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April 30, 2007 | Program Result Report
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists spearheaded an effort to establish the U.S. Public Health Service's smoking cessation guideline as a routine part of prenatal care for all pregnant women in the United States.
November 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health convened a blue ribbon panel to develop a strategic plan to encourage women of childbearing age to increase their intake of folate and folic acid.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Investigators at the Brown University School of Medicine developed a computerized database of published studies of the developmental consequences to children of drug exposure in the womb.
January 1, 2005 | Journal Article
This study investigated the association between average income or deprivation and infant mortality rate across neighborhoods of 4 world cities.
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This randomized trial paired pregnant women with a friend or relative and provided counseling for both the subject and the supporter the goal was to test the effects of mobilizing social support for pregnant women trying to quit smoking.
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The short period when a woman is hospitalized to give birth is a critical opportunity to reach both mothers and fathers with tobacco control programs. According to this study, it is feasible and welcome to identify tobacco-using parents in a postpartum obstetric unit, enroll them in a study and link them to quitline support.
October 27, 2009 | Story/Video
Nurse-Family Partnership programs such as Kane Kares help change the lives of vulnerable first-time mothers and their babies through ongoing home visits from registered nurses.
May 31, 2001 | Program Result Report
Between 1993 and 1999, the American Association for World Health, Washington, organized three annual meetings.
June 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
Investigators at the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, New York, developed a smoking-cessation program for ethnically diverse, low-income women who are pregnant.
April 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
From 1996 to 1997, researchers at the Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Neb., developed an interactive multimedia video program designed to assist low-income pregnant and postpartum smoking women to quit smoking.