Insights on Infant Mortality and Safe Sleep Practices in Illinois
Exploring the definitions of infant mortality and safe sleep practices, this content delves into the Infant Mortality Ratio (IMR) and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) Mortality Ratio. Data sources such as vital records and the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) shed light on th
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Maternal Mortality Crisis in the U.S.: Urgent Need for Healthcare Reform
Maternal mortality rates in the United States have significantly increased over the years, with racial disparities exacerbating the issue. The data shows a concerning rise in both maternal and infant mortality, highlighting the critical need for comprehensive healthcare reform to address these alarm
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Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response Orientation Program
This orientation program aims to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to understand and effectively implement Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) in hospitals. Participants will learn the rationale and process of MPDSR, complete review forms accurately, identif
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Maternal Health Care and Family Planning Overview
Maternal health care and family planning are essential components of reproductive health. Family planning helps individuals achieve various objectives like avoiding unwanted pregnancies, controlling the timing and number of children, and regulating pregnancy intervals. The health benefits include pr
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Maternal and Child Health Indicators: Objectives and Mortality Rates
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services aim for the reduction of maternal, perinatal, infant, and childhood mortality and morbidity, promotion of reproductive health, and physical and psychological development of children and adolescents within families. The indicators focus on mortality rates, inc
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Importance of Preconception Care for Maternal and Child Health
Preconception care involves biomedical interventions provided to women and couples before conception to improve their health status and reduce factors contributing to poor maternal and child health outcomes. It aims to enhance maternal and child health in both the short and long term by addressing p
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Enhancing Maternal and Infant Health: Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies MIHP Pilot Evaluation
Evaluation of the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies MIHP pilot program focusing on providing additional resources to serve families in need by addressing social determinants of health. The program aims to support high-risk maternal and infant beneficiaries through enhanced services and activities, with p
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Understanding Survival Analysis in Medical Studies
Explore the key concepts of survival analysis, such as time-to-event data, censoring, and survivor functions. Learn how survival analysis methods estimate probabilities, compare survival rates between groups, and assess median survival times in medical research.
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Survival Analysis Using Stata - Overview and Data Examination
This content discusses survival analysis using Stata, covering topics such as survival-time data, exploratory graphs, estimation, models, predictions, diagnostics, testing assumptions, and more. It explains how survival-time data is measured and discusses various examples and scenarios related to su
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Understanding Survival Analysis: Concepts and Techniques
Survival analysis involves studying the time until an event of interest occurs, like death or relapse of a disease. It explores how different factors affect survival time and uses special methods for analysis. Censoring is a common issue where the exact endpoint time is unknown due to subjects being
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Understanding Preterm Labor and Its Impact on Infant Health
Preterm labor, defined as the delivery of an infant before 37 weeks of gestation, presents risks such as incomplete organ system development and increased infant mortality rates. Unnecessary obstetrical interventions before 38-39 weeks should be avoided. The trends in preterm birth rates reveal disp
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A Multi-disciplinary Analysis of Service Access, Community Resilience, and Maternal Mortality in Gulf Province
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis focusing on service access, community resilience, and maternal mortality in Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. It highlights the importance of improving referral systems for maternal health in remote communities and discusses the preliminary findings from a
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Maternal Nutrition Guidelines for Optimal Health Before and During Pregnancy
Recommended maternal nutrition practices play a crucial role in preventing nutrition deficiencies in both mothers and infants, improving fetal outcomes, and reducing morbidity and mortality rates. Preconception care emphasizes the provision of health interventions to women and couples before concept
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Understanding Determinants of Maternal Death: Causes, Factors, and Response
This educational session delves into the determinants of maternal death, distinguishing between causes and factors that increase the risk of maternal mortality. It covers possible determinants like hemorrhage, sepsis, and poor access to healthcare services, and discusses the Three Delays model for i
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Cancer Survival Rates in Europe: Trends and Disparities
Cancer survival rates in Europe have shown variations across different types of cancer and countries. While overall cancer mortality has increased over the years, some countries have experienced declines in mortality rates. Survival rates for breast cancer between 1995-2014 ranged from 74% to 89%, w
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Breast Cancer Survival Disparities by Molecular Subtypes in the US
Breast cancer molecular subtypes play a crucial role in determining survival outcomes. This study by Nadia Howlader, PhD, from the National Cancer Institute, presented the first nationally representative estimates of breast cancer survival by four main molecular subtypes. The research aimed to under
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Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) in Nepal
Explore the maternal and perinatal mortality status in Nepal, learn about the MPDSR's rationale, goal, components, and implementation status. Dive into a case scenario highlighting maternal deaths, background on maternal mortality, and global statistics, emphasizing the importance of improving mater
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Pediatric Safety Updates: Sleep-Related Infant Deaths Overview
Sleep-related infant deaths, including Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and accidental suffocation, remain a significant concern with over 3500 infant deaths in the US annually. Risk factors such as prone positioning, bed-sharing, premature birth, and maternal tobacco use contribute to these trag
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Understanding Maternal Mortality: Nevada's Review and Regulations
Exploring the Maternal Mortality Review Committee in Nevada, the definitions of maternal mortality, the responsibilities of MMRCs, and Nevada's Revised Statutes related to maternal mortality. Learn about the efforts to prevent future deaths and improve the review process.
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The Importance of Addressing Cardiovascular Disease in Maternal Health
Cardiovascular disease remains a significant contributor to maternal mortality in the UK, with maternal deaths from cardiac issues outnumbering those from other direct causes, except thrombosis. The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in pregnant women, combined with a lack of consideration fo
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Updates from Maternal and Child Health Equity Action Network by Amelia Muse, PhD, LMFT
The Maternal and Child Health Equity Action Network (MCHEAN) aims to engage key partners and communities in North Carolina to address disparities and improve maternal and child health outcomes. Through community-driven efforts, the network seeks to elevate voices, provide resources, and develop acti
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The Impact of Cigarette Taxes and Indoor Air Laws on Prenatal Smoking and Infant Death
This study examines the effects of cigarette taxes and indoor air laws on prenatal smoking and infant death. It discusses how cigarette taxes can increase smoking cessation during pregnancy and reduce the probability of smoking, while comprehensive smoking bans can decrease the likelihood of smoking
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Maternal & Child Health: Understanding and Addressing Health Behaviors and Risks
Explore the critical aspects of maternal and child health, such as factors affecting pregnancy, maternal mortality, preconception health care, and ways to improve the well-being of women, infants, and children. Understand the social and physical determinants impacting maternal and child health and l
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Global Maternal Health and COVID-19 Impact Briefing by Women's Congressional Policy Institute
The virtual briefing series hosted by Women's Congressional Policy Institute on Global Maternal Health and the Impact of COVID-19 featured speakers discussing the challenges, initiatives, and collaborations to improve maternal health worldwide. Notable speakers included Cindy Hall from WCPI, Stacey
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Thyroid Cancer Survival Trends in Europe: Eurocare-5 Study
A population-based study on thyroid cancer survival rates in Europe over 25 years reveals insights by sex, country, age, period, and histological type. The study shows increased incidence but stable mortality trends, with varying survival rates based on region, gender, and histology types like papil
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Maternal & Infant Health R&D Grant Program Round 2 Information
The Maternal & Infant Health R&D Grant Program Round 2 aims to support innovation in technology, therapeutics, and solutions for maternal and infant health challenges in New Jersey. Target industries include Life Sciences, Technology, and Food & Beverage. The program offers competitive grants of up
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Maternal Nutrition Training: Integrating Assessment, Counselling, and Support
Maternal nutrition training session aims to educate health providers on the importance of maternal nutrition, causes and consequences of malnutrition, and strategies to break the malnutrition cycle. The training covers topics like defining maternal nutrition, understanding its significance throughou
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Muditar - Empowering Mothers and Children in Myanmar
Muditar is a program in Southern Shan State, Myanmar, focused on improving maternal and child health in underserved Pa-O tribal villages. Through training Village Health Educators, providing reproductive health education, improving nutrition, and offering support for safe delivery and infant care, M
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Maternal Work Hours and Adolescent Obesity: A Longitudinal Analysis
This study investigates the relationship between increased maternal work hours during childhood and adolescent obesity. It explores how maternal employment and income levels may impact the rates of adolescent obesity, utilizing data from the Panel Survey of Income Dynamics and Child Development Surv
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Medicaid Program Overview: Maternal and Infant Advocacy
This event features a presentation by Gretchen Hammer from the Public Leadership Group on Medicaid program structure and design elements, focusing on maternal and infant advocacy. Learn about eligibility criteria, available benefits, care providers, delivery systems, payment mechanisms, and quality
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Reduction in Deaths following Sterilization & Maternal Death Audit - Tamilnadu Experience
Tamilnadu has successfully achieved replacement levels of fertility and focuses on promoting maternal health through various contraceptive practices. The state conducts audits to identify causes of sterilization deaths, with a major emphasis on improving maternal health care to reduce mortality rate
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Insights from PROMISE 1077 Trials on Maternal-Infant Survival
The PROMISE 1077 Trials focused on key research questions related to the effectiveness and safety of antiretroviral therapy in HIV+ pregnant women, especially concerning maternal ART during antepartum and postpartum stages, as well as the impact on maternal health post-pregnancy. The trials recruite
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Maternal Effect on Shell Coiling in Snails
Maternal effects play a crucial role in determining the coiling direction of snail shells. The maternal inheritance of organelle genes controls certain traits in offspring, with the direction of shell coiling being a classic phenotype exhibiting maternal effects. The genotype of the female parent de
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Addressing Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A Multi-Staged Approach
This study focuses on reducing maternal morbidity and mortality rates in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, which remain unacceptably high. The research by Firoza Haffejee and Nokuthula Sibiya highlights the need for a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary healthcare strategy to tackle the various factors con
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Maternal Thyroid Hormones and Offspring Brain Development: Study Flow and Findings
This study examined the association between maternal thyroid hormones (TSH and FT4) during early pregnancy and offspring brain morphology. A flowchart illustrates participant enrollment and exclusion, with subsequent MRI analyses on child brain volumes. Results show significant associations between
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Best Practices for Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) - Essential Guidelines
Comprehensive guidelines for maternal and newborn health practices include dos and don'ts, such as perineal shaving, delayed cord clamping, exclusive breastfeeding, and more. Key measures like controlled cord traction (CCT) in a relaxed uterus and delaying the baby's first bath play crucial roles in
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Reproductive and Child Health Programme Overview
Dr. Jyoti K. Varthi from the Department of Swasthavritta & Yoga highlights the importance of the Reproductive and Child Health Programme. This program aims to ensure safe reproduction, regulate fertility, support maternal and infant health, and promote healthy sexual relationships. The initiative ad
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Reproductive and Child Health Programme Overview
The Reproductive and Child Health Programme has a rich historical background dating back to 1952, with the aim of promoting the health of mothers and children, reducing infant and maternal mortality rates, and achieving population stabilization. The programme focuses on various interventions and str
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Association Between Maternal Education and Maternal Age in GLM Analysis
In this lecture on Generalized Linear Models in R, the focus is on examining the association between maternal education and maternal age using a dataset on births. The process involves creating a factor variable for maternal education levels, filtering a smaller dataset, visualizing the univariate r
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Maternal Death Surveillance and Response in Madhya Pradesh During COVID-19
Madhya Pradesh faces challenges in reducing maternal mortality rates, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite initiatives like the Maternal Death and Surveillance Review program, compliance at the district level has been lacking. To address this, online interventions and state-level reviews
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