Maternal Health

Journal Article

Parental Depression and Anxiety and Early Childhood Behavior Problems Across Family Types

Using the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, we examine the association between parental major depressive and generalized anxiety disorders and child behavior problems across family types: married, cohabiting, involved nonresident father, and noninvolved nonresident father.

Research Brief

Forging the Link Between Alcohol Advertising and Underage Drinking

This research brief shows that alcohol advertising appears to promote adolescent drinking and suggests that school drug prevention programs can blunt the impact of alcohol ads on youth.

Journal Article

Reliability of Reasons for Early Termination of Breastfeeding: Application of a Bivariate Probability Model with Sample Selection to Data from Surveys in Malaysia in 1976-77 and 1988-89

Social status, social norms, and health-related factors appear to be significant influences on women's consistency of reporting.

Journal Article

Why Are Infant and Child Mortality Rates Lower in the MCH-FP Area of Matlab, Bangladesh?

Infant and child mortality rates are significantly lower in the MCH-FP area of Matlab, Bangladesh, than in a comparison area.

Journal Article

The Conceptualization of Perceived Insufficient Milk Among Mexican Mothers

Highlights the need for addressing maternal concerns in relation to PIM, especially regarding the role of crying as the initiator of the PIM cycle.

Report

Improving Maternal and Child Health Care

The illness and death rates of mothers and their young children in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania can be reduced with more coordinated care and increased family involvement.

Journal Article

Does WIC Work? The Effects of WIC on Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes

Support for WIC, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, is based on the belief that WIC works.

Journal Article

WIC Eligibility and Participation

The authors examine WIC eligibility and participation using the CPS, the SIPP, and state-level administrative data.

Journal Article

The Role of Public Insurance and the Public Delivery System in Improving Birth Outcomes for Low-Income Pregnant Women

The objective of this research is to investigate the effect of expansions of public insurance on access and birth outcomes for pregnant women.

Report

Prenatal Cocaine Exposure: Scientific Considerations and Policy Implications

This report presents an overview of the current state of knowledge regarding the effects of cocaine on the developing brain and offers policy considerations for addressing the issues that arise from cocaine use by pregnant women.

Journal Article

Cigarette Taxes and Smoking During Pregnancy

This study sought to estimate how changes in state cigarette excise taxes affect the smoking behavior of pregnant women.

Journal Article

Women's Health and Pregnancy Outcomes: Do Services Make a Difference?

Provides an overview of the standardized measures that the Mental Health Care for Child Crime Victims Standards of Care Task Force thinks useful for assessing trauma in children and their families.

Journal Article

The Active Management of Labor: Is It Worth the Cost?

Active management of labor shortens labor and reduces the rate of caesarian deliveries, without increasing adverse outcomes.

Report

Quality of Care for Children and Adolescents: A Review of Selected Clinical Conditions and Quality Indicators

This volume focuses on indicators for care of children and adolescents.

Report

Quality of Care for Women: A Review of Selected Clinical Conditions and Quality Indicators

This volume focuses on indicators for care of women.

Report

HIV-Infected Parents and Their Children in the United States

Journal Article

Family Planning Clinic Patients: Their Usual Health Care Providers, Insurance Status, and Implications for Managed Care

Publicly funded mental health systems are increasingly implementing managed care systems, such as capitation, to control costs.

Journal Article

The Effect of Medicaid Eligibility Expansions on Births

Uses natality data 1983-1996 to examine the relationship between a state's eligibility threshold for Medicaid and birth rates among various groups.

Journal Article

Beliefs About Children's Illness

Beliefs about child illness were investigated using semi-structured interviews with mothers and providers in four rural Guatemalan communities.

Report

Medicaid eligibility expansion in Florida : effects on maternity care financing and the delivery system

Medicaid eligibility expansion in Florida : effects on maternity care financing and the delivery system