A5084023568- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Maternal and fetal healthcare
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy
- Ureteral procedures and complications
- Global Health Care Issues
- Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
Johns Hopkins University
2016-2025
Johns Hopkins Medicine
2017-2025
Johns Hopkins Hospital
2020-2024
Anna Needs Neuroblastoma Answers
2023
Brigham and Women's Hospital
2013-2023
Harvard University
2013-2023
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2015-2023
Harding University Main Campus
2023
ALK-Abelló (Germany)
2023
National Institute on Drug Abuse
2023
In Brief OBJECTIVE: To update national population-level pregnancy-related mortality estimates and examine characteristics causes of deaths in the United States during 2006–2010. METHODS: We used data from Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System calculated ratios by year age group for four race–ethnicity groups: non-Hispanic white, black, Hispanic, other. examined pregnancy outcome 2006–2010 compared since 1987. RESULTS: The ratio was 16.0 per 100,000 live births (20,959,533 total births)....
OBJECTIVE: To update national population-level pregnancy-related mortality estimates and examine characteristics causes of deaths in the United States during 2011–2013. METHODS: We conducted an observational study using population-based data from Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System to calculate ratios by year, age group, race–ethnicity groups. explored 10 cause-of-death categories pregnancy outcome 2011–2013 compared their distribution with those our earlier reports since 1987. RESULTS:...
OBJECTIVES: To propose a new standard for monitoring severe maternal morbidity, update previous estimates of morbidity during both delivery and postpartum hospitalizations, estimate trends in these events the United States between 1998 2009. METHODS: Delivery hospitalizations were identified Nationwide Inpatient Sample period 1998–2009. International Classification Diseases, 9th Revision codes indicating complications used to identify with related in-hospital mortality. Trends reported using...
Background Relative to the attention given improving quality of and access maternal health services, influence women's socio-economic situation on care use has received scant attention. The objective this paper is examine relationship between economic, educational empowerment status, introduced as 3Es, service utilization in developing countries. Methods/Principal Findings analysis uses data from most recent Demographic Health Surveys conducted 31 countries for which all 3Es are available....
To develop and validate a maternal comorbidity index to predict severe morbidity, defined as the occurrence of acute end-organ injury, or mortality.
This article provides a brief overview of the work conducted by Division Reproductive Health at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on severe maternal morbidity mortality in United States. The presents latest data trends morbidity, as well substance abuse mental health disorders during pregnancy, two relatively recent topics interest Division, includes future directions all these areas.
In Brief OBJECTIVE: To examine 2009 H1N1 influenza illness severity and the effect of antiviral treatment on among pregnant women. METHODS: We abstracted medical records from hospitalized (n=62) nonpregnant (n=74) women with laboratory-confirmed in New York City, May through June 2009. compared characteristics severe moderate women, defined as resulting intensive care admission or death. RESULTS: The hospitalization rate was significantly higher than (55.3 7.7 per 100,000 population). Eight...
BackgroundStillbirths are a major public health issue and sensitive marker of the quality care around pregnancy birth. The UN Global Strategy for Women's, Children's Adolescents' Health (2016–30) Every Newborn Action Plan (led by UNICEF WHO) call an end to preventable stillbirths. A first step prevent stillbirths is obtaining standardised measurement stillbirth rates across countries. We estimated their trends 195 countries from 2000 2019 assessed progress over time.MethodsFor systematic...
The authors investigated nationwide trends in opioid abuse or dependence during pregnancy and assessed the impact on maternal obstetrical outcomes United States.Hospitalizations for delivery were extracted from Nationwide Inpatient Sample 1998 to 2011. Temporal logistic regression was used examine associations between adjusting relevant confounders.The prevalence of increased 0.17% (1998) 0.39% (2011) an increase 127%. Deliveries associated with compared those without odds death...
In Brief OBJECTIVE: To estimate trends in ectopic pregnancy mortality and examine characteristics of recently hospitalized women who died as a result the United States. METHODS: We used 1980–2007 national birth death certificate data to calculate ratios (deaths per 100,000 live births) overall stratified by maternal age race. performed nonparametric tests for trend assess changes over time calculated projected 2013–2017. Ectopic deaths among were identified from 1998–2007 Nationwide...
To examine the use of contraception in 13 countries sub-Saharan Africa; to assess changes met need for associated with wealth-related inequity; and describe relationship between long-term versus short-term contraceptive methods a woman's fertility intentions household wealth.The analysis was conducted Demographic Health Survey data from African countries. Wealth-related inequities were calculated using wealth concentration indices. Logistic regression models fitted likelihood method,...
33 women died from abortion in 1977 compared with 27 1976 and 90 1972. Death-to-case rates for were much lower than 1972-75. 1,079,430 legal abortions reported to the Center Disease Control 1977. The death-to-case ratio was 1.4/100,000 abortions. risk of death is lowest whose are performed at less 8 menstrual weeks gestation. Death highest hysterectomy hysterotomy curettage, dilation evacuation. More now during safer periods prior 1975. Physicians have more practise performing procedure....
To define the frequency, risk factors, and outcomes of massive transfusion in obstetrics.The State Inpatient Dataset for New York (1998-2007) was used to identify all delivery hospitalizations hospitals that reported at least one delivery-related per year. Multivariable logistic regression analysis performed examine relationship between maternal age, race, relevant clinical variables blood defined as 10 or more units recorded.Massive complicated 6 every 10,000 deliveries with cases observed...
To compare trends in and causes of pregnancy-related mortality by race, ethnicity, nativity from 1993 to 2006.We used data the Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System. For each group, we calculated ratios assessed death time between end pregnancy death.Race, nativity-related minority women contributed 40.7% all U.S. live births but 61.8% 7,487 deaths during 1993-2006. Pregnancy-related were 9.1 7.5 per 100,000 among U.S.- foreign-born white women, respectively, slightly higher at 9.6 11.6...
Since 1969, CDC has conducted abortion surveillance to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions in United States.2012.Each year, requests data from central health agencies 52 reporting areas (the 50 states, District Columbia, New York City). The provide this information voluntarily. For 2012, were received 49 areas. trend analysis, evaluated 47 that reported every year during 2003-2012. Census natality data, respectively, used calculate rates (number...