Health
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REVIEW
Meghan G Hill
Neonatal encephalopathy (NE) is a diagnosis that is usually unexpected. Though there are many risk factors for the condition and multiple theories as to its genesis, the majority of cases cannot be predicted prior to the occurrence of the clinical syndrome. Indeed, it is common for a pregnant person to have multiple risk factors and a completely healthy child. Conversely, people with seemingly no risk factors may go on to have a profoundly affected child. In this synopsis we review risk factors, potential mechanisms for encephalopathy, the complicated issue of choosing which morbidity to take on and how the maternal level of care may influence outcomes...
April 10, 2024: Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yu Zhu, Ting Zhu, Hui Wang, Ji-Min Zhu, Dan-Dan Zheng, Ping Yin, Bai-Kun Li
BACKGROUND: Empathy is a critical component of nursing care, impacting both nurses' and patients' outcomes. However, perceived empathy from spouses during pregnancy and its impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) are unclear. This study aimed to examine pregnant women's perceived empathy from their spouses and assess the relation of perceived empathy on HRQoL. METHODS: This cross-sectional study, performed in the obstetric clinics or wards of four well-known hospitals in Anhui Province, China, included 349 pregnant women in the second or third trimester; participants were recruited by convenience sampling and enrolled from October to December 2021...
April 12, 2024: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Doriane Randriamboarison, Elisa Fustec, Isabelle Enderlé, Mathilde Yverneau, Karine Le Breton, Linda Lassel, Nadia Mazille-Orfanos, Patrick Pladys
BACKGROUND: Preterm birth is a major health issue due to its potential outcomes and socioeconomic impact. Prenatal counseling is of major importance for parents because it is believed that the risk of preterm birth is associated with a higher parental mental burden. Nowadays in France, the content and delivery of antenatal counseling is based on personal experience since there is a lack of official guidelines. The goal of the study was to evaluate maternal perception of antenatal information delivered in the setting of preterm births...
April 12, 2024: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Emily Skelton, Daniel Cromb, Alison Smith, Gill Harrison, Mary Rutherford, Christina Malamateniou, Susan Ayers
BACKGROUND: Prenatal bonding describes the emotional connection expectant parents form to their unborn child. Research acknowledges the association between antenatal imaging and enhanced bonding, but the influencing factors are not well understood, particularly for fathers or when using advanced techniques like fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This study aimed to identify variables which may predict increased bonding after imaging. METHODS: First-time expectant parents (mothers = 58, fathers = 18) completed a two-part questionnaire (QualtricsXM™) about their expectations and experiences of ultrasound (n = 64) or fetal MRI (n = 12) scans in uncomplicated pregnancies...
April 11, 2024: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Wen Fan
The transition to parenthood represents a turning point shaping couples' arrangements for paid work and housework. Previous studies often examined these changes in isolation, rather than as interrelated trajectories reflecting diverse models of family division of labor. Drawing on data from different-sex couples from the 1984-2019 Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the 1984-2020 German Socio-Economic Panel, this study uses multichannel sequence analysis to identify four and three patterned constellations of family division of labor in the United States and Germany, respectively...
March 31, 2024: Advances in Life Course Research
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mansour Bahardoust, Salar Salari, Nader Ghotbi, Elham Rahimpour, Meisam Haghmoradi, Homan Alipour, Mahsa Soleimani
Prenatal vitamin D (PVD) is a vital micronutrient for dental caries (DCs). The association between prenatal vitamin D deficiencies (PVDD) and DCs in children has been conflicting in different reports. This meta-analysis aimed to investigate the association between PVDD and DCs in children for the first time. We searched PubMed, Scopus, Web of Sciences, Embase, and Scholar databases to find relevant studies based on mesh terms from 2000 to October 2023. This study was conducted based on the 2020 version of the PRISMA checklist...
April 8, 2024: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jun'e Ma, Zhenhui Wang, Chuanjin Luo, Jin'ou Xi, Xiaojing Wang, Yan Hu, Chengliang Zhu, Zhengjiang Jin
PURPOSE: To understand the epidemiology and clinical features of Ureaplasma urealyticum (UU) infection in hospitalized neonates due to vertical transmission from mother to child. METHODS: Respiratory secretions were collected from neonates hospitalized in the neonatology department of the Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province from July 2020 to June 2022, and PCR was used to detect UU-DNA in respiratory secretions. The neonates were divided into UU-positive and UU-negative groups, the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of two groups, were statistically analyzed...
2024: Infection and Drug Resistance
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Carla Bruguera, Lidia Segura-García, Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Claudia Gandin, Silvia Matrai, Fleur Braddick, Marta Zin-Sędek, Luiza Slodownik, Emanuele Scafato, Joan Colom
INTRODUCTION: Drinking during pregnancy is the leading cause of birth defects and child developmental disorders in Europe. The adverse effects of drinking during pregnancy may include physical, behavioural and cognitive problems, known collectively as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Evidence-based comprehensive recommendations at the European level on how to implement preventive and treatment policies to reduce alcohol-exposed pregnancies are needed. FAR SEAS, a tendered service contract (number 20,187,106) awarded by the European Commission, aimed at developing guidelines to respond to this knowledge gap...
April 6, 2024: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ameer Muhammad, Muhammad Salman Haider Rizvee, Uzma Khan, Hina Khan, Alishan Bachlany, Benazir Baloch, Yasir Shafiq
INTRODUCTION: Neonatal deaths and stillbirths are significant public health concerns in Pakistan, with an estimated stillbirth rate of 43 per 1,000 births and a neonatal mortality rate of 46 deaths per 1,000 live births. Limited access to obstetric care, poor health seeking behaviors and lack of quality healthcare are the leading root causes for stillbirths and neonatal deaths. Rehri Goth, a coastal slum in Karachi, faces even greater challenges due to extreme poverty, and inadequate infrastructure...
2024: PloS One
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Annika Jaitner, Marc Vaudel, Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova, Pål R Njølstad, Bo Jacobsson, Jack Bowden, Stefan Johansson, Rachel M Freathy
BACKGROUND: The causal relationship between maternal smoking in pregnancy and reduced offspring birth weight is well established and is likely due to impaired placental function. However, observational studies have given conflicting results on the association between smoking and placental weight. We aimed to estimate the causal effect of newly pregnant mothers quitting smoking on their placental weight at the time of delivery. METHODS: We used one-sample Mendelian randomization, drawing data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) (N = 690 to 804) and the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) (N = 4267 to 4606)...
April 4, 2024: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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REVIEW
Laura Cid Mendes, Andoni García Martín, Laura Ruiz Martín, Patricia Alejandra Garrido Ruiz, Disney Ramón Rodríguez Cedeño, Andrea Belén Carpio Bohorque, Juan Carlos Roa Montes de Oca
PURPOSE: DSFC (delayed subaponeurotic fluid collection) is a benign pathology associated with the first weeks of life and scarcely described in the literature. Normally characterized by a lack of trauma and/or cranial fracture, it is associated with a history of instrumental delivery and the use of fetal electrodes. Taking it in consideration in the differential diagnosis of neonatal scalp swelling becomes important. The objective of this work is to expand knowledge on this entity: history, clinical characteristics, diagnosis, and treatment...
April 4, 2024: Child's Nervous System: ChNS: Official Journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zalak V Karena, Disha Padaliya, Dhruvin S Viradia
Background The severity of AIDS and the social and personal implications of HIV makes the epidemiological study of HIV more difficult. Surveillance studies remain the mainstay of understanding the trends of HIV infection. In this study, we aimed to determine the trend in the prevalence of HIV in the antenatal women attending our hospital situated in the western region of India over the period of the last nine years and the ART adherence and the viral loads of the cluster of positive patients identified from this antenatal HIV testing...
March 2024: Curēus
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Brit Torunn Bechensteen, Cindhya Sithiravel, Ellen Marie Strøm-Roum, Heidi Kathrine Ruud, Gunnhild Kravdal, Jacob A Winther, Tone G Valderhaug
BACKGROUND: Maternal obesity is associated with adverse outcome for pregnancy and childbirths. While bariatric surgery may improve fertility and reduce the risk of certain pregnancy-related complications such as hypertension and gestational diabetes mellitus, there is a lack of evidence on the optimal nutritional monitoring and supplementation strategies in pregnancy following bariatric surgery. We aimed to assess the impact of bariatric surgery on micronutrients in post-bariatric pregnancy and possible differences between gastric bypass surgery and sleeve gastrectomy...
April 2, 2024: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Paula Recacha-Ponce, Pablo Baliño Remiro, Laura García-Rayo-Reolid, Violeta Dominguez-Gomez, María Pilar Suárez-Alcázar, Ana Folch-Ayora, Pablo Salas-Medina, Eladio Joaquin Collado-Boira
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Efforts to humanize childbirth focus on promoting skin-to-skin contact, labor accompaniment, and breastfeeding. Despite these advancements, cesarean sections often lack a consideration of immediate mother-child contact, early breastfeeding initiation, and follow-up. This underscores the need for a 'natural' approach to cesarean sections, aiming to 'humanize' the procedure and emulate some aspects of vaginal birth. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An observational longitudinal cohort study was conducted, involving pregnant women scheduled for a cesarean section...
March 17, 2024: Life
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sharon Ochieng', Nisha Hariharan, Timothy Abuya, Chantalle Okondo, Charity Ndwiga, Charlotte E Warren, Anneka Wickramanayake, Sathyanath Rajasekharan
BACKGROUND: The rapid urbanization of Kenya has led to an increase in the growth of informal settlements. There are challenges with access to maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) services and higher maternal mortality rates in settlements. The Kuboresha Afya Mitaani (KAM) study aimed to improve access to MNCH services. We evaluate one component of the KAM study, PROMPTS (Promoting Mothers through Pregnancy and Postpartum), an innovative digital health intervention aimed at improving MNCH outcomes...
March 27, 2024: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yussif Alhassan, Lilian Otiso, Linet Okoth, Lois Murray, Charlotte Hemingway, Joseph M Lewis, Mandela Oguche, Vicki Doyle, Nelly Muturi, Emily Ogwang, Hellen C Barsosio, Miriam Taegtmeyer
BACKGROUND: Early attendance at antenatal care (ANC), coupled with good-quality care, is essential for improving maternal and child health outcomes. However, achieving these outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa remains a challenge. This study examines the effects of a community-facility health system strengthening model (known as 4byFour) on early ANC attendance, testing for four conditions by four months of pregnancy, and four ANC clinic visits in Migori county, western Kenya. METHODS: We conducted a mixed methods quasi-experimental study with a before-after interventional design to assess the impact of the 4byFour model on ANC attendance...
March 27, 2024: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Chloe Morozoff, Naveed Ahmed, Jobiba Chinkhumba, Md Taufiqul Islam, Abdoulie F Jallow, Billy Ogwel, Loyda Fiorella Zegarra Paredes, Doh Sanogo, Hannah E Atlas, Henry Badji, Naor Bar-Zeev, Bakary Conteh, Mario Güimack Fajardo, Erika Feutz, Fadima C Haidara, Mehrab Karim, Adama Mamby Keita, Youssouf Keita, Farhana Khanam, Margaret N Kosek, Karen L Kotloff, Rebecca Maguire, Ishmail S Mbutuka, Maureen Ndalama, John Benjamin Ochieng, Collins Okello, Richard Omore, Karin F Perez Garcia, Farah Naz Qamar, Syed Qudrat-E-Khuda, Sonia Qureshi, Md Nazmul Hasan Rajib, Wagner Valentino Shapiama Lopez, Shazia Sultana, Desiree Witte, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Alex O Awuor, Nigel A Cunliffe, M Jahangir Hossain, Maribel Paredes Olortegui, Milagritos D Tapia, K Zaman, Arianna Rubin Means
BACKGROUND: Comparative costs of public health interventions provide valuable data for decision making. However, the availability of comprehensive and context-specific costs is often limited. The Enterics for Global Health (EFGH) Shigella surveillance study-a facility-based diarrhea surveillance study across 7 countries-aims to generate evidence on health system and household costs associated with medically attended Shigella diarrhea in children. METHODS: EFGH working groups comprising representatives from each country (Bangladesh, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Pakistan, Peru, and The Gambia) developed the study methods...
March 2024: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
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