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Pregnancy spacing among women delaying initiation of childbearing

An increasing proportion of women in the US and other countries delay initiation of childbearing until their thirties. Little is known about their subsequent pregnancies, particularly with regard to pregnancy ...

Sarah K. Nabukera, Martha Slay Wingate… in Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics (2009)

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Racial Disparities in Perinatal Outcomes and Pregnancy Spacing Among Women Delaying Initiation of Childbearing

Introduction Reducing racial/ethnic disparities is a key objective of the Healthy People 2010 initiative. Unfortunately, racial disparities among women delaying initiation of childbearing have received limited at...

Sarah K. Nabukera, Martha Slay Wingate, John Owen… in Maternal and Child Health Journal (2009)

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The Influence of Maternal Mobility on Birth Outcomes of non-Hispanic Blacks

Background We investigated whether the “healthy migrant” effect is applicable to an internally mobile U.S.-born population, that is, whether infants born to women that moved within the United States had better bi...

Martha S. Wingate, Shailender Swaminathan… in Maternal and Child Health Journal (2009)

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Pregnancy Outcomes of American Indians: Contrasts Among Regions and with Other Ethnic Groups

Objectives The two-fold purpose of this analysis is first to contrast the maternal risk factors and birth outcomes of American Indians (AIs) with other race/ethnic groups and to compare t...

Greg R. Alexander, Martha S. Wingate, Sheree Boulet in Maternal and Child Health Journal (2008)

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Delivering A Very Low Birth Weight Infant and The Subsequent Risk of Divorce or Separation

Background: The simultaneous rise over the last two decades in the U.S. in the proportion of VLBW (<1500 grams) deliveries and the improvement in their chance of survival has increased the number of families cari...

Shailender Swaminathan, Greg R. Alexander… in Maternal and Child Health Journal (2006)

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Appreciation to Reviewers

Donna J. Petersen, Greg R. Alexander in Maternal and Child Health Journal (2005)

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The impact of advanced maternal age (≥40 years) on birth outcomes among triplets: a population study

The objective was to determine the impact of advanced maternal age on the birth outcomes of triplet gestations.

Hamisu M. Salihu, Muktar H. Aliyu… in Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics (2005)

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Editorial: Charting a Future Course for the MCH Journal

Donna J. Petersen, Greg R. Alexander in Maternal and Child Health Journal (2004)

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Levels of Excess Infant Deaths Attributable to Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy in the United States

Objectives: The objectives of the study were: 1) To determine the risk of infant mortality associated with prenatal cigarette smoking; 2) To assess whether the relationship, if existent, was dose-dependent; 3) T...

Hamisu M. Salihu, Muktar H. Aliyu… in Maternal and Child Health Journal (2003)

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Our Legacy for Leadership in MCH

The history of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) in the United States provides some important lessons for us today. Emerging from the child labor abolition and progressive reform movements of the late 1800s, the...

Greg R. Alexander in Maternal and Child Health Journal (2003)

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Availability a MCH/Public Health Milestones History Series

Greg R. Alexander in Maternal and Child Health Journal (2002)

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Maternal and Child Health Graduate and Continuing Education Needs: A National Assessment

Objectives: The purpose of this report is to describe the methodology and results of a recent national assessment of long-term graduate and short-term continuing education needs of public health and health care ...

Greg R. Alexander, Cathy Chadwick, Martha Slay… in Maternal and Child Health Journal (2002)

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A Comparison of Risk Factors for Twin Preterm Birth in the United States Between 1981–82 and 1996–97

Objective: This paper examines risk factors for twin preterm birth in 1981–82 and 1996–97 in the United States in order to see if they have changed over time. Methods: We studied all U.S. twin births for the yea...

Michael D. Kogan, Greg R. Alexander, Milton Kotelchuck… in Maternal and Child Health Journal (2002)

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1994–1996 U.S. Singleton Birth Weight Percentiles for Gestational Age by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Gender

Objectives: Establishing and comparing race, ethnic, and gender-specific birth weight percentiles for gestational age is requisite for investigating the determinants of variations in fetal growth. In this study,...

Greg R. Alexander, Michael D. Kogan, John H. Himes in Maternal and Child Health Journal (1999)

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Trends and Racial Differences in Birth Weight and Related Survival

Objective: In the past two decades, infant mortality rates in the United States declined in African-American and White populations. Despite this, racial disparities in infant mortality rates have increased and r...

Greg R. Alexander, Mark E. Tompkins, Marilee C. Allen… in Maternal and Child Health Journal (1999)