Examining the etiology and pregnancy outcomes of 152 critically ill pregnant patients in the Intensive Care Unit by Weiman Liu, Junyou Su, Sumei Wang

“…Conclusion Non-obstetric factors were the primary contributors for ICU admission of expecting mothers. Therefore, utilizing modalities that successfully analyze these factors can aid in understanding the characteristics of critically ill pregnant women, and advancing perinatal healthcare technologies to reduce maternal mortality rates.…”
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How interventions to maintain services during the COVID-19 pandemic strengthened systems for delivery of maternal and child health services: a case-study of Wakiso District, Uganda by Steven Ndugwa Kabwama, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Neda Razaz, John M. Ssenkusu, Tobias Alfvén, Helena Lindgren

“…It included 21 nurses and midwives as key informants and 32 mothers in three focus group discussions. Data were collected using an interview guide following the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety theoretical framework for service delivery. …”
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Respectful maternity care and mistreatment: Women's experiences during induction of labor and childbirth in Ghana. by Kwame Adu-Bonsaffoh, Grace T Newman, Kenneth Atobrah-Apraku, Yaw Opuni-Frimpong, Joseph D Seffah

“…Conversely, we determined that some mothers experienced mistreatment of different types during labor induction and birth including verbal abuse, lack of privacy, neglect, ineffective communication, inadequate pain relief, non-consented care and inadequate professional standards. …”
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EFFECTS OF BIRTH TYPE ON FATTENING PERFORMANCE AND CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS OF D’MAN LAMBS IN SOUTHWESTERN ALGERIAN OASES by Boubekeur Abderrahmen, Souddi Mohammed, Benidir Mohammed

“…This requires more care on the part of the breeder and the use of large quantities of concentrated feed both for the mothers and for raising and fattening lambs. Thus, terminal crossbreeding with other local breeds may improve the performance of multiple-born lambs.…”
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Maternity Continuum Care Completion and Its Associated Factors in Northwest Ethiopia by Daniel Tsega, Melaku Admas, Asmare Talie, Tesfa Birlew Tsega, Molla Yigzaw Birhanu, Simegn Alemu, Belayneh Mengist

“…However, a higher proportion of mothers completed the continuum of maternity care in the district than Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2016 (9.1%); further interventions are compulsory to reach the acceptable level. …”
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A General Look at Women Taking Shelters: What are they living through? What can we do? by Gamer Gunay, Esra Alatas, Suheyla Dogan Bulut, Sibel Orsel

“…There were behaviour of violence in mothers of %28.8, fathers of %36.5 and siblings of %15.4 of the cases. …”
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A national cross-sectional survey of health literacy of caregivers attending Canadian pediatric emergency departments. by Manasi Rajagopal, Samina Ali, Keon Ma, Maryna Yaskina, Andrea Morrison, Kurt Schreiner, Julie Leung, Shannon Scott, Darcy Beer, Paul Clerc, Tyrus Crawford, Serge Gouin, Naveen Poonai, Tania Principi, Antonia Stang, Laura Weingarten, Janet Curran, Pediatric Emergency Research Canada Family Needs Study Team

“…Caregivers' mean age was 37.8 ± 7.7 years, 74.3% (1449/1950) were mothers and 51.9% (993/1912) had a university/professional degree. 12.0% (235/1957) had a high likelihood of limited health literacy, 16.5% (323/1957) had possible limited health literacy and 71.5% (1399/1957) demonstrated adequate health literacy. …”
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Cohort profile: Swedish families of the 1990s (SWIFT90) by Josephine Jackisch, Viviane S. Straatmann, Tanishta Rajesh, Ylva B. Almquist

“…SWIFT90 compiles administrative data spanning from 1960 to 2022, which reflects the most recent data available at the time of the data request.Findings to date SWIFT90 provides information on 61 982 parents (fathers=31 028; mothers=30 954) with children placed in OHC and their respective children (38,084). …”
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Parenting after a history of childhood maltreatment: A scoping review and map of evidence in the perinatal period. by Catherine Chamberlain, Graham Gee, Stephen Harfield, Sandra Campbell, Sue Brennan, Yvonne Clark, Fiona Mensah, Kerry Arabena, Helen Herrman, Stephanie Brown, ‘Healing the Past by Nurturing the Future’ group

“…Most studies were conducted in the United States (42/55) and involved mothers only (43/55). Theoretical constructs include: attachment, social learning, relational-developmental systems, family-systems and anger theories; 'hidden trauma', resilience, post-traumatic growth; and 'Child Sexual Assault Healing' and socioecological models. …”
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Associated Factors of Postpartum Modern Contraceptive Use in Burie District, Amhara Region, Ethiopia by Wassachew Ashebir, Tilahun Tadesse

“…A community-based cross-sectional study was employed among 686 mothers in Burie District from March 16 to March 25, 2017. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of postpartum anemia after cesarean delivery in public hospitals of Awi zone, North West Ethiopia, 2023; a cross-sectional study. by Gebretsadek Habtamu, Asmare Talie, Tinsae Kassa, Dawit Misganaw Belay

“…<h4>Method</h4>A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 395 mothers who gave birth by cesarean delivery from May 1-30, 2023. …”
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Resilience in the time of crisis: A review of the maternal, perinatal and reproductive health effects of COVID-19 in South Africa by S Fawcus, S Gebhardt, R Niit, R Pattinson

“…Three routine national data collection systems were sourced: the District Health Information System, the Saving Mothers reports of the National Committee on Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths and the Saving Babies reports from the National Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality Committee using data from the Perinatal Problem Identification Program. …”
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Maternal and neonatal outcomes of congenital syphilis at a tertiary care center in Turkey; a retrospective observational study by Hasan Berkan Sayal, And Yavuz, Busra Tsakir, Erzat Toprak, Orkun Han, Hasan Ali Inal

“…Well-planned antenatal care services should be provided for all expectant mothers in order to reduce these adverse outcomes.…”
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Determinants of Under-Five Child Mortality in Ethiopia: Analysis Using Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey, 2016 by Addisalem Tebeje Zewudie, Abebaw Addis Gelagay, Engidaw Fentahun Enyew

“…Multivariate logistic analysis reflected that place of residence, mothers’ educational level, religion, current breastfeeding status, type of birth, sex of child, birth order, and family size were found to be significant predictors of under-five child mortality. …”
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Family Self-Support in Managing Down Syndrome Children: A Qualitative Study by Farzaneh Noroozi, Zohreh Farrar, Tayebeh Gharibi, Roqayeh Gashmard

“…This qualitative study was conducted by the content analysis method and through purposeful sampling method with the participation of 26 participants including 15 mothers, 6 fathers, 3 sisters, and 2 brothers of DS children in 2022-2023. …”
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The Impact of Prenatal Diagnosis and Treatment on Early Neonatal Problems by Selcan Sinaci, Gulsum Kadioglu Simsek, Bedri Sakcak, Izzet Ozgurluk, Fuat Emre Canpolat, Dilek Sahin

“…Early neonatal sepsis was observed significantly higher in newborns whose mothers had urinary tract infection in the last two weeks (p<0.001), preterm premature rupture of membranes (p=0.006), or clinical chorioamnionitis (p<0.001). …”
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Perinatal consequences of a category 1 caesarean section at term by Sailesh Kumar, Leah Grace, Ristan M Greer

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The Relationship between Body Appreciation and Self-Esteem and Associated Factors among Omani University Students: An Online Cross-Sectional Survey by Atika Khalaf, Iman Al Hashmi, Omar Al Omari

“…In addition, an individual’s self-esteem was significantly associated with an individual’s cGPA (β = 0.231, t = 3.592, p<0.001) and mothers’ educational level (β = −0.130, t = −2.065, p=0.040) besides body appreciation (β = 0.160, t = 2.491, p=0.013). …”
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Perceived influences of fruit and vegetable consumption among Indian adolescents – A qualitative inquiry by Neha Rathi, Anthony Worsley, Meg Bruening

“…., taste, color, flavor, texture); (ii) Health and immunity; (iii) Allergy; (iv) Home food environment (i.e., influence of mothers, availability and accessibility of fruits and vegetables); (v) Cost; (vi) Food preparation; (vii) Influence of peers; (viii) School food environment; (ix) Proclivity for energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods and beverages. …”
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Determinants of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes in Ibadan, Nigeria: The influence of maternal lifestyle. by Ikeola A Adeoye, Chioma O Unogu, Kofoworola Adediran, Babatunde M Gbadebo

“…Hence, we investigated the determinants of APO using the Ibadan Pregnancy Cohort Study (IbPCS) data and examined 1,339 mothers who had hospital delivery. The outcome variable was APO (low birth weight, birth asphyxia and preterm delivery). …”
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