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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Understanding Maternal and Perinatal Deaths: Key Concepts and Quiz Contest
Explore key terminologies related to maternal and perinatal deaths through an interactive quiz contest. Participants will define terms such as MMR, denominator, and multiplier. Join the session to enhance your knowledge on pregnancy-related deaths and improve awareness in maternal healthcare.
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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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Impact of Nutrition on Pregnancy Outcomes
A woman's nutritional status before and during pregnancy plays a significant role in influencing both her own health and that of her unborn child. Factors such as pre-pregnancy weight, obesity during pregnancy, weight gain recommendations, and effects of poor nutrition during pregnancy are crucial a
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Understanding Nutritional Requirements in Pregnancy by Aamena Zaidi
Adequate nutrition before and during pregnancy is crucial for long-term maternal and fetal health. Maternal health is influenced by genetic, social, and economic factors, impacting physiological adaptations for better nutrient utilization. Physiological changes in pregnancy include increased total p
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Addressing Maternal Mortality Crisis in the US: Key Challenges and Solutions
Maternal mortality remains a critical issue in the US, with rates higher than other high-income nations. Over the past 30 years, pregnancy-related deaths have nearly tripled. The focus needs to shift towards system-wide solutions targeting root causes such as racial inequities, fragmented coverage,
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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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Understanding Maternal Recognition of Pregnancy in Veterinary Gynaecology
The phenomenon of Maternal Recognition of Pregnancy (MRP) in polyestrous species plays a crucial role in preventing luteolysis and establishing pregnancy. This process involves the presence of viable embryos signaling to block luteolysis, allowing the pregnancy to continue. Factors such as IFN-tau i
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Maternal and Fetal Complications of Obesity in Pregnancy
Understanding the impact of obesity stigma as a stressor throughout the lifecourse is essential, especially concerning pregnancy. The prevalence of pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity poses significant risks, leading to various maternal complications like gestational diabetes, cesarean delivery, an
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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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Promoting Fetal & Maternal Health: Key Objectives & National Health Goals
This lecture by Assist. Prof. Dr. Hawraa Hussein Ghafel focuses on promoting fetal and maternal health through various aspects such as health behaviors, nursing processes, and health promotion during pregnancy. Key topics include identifying national health goals, assessing pregnant women, planning
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Managing Diabetes in Pregnancy: Preconception and Post-conception Care
Providing preconception care for women with established type 1 or type 2 diabetes is crucial for ensuring a healthy pregnancy. This involves counseling on effective contraception, evaluating and treating diabetes-related complications, reviewing risks of uncontrolled diabetes during pregnancy, and d
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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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Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response Quiz Contest
Explore key terminologies related to maternal and perinatal deaths through an engaging quiz contest. Participants will define terms, such as MMR and pregnancy-related death, in a competitive setting. The quiz format encourages active learning and understanding of important concepts in maternal and c
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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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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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Understanding Cardiovascular Changes in Pregnancy
This informative content discusses the normal physiological changes of the cardiovascular system in pregnancy, symptoms and signs of cardiovascular disease, the impact of pregnancy on cardiovascular health, and the management of cardiovascular issues during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum perio
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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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Empower Your Pregnancy Journey with Modern Tools and Apps
Enhance your pregnancy experience with advanced technology and innovative apps designed to track your menstrual cycle, predict fertile periods, monitor fertility indicators, conduct home DNA tests, and provide vital pregnancy information. Discover a range of smart devices from Bluetooth-enabled preg
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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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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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Associations of Maternal Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy with Offspring Outcomes
Prenatal antidepressant exposure during the first trimester of pregnancy is linked to various adverse outcomes in offspring, including preterm birth, small for gestational age, autism spectrum disorder, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. This study evaluates the associations and alternati
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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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Face Recognition: A Comprehensive Literature Survey
This literature survey delves into the importance and challenges of face recognition technology, covering topics such as biometrics, human face recognition, variations in pose and illumination, early and modern approaches, as well as the evaluation of face recognition systems. The need for face reco
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Assistive System Design for Disabilities with Multi-Recognition Integration
Our project aims to create an assistive system for individuals with disabilities by combining IMU action recognition, speech recognition, and image recognition to understand intentions and perform corresponding actions. We use deep learning for intent recognition, gesture identification, and object
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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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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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Understanding Ectopic Pregnancy: Causes, Risks, and Management
Ectopic pregnancy occurs when the fertilized egg implants outside the uterus, most commonly in the fallopian tubes. This abnormal implantation can lead to serious complications, including maternal mortality. Risk factors include previous ectopic pregnancy, tubal surgery, and maternal age. Recognizin
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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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Guidelines on Obstetrics, Gynaecology, and Pregnancy Care Updates
The provided content highlights recent changes in obstetrics and gynaecology guidelines, focusing on termination of pregnancy, antenatal supplements, anaemia in pregnancy, and urinary tract infections. Updates include improved access to safe termination of pregnancy, recommendations for supplements
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