A5069647047- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Maternal and fetal healthcare
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
Bastyr University
2022-2024
University of British Columbia
2024
University of California, Davis
2019-2023
Recently WHO researchers described seven dimensions of mistreatment in maternity care that have adverse impacts on quality and safety. Applying the framework for care, service users partnered with NGOs, clinicians, researchers, to design conduct Giving Voice Mothers (GVtM)-US study.
Introduction: Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs) are the most common complications during perinatal period. There is limited understanding of gaps between need provision comprehensive health services for childbearing people, especially among racialized populations. Methods: The Giving Voice to Mothers Study (GVtM; n=2700), led by a multistakeholder, Steering Council, captured experiences engaging with services, including access, respectful care, systems' responsiveness across...
Abstract Introduction Postpartum health is in crisis the United States, with rising pregnancy‐related mortality and worsening racial inequities. The World Health Organization recommends four postpartum visits during 6 weeks after childbirth, yet standard care States generally one visit birth. We present community midwifery as a model concordant guidelines, describing this of its potential to improve for birthing people babies. Methods conducted semi‐structured interviews 34 midwives...
OPS 55: Pesticides and neurological outcomes, Room 412, Floor 4, August 26, 2019, 1:30 PM - 3:00 In-utero exposure to organophosphate pesticides has been associated with neurodevelopmental delay. This study examined whether maternal report of inability pay for basic needs (food, housing, medical care heating) modified the relationship between prenatal pesticide autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Methods: We studied 488 children ASD 329 typically-developing controls aged 2-5 years enrolled 2003...
The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Event Abstract Back to Effects of Neighborhood- and Individual-Level Economic Mental Health Stressors as Susceptibility Factors for Environmental Exposures on Child ASD Tanya K. Taiwo1, 2* 1 University California, Davis, United States 2 Bastyr University, Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition that has demonstrated high degree inheritability evidence susceptibility in-utero exposures. Objective: This study examined the effects both neighborhood-...
PDS 73: Neurological effects, Johan Friso Foyer, Floor 1, August 26, 2019, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM This study examined the effects of both mental health and socioeconomic status (SES) as susceptibility factors for influences prenatal environmental exposures on neurodevelopment. Methods: Children aged 2 to 5 years (488 with ASD 329 controls) were enrolled between 2003 2012 into CHARGE (Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics Environment) population-based, case-control investigation. Children's...