Tag: Maternal Health

A qualitative study in western Kenya found that poverty, gender power imbalances, and competing caretaking priorities frequently disrupt women's retention ...

A study of national survey data shows that the prevalence of undernourished child and overweight mother pairs doubled in India ...

An analysis of the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey found that 66.16 percent of men accompanied their partners for ...

A decade-long analysis of 13.8 million US first births found prepregnancy obesity rose from 213.6 to 275.2 per 1,000, with ...

A pooled analysis of US birth records from 2021 to 2024 found that Medicaid, self-pay, and other public insurance at ...

Canadian researchers have published the study protocol for PregPoRT, a population-based predictive model linking national survey, administrative hospitalization, and environmental ...

A modelling study estimates that a community-based, risk-stratified antenatal care model could be cost-effective in 24 low- and middle-income countries, ...

An exploratory qualitative study in two Tanzanian district hospitals reveals how integrating gestational diabetes screening into routine antenatal care shaped ...

A cross-sectional study using 2022/2023 DHS data finds that 78.6% of pregnant women in Mozambique achieved optimal antenatal care visits, ...

A pre-post intervention study in Ethiopia found that a family-led postnatal care model increased early checkup coverage for mothers and ...

A qualitative study of twenty postpartum women in China identifies manifestations, timing, and negative impacts of obstetric violence across pregnancy ...

A cross-sectional study in Iran found that higher perceived barriers to physical activity are independently associated with lower quality of ...

A retrospective cohort study found that gestational diabetes in dichorionic-diamniotic twin pregnancies was not independently associated with delivery or neonatal ...

The first University of Dodoma scientific conference on health compiled research showing major gains in maternal survival and kidney transplantation ...

A cross-sectional study of 204 pregnant women at Dilla University Referral Hospital in Ethiopia found that 43.14% had blood pressure ...

In a randomized controlled trial of 210 women undergoing emergency caesarean section at a Nigerian hospital, immediate catheter removal was ...

A 13-year Chinese cohort study of 216,442 pregnant women links composite residential environmental profiles, including PM2.5, heatwaves and green space, ...

A community-based cross-sectional study in Muhir Aklil Woreda, Central Ethiopia, found that 79.1 percent of pregnant participants maintained good health-promoting ...

A survey of 100 pregnant and postpartum women at a Nigerian teaching hospital found that 87 percent were interested in ...

A cross-sectional study of 356 married women at Rabia Balkhi Maternity Hospital in Kabul found that 77.8 percent had good ...