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Smith LH, Nist MD, Fortney CA, Warren B, Harrison T, Gillespie S, Herbell K, Militello L, Anderson CM, Tucker S, Ford J, Chang MW, Sayre C, Pickler R. Using the life course health development model to address pediatric mental health disparities. JOURNAL OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC NURSING 2024; 37:e12452. [PMID: 38368550 DOI: 10.1111/jcap.12452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 01/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/19/2024]
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TOPIC Early-life experiences, the transmission of health and disease within families, and the influence of cumulative risks as well as protective factors throughout life shape the trajectory of health, including mental health. Long-term health trajectories established early in life are influenced by biologic, social, and environmental factors. Negative trajectories may be more salient if exposures to adversity occur during critical developmental periods. PURPOSE The purpose of this brief is to (a) review pediatric health disparities related to depression and the intergenerational transmission of pediatric depression using a Life Course Health Development (LCHD) model and (b) provide recommendations for pediatric mental health research. SOURCES Peer-reviewed papers available for PubMed, CINAL, and Medline. Other sources include published books, papers, and gray materials. CONCLUSIONS The LCHD model is a perspective to guide and foster new scientific inquiry about the development of mental health outcomes over the life course. The model enables synthesis of mental health, nursing, and public health, linking mental health prevention, risk reduction, and treatment in children.
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- Laureen H Smith
- College of Nursing, Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women Children and Youth, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- College of Nursing, Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women Children and Youth, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- College of Nursing, Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women Children and Youth, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- College of Nursing, Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women Children and Youth, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- College of Nursing, Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women Children and Youth, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- College of Nursing, Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women Children and Youth, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- College of Nursing, Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women Children and Youth, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- College of Nursing, Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women Children and Youth, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- College of Nursing, Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women Children and Youth, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- College of Nursing, Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women Children and Youth, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- College of Nursing, Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women Children and Youth, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- College of Nursing, Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women Children and Youth, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- College of Nursing, Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women Children and Youth, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- College of Nursing, Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women Children and Youth, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Nel S, Pattinson RC, Vannevel V, Feucht UD, Mulol H, Wenhold FAM. Integrated growth assessment in the first 1000 d of life: an interdisciplinary conceptual framework. Public Health Nutr 2023; 26:1523-1538. [PMID: 37170908 PMCID: PMC10410405 DOI: 10.1017/s1368980023000940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Revised: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Prenatal growth affects short- and long-term morbidity, mortality and growth, yet communication between prenatal and postnatal healthcare teams is often minimal. This paper aims to develop an integrated, interdisciplinary framework for foetal/infant growth assessment, contributing to the continuity of care across the first 1000 d of life. DESIGN A multidisciplinary think-tank met regularly over many months to share and debate their practice and research experience related to foetal/infant growth assessment. Participants’ personal practice and knowledge were verified against and supplemented by published research. SETTING Online and in-person brainstorming sessions of growth assessment practices that are feasible and valuable in resource-limited, low- and middle-income country (LMIC) settings. PARTICIPANTS A group of obstetricians, paediatricians, dietitians/nutritionists and a statistician. RESULTS Numerous measurements, indices and indicators were identified for growth assessment in the first 1000 d. Relationships between foetal, neonatal and infant measurements were elucidated and integrated into an interdisciplinary framework. Practices relevant to LMIC were then highlighted: antenatal Doppler screening, comprehensive and accurate birth anthropometry (including proportionality of weight, length and head circumference), placenta weighing and incorporation of length-for-age, weight-for-length and mid-upper arm circumference in routine growth monitoring. The need for appropriate, standardised clinical records and corresponding policies to guide clinical practice and facilitate interdisciplinary communication over time became apparent. CONCLUSIONS Clearer communication between prenatal, perinatal and postnatal health care providers, within the framework of a common understanding of growth assessment and a supportive policy environment, is a prerequisite to continuity of care and optimal health and development outcomes.
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- Sanja Nel
- Department of Human Nutrition, University of Pretoria, Pretoria0002, South Africa
- Research Centre for Maternal, Fetal, Newborn & Child Health Care Strategies, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies Unit, South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), Pretoria, South Africa
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- Research Centre for Maternal, Fetal, Newborn & Child Health Care Strategies, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies Unit, South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), Pretoria, South Africa
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Research Centre for Maternal, Fetal, Newborn & Child Health Care Strategies, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies Unit, South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), Pretoria, South Africa
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Research Centre for Maternal, Fetal, Newborn & Child Health Care Strategies, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies Unit, South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), Pretoria, South Africa
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Tshwane District Health Services, Gauteng Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Research Centre for Maternal, Fetal, Newborn & Child Health Care Strategies, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies Unit, South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), Pretoria, South Africa
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Human Nutrition, University of Pretoria, Pretoria0002, South Africa
- Research Centre for Maternal, Fetal, Newborn & Child Health Care Strategies, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies Unit, South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), Pretoria, South Africa
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Barrett NM, Burrows L, Atatoa-Carr P, Smith LT, Masters-Awatere B. Holistic antenatal education class interventions: a systematic review of the prioritisation and involvement of Indigenous Peoples' of Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States over a 10-year period 2008 to 2018. Arch Public Health 2022; 80:169. [PMID: 35836247 PMCID: PMC9281049 DOI: 10.1186/s13690-022-00927-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Research into the effectiveness of antenatal education classes is crucial for Indigenous Peoples from Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States who experience poorer maternal and infant health outcomes compared to non-Indigenous populations. Our systematic review questions were intended to determine the extent of Indigenous Peoples prioritisation and involvement in antenatal education classes, and to understand the experience of Indigenous Peoples from these countries in antenatal education classes. METHODS Using a standardised protocol, we systematically searched five electronic databases for primary research papers on antenatal education classes within the four countries noted and identified 17 papers that met the criteria. We undertook a qualitative meta-synthesis using a socio-critical lens. RESULTS Systematic review of the academic literature demonstrates that Indigenous Peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States are not prioritised in antenatal education classes with only two of 17 studies identifying Indigenous participants. Within these two studies, Indigenous Peoples were underrepresented. As a result of poor engagement and low participation numbers of Indigenous Peoples in these antenatal education classes, it was not possible to understand the experiences of Indigenous Peoples. CONCLUSION Given that Indigenous Peoples were absent from the majority of studies examined in this review, it is clear little consideration is afforded to the antenatal health needs and aspirations of Indigenous Peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States. To address the stark antenatal health inequities of Indigenous Peoples, targeted Indigenous interventions that consider culture, language, and wider aspects of holistic health must be privileged. TRIAL REGISTRATION PROSPERO Registration ID: CRD4202017658.
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- Nikki M Barrett
- Te Huataki Waiora School of Health, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
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- Te Huataki Waiora School of Health, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, Whakatane, New Zealand
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Russ SA, Hotez E, Berghaus M, Verbiest S, Hoover C, Schor EL, Halfon N. What Makes an Intervention a Life Course Intervention? Pediatrics 2022; 149:186916. [PMID: 35503318 PMCID: PMC9847411 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2021-053509d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To develop an initial list of characteristics of life course interventions to inform the emerging discipline of life course intervention research. METHODS The Life Course Intervention Research Network, a collaborative national network of >75 researchers, service providers, community representatives, and thought leaders, considered the principles, characteristics, and utility of life course interventions. After an in-person launch meeting in 2019, the steering committee collaboratively and iteratively developed a list of life course intervention characteristics, incorporating a modified Delphi review process. RESULTS The Life Course Intervention Research Network identified 12 characteristics of life course interventions. These interventions (1) are aimed at optimizing health trajectories; (2) are developmentally focused, (3) longitudinally focused, and (4) strategically timed; and are (5) designed to address multiple levels of the ecosystem where children are born, live, learn, and grow and (6) vertically, horizontally, and longitudinally integrated to produce a seamless, forward-leaning, health optimizing system. Interventions are designed to (7) support emerging health development capabilities; are (8) collaboratively codesigned by transdisciplinary research teams, including stakeholders; and incorporate (9) family-centered, (10) strengths-based, and (11) antiracist approaches with (12) a focus on health equity. CONCLUSIONS The intention for this list of characteristics of life course interventions is to provide a starting point for wider discussion and to guide research development. Incorporation of these characteristics into intervention designs may improve emerging health trajectories and move critical developmental processes and pathways back on track, even optimizing them to prevent or reduce adverse outcomes.
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- Shirley A. Russ
- Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities,Departments of Pediatrics,Address correspondence to Shirley Russ, MD, MPH, Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities, University of California, Los Angeles, 10960 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 960, Los Angeles, CA 90024. E-mail:
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- Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities,Medicine, Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities,Departments of Pediatrics
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- Jordan Institute for Families, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities,Departments of Pediatrics,Department of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California,Department of Public Policy, Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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Deguen S, Amuzu M, Simoncic V, Kihal-Talantikite W. Exposome and Social Vulnerability: An Overview of the Literature Review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:3534. [PMID: 35329217 PMCID: PMC8955941 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19063534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Revised: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 02/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Background-The exposome concept refers to the totality of exposures from internal and external sources, including chemical and biological agents from conception throughout the lifetime. Exposome is also made up of psychosocial components such as socio-economic status (SES), which will focus on in this review. Despite exposures to the same environmental nuisances, individuals and groups are impacted differently. According to the literature, health inequalities exist among different socioeconomic groups, and SES may influence the association between environmental nuisances and health outcomes. However, the variation of this interaction across ages has rarely been studied. There is a need to adopt a life course approach to understand the history of diseases better. Objective-The main objective of this review is to document how SES could modify the association between environmental nuisances and health outcomes, across different ages, as a first crucial step introducing the emerged concept of social exposome. Methods-The PubMed database was searched from January 2010 to August 2021 for systematic reviews published in English addressing the interaction between SES, environmental nuisances, and health outcomes. Socio-economic indicators considered include education, level of income, neighborhood environment. Environmental nuisances considered many environment nuisances, mainly air pollution and noise. Results-Among 242 literature reviews identified, 11 of them address the question of the effect modification. Overall, our work reveals that environmental nuisances were mostly associated with poorer health outcomes and that SES modified this association, increasing the health risk among the poorest. Very interestingly, our work reports the existence of this interaction across different ages, including pregnancy, childhood, and adulthood, and for various environmental nuisances. Conclusion-In conclusion, our work confirms that we are not all equal to face environmental nuisances. The poorest are more vulnerable to the health effect of environmental nuisances. Policy decisions and interventions should target this high-risk population as a priority. Further investigations are needed to formalize the concept of social exposome more precisely and then communicate about it.
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- Séverine Deguen
- Department of Social Epidemiology, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (UMRS 1136), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, 75646 Paris, France
- EHESP School of Public Health, 35043 Rennes, France;
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- EHESP School of Public Health, 35043 Rennes, France;
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- LIVE UMR 7362 CNRS (Laboratoire Image Ville Environnement), University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France; (V.S.); (W.K.-T.)
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- LIVE UMR 7362 CNRS (Laboratoire Image Ville Environnement), University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France; (V.S.); (W.K.-T.)
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Established social gradients across a wide range of child health issues including obesity, anxiety, infectious diseases, injuries, prematurity and low birth weight suggest that much illness is avoidable and there is an imperative to intervene in this whole of society issue. This review examines recent advances in understanding of the pathways to health and health inequalities and their application to interventions to improve health equity. RECENT FINDINGS Children's health develops over the life course in ways that are profoundly influenced by their entire developmental ecosystem including individual, family, community and system-level factors. Interventions to address child health inequalities must include action on the structural determinants of health, a greater focus on family and community health development, and attention to the acquisition of developmental capabilities. Nascent dynamic population health initiatives that address whole developmental ecosystems such as All Children Thrive, Better Start Bradford and Generation V, hold real promise for achieving child health equity. SUMMARY Pathways to health inequalities are driven by social and structural determinants of health. Interventions to address inequalities need to be driven less by older biomedical models, and more by prevailing ecological and complex systems models incorporating a life course health development approach.
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- Neal Halfon
- UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities
- Department of Pediatrics, Geffen School of Medicine, University of California
- Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
- Department of Public Policy, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Los Angeles, California
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- UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities
- Department of Pediatrics, Geffen School of Medicine, University of California
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Perez LG, Peet ED, Vegetabile B, Shih RA. Big Data Needs and Challenges to Advance Research on Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Maternal and Child Health. Womens Health Issues 2021; 32:90-94. [PMID: 34887171 DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2021.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Revised: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Ogunwole SM, Mwinnyaa G, Wang X, Hong X, Henderson J, Bennett WL. Preeclampsia Across Pregnancies and Associated Risk Factors: Findings From a High-Risk US Birth Cohort. J Am Heart Assoc 2021; 10:e019612. [PMID: 34398644 PMCID: PMC8649269 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.019612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Background Preeclampsia increases women's risks for maternal morbidity and future cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to identify opportunities for prevention by examining the association between cardiometabolic risk factors and preeclampsia across 2 pregnancies among women in a high‐risk US birth cohort. Methods and Results Our sample included 618 women in the Boston Birth Cohort with index and subsequent pregnancy data collected using standard protocols. We conducted log‐binomial univariate regression models to examine the association between preeclampsia in the subsequent pregnancy (defined as incident or recurrent preeclampsia) and cardiometabolic risk factors (ie, obesity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, preterm birth, low birth weight, and gestational diabetes mellitus) diagnosed before and during the index pregnancy, and between index and subsequent pregnancies. At the subsequent pregnancy, 7% (36/540) had incident preeclampsia and 42% (33/78) had recurrent preeclampsia. Compared with women without obesity, women with obesity had greater risk of incident preeclampsia (unadjusted risk ratio [RR], 2.2 [95% CI, 1.1–4.5]) and recurrent preeclampsia (unadjusted RR, 3.1 [95% CI, 1.5–6.7]). Preindex pregnancy chronic hypertension and diabetes mellitus were associated with incident, but not recurrent, preeclampsia (hypertension unadjusted RR, 7.9 [95% CI, 4.1–15.3]; diabetes mellitus unadjusted RR, 5.2 [95% CI, 2.5–11.1]. Women with new interpregnancy hypertension versus those without had a higher risk of incident and recurrent preeclampsia (incident preeclampsia unadjusted RR, 6.1 [95% CI, 2.9–13]); recurrent preeclampsia unadjusted RR, 2.4 [95% CI, 1.5–3.9]). Conclusions In this diverse sample of high‐risk US women, we identified modifiable and treatable risk factors, including obesity and hypertension for the prevention of preeclampsia.
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- S Michelle Ogunwole
- Department of Medicine Division of General Internal MedicineJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore MD
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- Department of International HealthJohns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore MD
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- Department of PediatricsJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore MD.,Center on the Early Life Origins of Disease Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore MD
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- Center on the Early Life Origins of Disease Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore MD
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore MD
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- Department of Medicine Division of General Internal MedicineJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore MD.,Center on the Early Life Origins of Disease Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore MD
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DOES DISABILITY STATUS AFFECT MATERNAL CARE AROUND PREGNANCY? EVIDENCE FROM NATIONAL SURVEY OF FAMILY GROWTH (NSFG) 2013-2015 DATA IN UNITED STATES. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH AND POLICY 2020. [DOI: 10.33457/ijhsrp.776111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Guo S, Yu X, Okan O. Moving Health Literacy Research and Practice towards a Vision of Equity, Precision and Transparency. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:E7650. [PMID: 33092206 PMCID: PMC7589069 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17207650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Revised: 10/15/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Over the past two decades, health literacy research has gained increasing attention in global health initiatives to reduce health disparities. While it is well-documented that health literacy is associated with health outcomes, most findings are generated from cross-sectional data. Along with the increasing importance of health literacy in policy, there is a lack of specificity and transparency about how to improve health literacy in practice. In this study, we are calling for a shift of current research paradigms from judging health literacy levels towards observing how health literacy skills are developed over the life course and practised in the real world. This includes using a life-course approach, integrating the rationale of precision public health, applying open science practice, and promoting actionable knowledge translation strategies. We show how a greater appreciation for these paradigms promises to advance health literacy research and practice towards an equitable, precise, transparent, and actionable vision.
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- Shuaijun Guo
- Centre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China;
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- Centre for Prevention and Intervention in Childhood and Adolescence (CPI), Faculty of Educational Science, Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany;
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Hauenstein EJ, Clark RS. Psychiatric nursing science: Current status and future prospect. Arch Psychiatr Nurs 2020; 34:355-362. [PMID: 33032758 DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2020.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Department of Psychological Science, Northern Kentucky University, MP 311, Highland Heights, KY 41099, USA.
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Pitonyak JS, Pergolotti M, Gupta J. Understanding Policy Influences on Health and Occupation Through the Use of the Life Course Health Development (LCHD) Framework. Am J Occup Ther 2020; 74:7402090010p1-7402090010p6. [PMID: 32204769 DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2020.742002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Life course health development (LCHD) is a framework that considers the transactional nature of risks and protective factors along the life trajectory and how this context influences health. Public policies, from health care to education to social services to labor laws, have many goals, including lessening and eliminating health disparities, yet inequities in health services and outcomes remain. Policy is a contextual factor that may be overlooked when examining influences on health and occupation. As such, the LCHD framework may assist occupational therapy practitioners in understanding the influences of policy-both successes and failures-on occupation. In this article, we introduce the principles of LCHD and use this framework to illustrate analysis of a policy example of paid family leave, demonstrating how gaps in or unintended consequences of policy may contribute to disparities in health and occupation for certain populations.
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- Jennifer S Pitonyak
- Jennifer S. Pitonyak, PhD, OTR/L, SCFES, is Associate Professor and Associate Director, School of Occupational Therapy, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA;
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- Mackenzi Pergolotti, PhD, OTR/L, is Director of Research, ReVital Cancer Rehabilitation, Select Medical, Fort Collins, Colorado, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
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- Jyothi Gupta, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is Professor, Chair, and Director of Residential Programs, Department of Occupational Therapy, Arizona School of Health Sciences, A. T. Still University, Mesa
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Cameranesi M, Lix LM, Piotrowski CC. Linking a History of Childhood Abuse to Adult Health among Canadians: A Structural Equation Modelling Analysis. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2019; 16:E1942. [PMID: 31159325 PMCID: PMC6603908 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16111942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Revised: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A history of childhood abuse has been linked to serious and long-lasting problems in adulthood. We developed two theoretical models concerning how early adverse experiences affect health in adulthood, and we tested the empirical fit of the two models in a population-based representative sample of Canadian adults (N = 25,113) using a structural equation modelling (SEM) technique, path analysis. The first model included direct pathways by which a history of three types of childhood abuse-exposure to intimate partner violence, physical abuse, and sexual abuse-affected adult physical and mental health, as well as indirect pathways by which perceived social support and everyday life stress acted as mediators of these associations. The second model included only indirect pathways and tested mediating effects. Global statistics indicated that both models were a good fit to the data, and local statistics supported the hypothesized associations between independent, dependent, and mediator variables.
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- Margherita Cameranesi
- Applied Health Sciences PhD Program, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba, 311 Human Ecology Building, 35 Chancellors Cir, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada.
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, S113-750 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W3, Canada.
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, 217 Human Ecology Building, 35 Chancellors Cir, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada.
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Hauenstein EJ, Clark RS, Merwin EI. Modeling Health Disparities and Outcomes in Disenfranchised Populations. Community Ment Health J 2019; 55:9-23. [PMID: 30136013 PMCID: PMC8751484 DOI: 10.1007/s10597-018-0326-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The Health Disparities and Outcomes (HDO) model originally created to explain the complexity of obtaining healthcare in rural settings has been revised and updated using emerging theoretical models of adversity and inequity and two decades of empirical work by the authors. With a strong orientation to explaining population-based health inequities, the HDO is applied to individuals with Serious Mental Illness (SMI), to explain their high rates of morbidity and mortality compared to the general population. Individual-, community-, and system-level factors that reflect an understanding of life-long risk, accrued hazards associated with multiple and intersecting disadvantages, and difficulty obtaining healthcare that meets accepted standards are described. The revised HDO can be applied to populations with disproportionate health challenges to identify multi-level factors that affect illness trajectory and overall health outcomes.
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- University of Delaware, 25 N. College Avenue, Newark, DE, 19716, USA
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- School of Nursing, Duke University, 3027A Pearson Building, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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Robson S. What exactly is excellence in women's health? Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 2018; 58:603-605. [PMID: 30536507 DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Steve Robson
- President, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Thurber KA, Olsen A, Guthrie J, McCormick R, Hunter A, Jones R, Maher B, Banwell C, Jones R, Calabria B, Lovett R. 'Telling our story... Creating our own history': caregivers' reasons for participating in an Australian longitudinal study of Indigenous children. Int J Equity Health 2018; 17:143. [PMID: 30219069 PMCID: PMC6138915 DOI: 10.1186/s12939-018-0858-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Improving the wellbeing of Indigenous populations is an international priority. Robust research conducted with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is key to developing programs and policies to improve health and wellbeing. This paper aims to quantify the extent of participation in a national longitudinal study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous Australian) children, and to understand the reasons why caregivers participate in the study. METHODS This mixed methods study uses data from Wave 6 of Footprints in Time, the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children. We conducted descriptive analysis of quantitative variables to characterise the sample and retention rates. We applied conventional content analysis to 160 caregivers' open-ended responses to the question, 'Why do you stay in the study?', identifying themes and overarching meta-themes. RESULTS The study has maintained a high retention rate, with 70.4% (n = 1239/1671) of the baseline sample participating in the study's 6th wave. We identified seven themes related to why participants stay in the study: telling our story, community benefit, satisfaction, tracking Study Child's progress, study processes, receiving study gifts, and valuing what the study stands for. These related to two meta-themes: reciprocity, and trust and connection. Caregivers reported that participation was associated with benefits for their family and community as well as for the study. They identified specific features of the Footprints in Time study design that built and maintained trust and connection between participants and the study. CONCLUSIONS Our findings support the assertion that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people want to be involved in research when it is done 'the right way'. Footprints in Time has successfully recruited and retained the current-largest cohort of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia through the use of participatory research methodologies, suggesting effective study implementation and processes. Participants indicated ongoing commitment to the study resulting from perceptions of reciprocity and development of trust in the study. Footprints in Time can serve as a successful model of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research, to promote good research practice and provides lessons for research with other Indigenous populations.
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- Katherine Ann Thurber
- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601 Australia
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- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601 Australia
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- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601 Australia
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- Medical School, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601 Australia
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- Medical School, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601 Australia
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- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601 Australia
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- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601 Australia
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- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601 Australia
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- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601 Australia
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- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601 Australia
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- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601 Australia
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Levine RS, Salemi JL, Mejia de Grubb MC, Wood SK, Gittner L, Khan H, Langston MA, Husaini BA, Rust G, Hennekens CH. Altitude and Variable Effects on Infant Mortality in the United States. High Alt Med Biol 2018; 19:265-271. [PMID: 30153042 DOI: 10.1089/ham.2018.0018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Levine, Robert S., Jason L. Salemi, Maria C. Mejia de Grubb, Sarah K. Wood, Lisa Gittner, Hafiz Khan, Michael A. Langston, Baqar A. Husaini, George Rust, and Charles H. Hennekens. Altitude and variable effects on infant mortality in the United States. High Alt Med Biol. 19:265-271, 2018. AIMS To explore whether altitude has different effects on infant mortality from newborn respiratory distress, nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage, and necrotizing enterocolitis. RESULTS Infants born in the US Mountain Census Division (AR, CO, ID, NV, NM, UT, and WY) had lower mortality from newborn respiratory distress (p < 0.001, mortality rate ratios [MRR] = 0.5 for non-Hispanic blacks and non-Hispanic whites and 0.6 for Hispanic whites) relative to infants born elsewhere in the United States, while Mountain Division non-Hispanic white infants had significantly higher mortality from nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage (MRR = 1.3 [1.1, 1.6] p < 0.001). After adjustment for state average birth weight, gestational age, and income inequality, a statistically significant, inverse association remained between state average altitude and non-Hispanic white infant mortality from newborn respiratory distress. County altitude (3058 counties in 9 categories from ≤0 to ≥7000 feet) was negatively correlated with newborn respiratory distress (r = -0.91, p < 0.001) and necrotizing enterocolitis (r = -0.81, p = 0.006) at ≤0 to ≥7000 feet and positively correlated with nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage at ≤0 to 6000-6999 feet (r = 0.78, p = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS These data show variable cause-specific effects of altitude on infant mortality. Analytic epidemiologic research is needed to confirm or refute the hypotheses generated by these descriptive data.
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- Robert S Levine
- 1 Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine , Houston, Texas
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- 1 Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine , Houston, Texas
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- 1 Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine , Houston, Texas
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- 2 Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University , Boca Raton, Florida
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- 3 Texas Tech University , Lubbock, Texas
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- 5 Center for Prevention Research, Tennessee State University , Nashville, Tennessee
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- 6 Center for Medicine and Public Health, Florida State University School of Medicine , Tallahassee, Florida
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- 2 Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University , Boca Raton, Florida
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Benova L, Macleod D, Radovich E, Lynch CA, Campbell OMR. Should I stay or should I go?: consistency and switching of delivery locations among new mothers in 39 Sub-Saharan African and South/Southeast Asian countries. Health Policy Plan 2018; 32:1294-1308. [PMID: 28981668 PMCID: PMC5886240 DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czx087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The objective of this article is to assess the extent and determinants of switching delivery location between women’s first and second deliveries. We used Demographic and Health Survey data from 39 low- and middle-income countries on delivery locations from >30 000 women who had their first two deliveries in the 5-year survey recall period. Each delivery was characterized as occurring at home or in a health facility, facilities were classified as public- or private-sector. The extent of switching was estimated for each country, region and overall. Multivariable logistic regression models assessed determinants of switching (home to facility or facility to home), using four dimensions (perceived/biological need, socioeconomic characteristics, utilization of care and availability of care). Overall, 49.0% of first and 44.5% of second deliveries occurred in health facilities. Among women who had their first delivery at home, 11.8% used a facility for their second (7.0% public-sector and 4.8% private-sector). Among women who had their first delivery in a facility, 21.6% switched to a home location for their second. The extent of switching varied by country; but the overall net effect was either non-existent (n = 20) or away from facilities (n = 17) in all but two countries—Cambodia and Burkina Faso. Four factors were associated with switching to a facility after a home delivery: higher education, urban residence, non-poor household status and multiple gestation. Majority of women consistently used the same delivery location for their first two deliveries. We found some evidence that where switching occurred, women were being lost from facility care during this important transition, and that all four included dimensions were important determinants of women’s pattern of delivery care use. The relative importance of these factors should be understood in each specific context to improve retention in and provision of quality intrapartum care for women and their newborns.
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- Lenka Benova
- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, WC1E 7HT London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, WC1E 7HT London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, WC1E 7HT London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, WC1E 7HT London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, WC1E 7HT London, United Kingdom
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Nunnery D, Ammerman A, Dharod J. Predictors and outcomes of excess gestational weight gain among low-income pregnant women. Health Care Women Int 2017; 39:19-33. [PMID: 29068777 DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2017.1391263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Low-income women were interviewed and their post-natal records were retrieved (n = 160) to assess prevalence of excess gestational weight gain and its socio-demographic predictors. More than half of the women (64%) gained excess weight during pregnancy, with an average of 10 lbs in excess of Institute of Medicine guidelines. Logistic regression indicated that women that started pregnancy at an obese body mass index; who were African American or having an unplanned pregnancy were at significant risk of gaining excess weight in pregnancy. Intervention to prevent excess weight gain during pregnancy is critical in addressing obesity epidemic in the United States and worldwide.
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- Danielle Nunnery
- a Department of Human Nutrition , Winthrop University , Rock Hill , SC , USA
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- b Department of Nutrition , Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , NC , USA
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- c Department of Nutrition , University of North Carolina at Greensboro , Greensboro , NC , USA
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Jones MM, Roy K. Placing Health Trajectories in Family and Historical Context: A Proposed Enrichment of the Life Course Health and Development Model. Matern Child Health J 2017; 21:1853-1860. [PMID: 28828547 DOI: 10.1007/s10995-017-2354-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Purpose This article offers constructive commentary on The Life Course Health and Development Model (LCHD) as an organizing framework for MCH research. Description The LCHD has recently been proposed as an organizing framework for MCH research. This model integrates biomedical, biopsychosocial, and life course frameworks, to explain how "individual health trajectories" develop over time. In this article, we propose that the LCHD can improve its relevance to MCH policy and practice by: (1) placing individual health trajectories within the context of family health trajectories, which unfold within communities and societies, over historical and generational time; and (2) placing greater weight on the social determinants that shape health development trajectories of individuals and families to produce greater or lesser health equity. Assessment We argue that emphasizing these nested, historically specific social contexts in life course models will enrich study design and data analysis for future developmental science research, will make the LCHD model more relevant in shaping MCH policy and interventions, and will guard against its application as a deterministic framework. Specific ways to measure these and examples of how they can be integrated into the LCHD model are articulated. Conclusion Research applying the LCHD should incorporate the specific family and socio-historical contexts in which development occurs to serve as a useful basis for policy and interventions. Future longitudinal studies of maternal and child health should include collection of time-dependent data related to family environment and other social determinants of health, and analyze the impact of historical events and trends on specific cohorts.
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- Marian Moser Jones
- Department of Family Science, University of Maryland School of Public Health, 1142W School of Public Health Building, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.
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- Department of Family Science, University of Maryland School of Public Health, 1142T School of Public Health Building, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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Theoretical Insights into Preconception Social Conditions and Perinatal Health: The Role of Place and Social Relationships. POPULATION RESEARCH AND POLICY REVIEW 2017; 36:639-669. [PMID: 29398741 DOI: 10.1007/s11113-017-9430-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Recent efforts to explain the stark social and racial disparities in adverse birth outcomes that have persisted for decades in the U.S. have looked beyond prenatal factors, to explore preconception social conditions that may influence perinatal health via dysregulation of physiologic processes. The extant evidence supporting this link however remains limited, both due to a lack of data and theory. To address the latter, this manuscript generates a structured set of theoretical insights that further develop the link between two preconception social conditions - place and social relationships - and perinatal health. The insights propose the following. PLACE necessarily encompasses all social contexts to which females are exposed from infancy through young adulthood; encompasses a variety of related exposures that, when possible, should be jointly considered; and may compound the effect of poverty-in childhood, adolescence, or young adulthood-on perinatal health. Social relationships: span relationships from early life through adulthood, and extend to intergenerational associations; often involve (or induce) major changes in the lives of individuals and should be examined with an emphasis on the developmental stage in which the change occurred; and necessarily encompass a lack of social integration, or, social isolation. We also identify potential biological and social-structural mechanisms linking these preconception social conditions to perinatal health, and conclude by identifying promising directions for future research.
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Muniz-Terrera G, Robitaille A, Kelly A, Johansson B, Hofer S, Piccinin A. Latent growth models matched to research questions to answer questions about dynamics of change in multiple processes. J Clin Epidemiol 2017; 82:158-166. [PMID: 27639542 PMCID: PMC5325805 DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Revised: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 09/02/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Given theoretical and methodological advances that propose hypothesis about change in one or multiple processes, analytical methods for longitudinal data have been developed that provide researchers with various options for analyzing change over time. In this paper, we revisited several latent growth curve models that may be considered to answer questions about repeated measures of continuous variables, which may be operationalized as time-varying covariates or outcomes. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING To illustrate each of the models discussed and how to interpret parameter estimates, we present examples of each method discussed using cognitive and blood pressure measures from a longitudinal study of aging, the Origins of Variance in the Old-Old study. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION Although statistical models are helpful tools to test theoretical hypotheses about the dynamics between multiple processes, the choice of model and its specification will influence results and conclusions made.
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- Graciela Muniz-Terrera
- Centre for Dementia Prevention, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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- Department of Psychology, Cornett Building, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Cornett Building, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Haraldsgatan 1, Gothenburg 40530, Sweden
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- Department of Psychology, Cornett Building, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Cornett Building, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Child and family health in the era of prevention: new opportunities and challenges. J Behav Med 2016; 40:159-174. [DOI: 10.1007/s10865-016-9791-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Callahan T, Stampfel C, Cornell A, Diop H, Barnes-Josiah D, Kane D, Mccracken S, McKane P, Phillips G, Theall K, Pies C, Sappenfield W. From Theory to Measurement: Recommended State MCH Life Course Indicators. Matern Child Health J 2016; 19:2336-47. [PMID: 26122251 PMCID: PMC4595527 DOI: 10.1007/s10995-015-1767-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Purpose In May 2012, the Association of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Programs initiated a project to develop indicators for use at a state or community level to assess, monitor, and evaluate the application of life course principles to public health. Description Using a developmental framework established by a national expert panel, teams of program leaders, epidemiologists, and academicians from seven states proposed indicators for initial consideration. More than 400 indicators were initially proposed, 102 were selected for full assessment and review, and 59 were selected for final recommendation as Maternal and Child Health (MCH) life course indicators. Assessment Each indicator was assessed on five core features of a life course approach: equity, resource realignment, impact, intergenerational wellness, and life course evidence. Indicators were also assessed on three data criteria: quality, availability, and simplicity. Conclusion These indicators represent a major step toward the translation of the life course perspective from theory to application. MCH programs implementing program and policy changes guided by the life course framework can use these initial measures to assess and influence their approaches.
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- Tegan Callahan
- Field Services Office, Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dekalb County, GA, USA.
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- Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, Washington, DC, USA
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- Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, Washington, DC, USA
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- Office of Data Translation, Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Lifespan Health Services Unit, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Field Support Branch, Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dekalb County, GA, USA
- Bureau of Family Health, Division of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention, Iowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines, IA, USA
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- Women's and Children's Health Section, Division of Public Health, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Maternal Child Health Epidemiology Unit, Lifecourse Epidemiology and Genomics Division, Michigan Department of Community Health, Lansing, MI, USA
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- Field Support Branch, Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dekalb County, GA, USA
- Division of Community Health Promotion, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Phillippi JC, Holley SL, Payne K, Schorn MN, Karp SM. Facilitators of prenatal care in an exemplar urban clinic. Women Birth 2016; 29:160-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2015.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2015] [Revised: 08/03/2015] [Accepted: 09/27/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Lawton B, Stanley J, Filoche S, Garrett S, Rose SB, Robson B, Elley CR. Exploring the maternal and infant continuum - ethnic disparities in infant hospital admissions for respiratory disease. Aust N Z J Public Health 2016; 40:430-435. [DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Revised: 08/01/2015] [Accepted: 11/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Beverley Lawton
- Women's Health Research Centre, Department of Primary Healthcare and General Practice; University of Otago; New Zealand
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- Biostatistical Group, Dean's Department; University of Otago; New Zealand
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- Women's Health Research Centre, Department of Primary Healthcare and General Practice; University of Otago; New Zealand
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- Women's Health Research Centre, Department of Primary Healthcare and General Practice; University of Otago; New Zealand
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- Department of Primary Healthcare and General Practice; University of Otago; New Zealand
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- Eru Pōmare Māori Health Research Centre, Department of Public Health; University of Otago; New Zealand
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- Department of General Practice and Primary Healthcare; University of Auckland; New Zealand
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Bernstein RM, Hinde K. Bioactive factors in milk across lactation: Maternal effects and influence on infant growth in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Am J Primatol 2016; 78:838-50. [PMID: 27029025 DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2015] [Revised: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Among mammals, numerous bioactive factors in milk vary across mothers and influence offspring outcomes. This emerging area of research has primarily investigated such dynamics within rodent biomedical models, domesticated dairy breeds, and among humans in clinical contexts. Less understood are signaling factors in the milk of non-human primates. Here, we report on multiple bioactive components in rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) milk and their associations with maternal and infant characteristics. Milk samples were collected from 59 macaques at multiple time points across lactation in conjunction with maternal and infant morphometrics and life-history animal records. Milk was assayed for adiponectin (APN), epidermal growth factor (EGF) and its receptor (EGF-R), and transforming growth factor beta 2 (TGF-β2 ). Regression models were constructed to assess the contributions of maternal factors on variation in milk bioactives, and on the relationship of this variation to infant body mass and growth. Maternal body mass, parity, social rank, and infant sex were all predictive of concentrations of milk bioactives. Primiparous mothers produced milk with higher adiponectin, but lower EGF, than multiparous mothers. Heavier mothers produced milk with lower EGF and EGF-R, but higher TGF-β2 . Mothers of daughters produced milk with higher TGF-β2 . Mid-ranking mothers produced milk with higher mean EGF and adiponectin concentrations than low-ranking mothers. Milk EGF and EGF-R were positively associated with infant body mass and growth rate. Importantly, these signaling bioactives (APN, EGF, EGF-R, and TGF-β2 ) were significantly correlated with nutritional values of milk. The effects of milk signals remained after controlling for the available energy in milk revealing the added physiological role of non-nutritive milk bioactives in the developing infant. Integrating analyses of energetic and other bioactive components of milk yields an important perspective for interpreting the magnitude, sources, and consequences of inter-individual variation in milk synthesis. Am. J. Primatol. 78:838-850, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Robin M Bernstein
- Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado.,Health and Society Program, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
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- School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Arizona.,Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Arizona.,Brain, Mind, and Behavior Unit, California National Primate Research Center, California
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Beck AF, Tschudy MM, Coker TR, Mistry KB, Cox JE, Gitterman BA, Chamberlain LJ, Grace AM, Hole MK, Klass PE, Lobach KS, Ma CT, Navsaria D, Northrip KD, Sadof MD, Shah AN, Fierman AH. Determinants of Health and Pediatric Primary Care Practices. Pediatrics 2016; 137:e20153673. [PMID: 26933205 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-3673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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More than 20% of children nationally live in poverty. Pediatric primary care practices are critical points-of-contact for these patients and their families. Practices must consider risks that are rooted in poverty as they determine how to best deliver family-centered care and move toward action on the social determinants of health. The Practice-Level Care Delivery Subgroup of the Academic Pediatric Association's Task Force on Poverty has developed a roadmap for pediatric providers and practices to use as they adopt clinical practice redesign strategies aimed at mitigating poverty's negative impact on child health and well-being. The present article describes how care structures and processes can be altered in ways that align with the needs of families living in poverty. Attention is paid to both facilitators of and barriers to successful redesign strategies. We also illustrate how such a roadmap can be adapted by practices depending on the degree of patient need and the availability of practice resources devoted to intervening on the social determinants of health. In addition, ways in which practices can advocate for families in their communities and nationally are identified. Finally, given the relative dearth of evidence for many poverty-focused interventions in primary care, areas that would benefit from more in-depth study are considered. Such a focus is especially relevant as practices consider how they can best help families mitigate the impact of poverty-related risks in ways that promote long-term health and well-being for children.
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- Andrew F Beck
- Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio;
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- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine and Mattel Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Rockville, Maryland
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's National Health System; Washington, District of Columbia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, California
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- Office of US Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) and George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
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- Department of Pediatrics, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, California
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky; and
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- Department of Pediatrics, Baystate Children's Hospital, Springfield, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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Rubin LP. Maternal and pediatric health and disease: integrating biopsychosocial models and epigenetics. Pediatr Res 2016; 79:127-35. [PMID: 26484619 DOI: 10.1038/pr.2015.203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2015] [Accepted: 08/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The concepts of allostasis (stability through adaptation) and accumulated life stress (McEwen's allostatic load) aim to understand childhood and adult outcomes. Chronic malnutrition, changes in social condition, and adverse early-life experiences may program phenotypes and contribute to long-lasting disease risk. However, integration of life course approaches, social and economic contexts, and comparison among different biopsychosocial models has not generally been explored. This review critically examines the literature and evaluates recent insights into how environmental stress can alter lifelong hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and immune system responsiveness and induce metabolic and neurodevelopmental maladaptation. Models of biopsychosocial stress overlap but may consider different conditions. Concepts include allostasis, which incorporates hormonal responses to predictable environmental changes, and Geronimus's "weathering," which aims to explain how socially structured, repeated stress can accumulate and increase disease vulnerability. Weathering emphasizes roles of internalized/interpersonal racism in outcomes disparities. For Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans, the "acculturation" framework has proven especially useful to explore disparities, including preterm birth and neuropsychiatric risks in childhood. Complexities of stress assessments and recent research into epigenetic mechanisms mediating effects of physical, nutritional, psychological, and social stress are reviewed.
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- Lewis P Rubin
- Department of Pediatrics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, Texas
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Henize AW, Beck AF, Klein MD, Adams M, Kahn RS. A Road Map to Address the Social Determinants of Health Through Community Collaboration. Pediatrics 2015; 136:e993-1001. [PMID: 26391941 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-0549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Economic, environmental, and psychosocial needs are common and wide-ranging among families cared for in primary care settings. Still, pediatric care delivery models are not set up to systematically address these fundamental risks to health. We offer a roadmap to help structure primary care approaches to these needs through the development of comprehensive and effective collaborations between the primary care setting and community partners. We use Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs as a well-recognized conceptual model to organize, prioritize, and determine appropriate interventions that can be adapted to both small and large practices. Specifically, collaborations with community organizations expert in addressing issues commonly encountered in primary care centers can be designed and executed in a phased manner: (1) build the case for action through a family-centered risk assessment, (2) organize and prioritize risks and interventions, (3) develop and sustain interventions, and (4) operationalize interventions in the clinical setting. This phased approach to collaboration also includes shared vision, codeveloped plans for implementation and evaluation, resource alignment, joint reflection and adaptation, and shared decisions regarding next steps. Training, electronic health record integration, refinement by using quality improvement methods, and innovative use of clinical space are important components that may be useful in a variety of clinical settings. Successful examples highlight how clinical-community partnerships can help to systematically address a hierarchy of needs for children and families. Pediatricians and community partners can collaborate to improve the well-being of at-risk children by leveraging their respective strengths and shared vision for healthy families.
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- Divisions of General and Community Pediatrics, and Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, and
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- Divisions of General and Community Pediatrics, and Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, and
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- Social Services, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Diversity of Pediatric Workforce and Education in 2012 in Europe: A Need for Unifying Concepts or Accepting Enjoyable Differences? J Pediatr 2015; 167:471-6.e4. [PMID: 25917766 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.03.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2014] [Revised: 02/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate differences in child health care service delivery in Europe based on comparisons across health care systems active in European nations. STUDY DESIGN A survey involved experts in child health care of 40 national pediatric societies belonging both to European Union and non-European Union member countries. The study investigated which type of health care provider cared for children in 3 different age groups and the pediatric training and education of this workforce. RESULTS In 24 of 36 countries 70%-100% of children (0-5 years) were cared for by primary care pediatricians. In 12 of 36 of countries, general practitioners (GPs) provided health care to more than 60% of young children. The median percentage of children receiving primary health care by pediatricians was 80% in age group 0-5 years, 50% in age group 6-11, and 25% in children >11 years of age. Postgraduate training in pediatrics ranged from 2 to 6 years. A special primary pediatric care track during general training was offered in 52% of the countries. One-quarter (9/40) of the countries reported a steady state of the numbers of pediatricians, and in one-quarter (11/40) the number of pediatricians was increasing; one-half (20/40) of the countries reported a decreasing number of pediatricians, mostly in those where public health was changing from pediatric to GP systems for primary care. CONCLUSIONS An assessment on the variations in workforce and pediatric training systems is needed in all European nations, using the best possible evidence to determine the ideal skill mix between pediatricians and GPs.
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Fairbrother G, Guttmann A, Klein JD, Simpson LA, Thomas P, Kempe A. Higher cost, but poorer outcomes: the US health disadvantage and implications for pediatrics. Pediatrics 2015; 135:961-4. [PMID: 25941300 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-3298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Gerry Fairbrother
- AcademyHealth, Washington, District of Columbia; Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Department of Health Policy, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia;
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- Division of Pediatric Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Ontario, Canada; Department of Health Systems, Policy, and Evaluation, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Ontario, Canada; Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey; Department of Quantitative Methods, Rutgers School of Public Health, Newark, New Jersey
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- Child and Adult Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (Accords) University of Colorado, Denver; and Children's Hospital Colorado and Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
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Lu MC. Improving maternal and child health across the life course: where do we go from here? Matern Child Health J 2014; 18:339-43. [PMID: 24318423 DOI: 10.1007/s10995-013-1400-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Michael C Lu
- Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18-05, Rockville, MD, 20857, USA,
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Cheng ER, Poehlmann J, Mullahy J, Witt WP. Cumulative social risk exposure, infant birth weight, and cognitive delay in infancy. Acad Pediatr 2014; 14:581-8. [PMID: 25439156 PMCID: PMC4254719 DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2014.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2013] [Revised: 02/20/2014] [Accepted: 03/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of exposure to multiple social risks on cognitive delay at 9 months of age; and whether obstetric factors mediate the relationship between cumulative social risk and cognitive delay. METHODS Data were from 8950 mother-child dyads participating in the first wave of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort. Cognitive delay was defined as falling in the lowest 10% of mental scale scores from the Bayley Short Form-Research Edition. Five social risk factors were combined and categorized into a social risk index. Staged multivariable logistic regressions were used to investigate whether obstetric factors mediated the impact of social risk on the odds of cognitive delay. RESULTS Infants with cognitive delay were more likely to live with social risks than infants without cognitive delay. The percentage of infants with cognitive delay increased with the number of social risks. In adjusted analyses, exposure to multiple social risk factors was associated with higher odds of cognitive delay at 9 months of age (adjusted odds ratio 2.11; 95% confidence interval 1.18-3.78 for 4 or more risks vs no risks). Accounting for birth weight attenuated this relationship (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS This population-based study investigated the independent and cumulative effects of social risk factors on cognitive delay in infancy. Findings revealed a significant cumulative relationship between exposure to social risk and cognitive delay, which was partly mediated by birth weight. Programs that address the social context of US infants are needed to improve their developmental trajectories.
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- Erika R. Cheng
- Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Division of General Academic Pediatrics, Center for Child and Adolescent Health Research and Policy, Boston, MA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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