Sentences with phrase «other maternal and child health»

She also manages the Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems grant focused on improving developmental screenings and has overseen other maternal and child health programs.

«Evidence on the coverage of postnatal care services and other maternal and child health services is crucial to inform policies and health systems decisions addressing unmet needs in low - and middle - income countries,» Langlois explained.

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So, in honor of the new addition to Team Evans, I'm joining Melinda Gates, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Kay Warren, Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter and host of other Christian advocates in their support of an organization called Hope Through Healing Hands, and in particular the Faith Based Coalition for Healthy Mothers and Children Worldwide, which seeks to galvanize faith - based leaders and their constituencies around the issues of maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) as well as healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies (HTSP) to improve maternal health and reduce child mortality around the world.

Helping adolescent males to delay fatherhood may also be important from a child health perspective: research that controlled for maternal age and other key factors found teenage fatherhood associated with an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, including preterm birth, low birth weight and neonatal death (Chen et al, 2007).

We thank the North American Registry of Midwives Board for helping facilitate the study; Tim Putt for help with layout of the data forms; Jennesse Oakhurst, Shannon Salisbury, and a team of five others for data entry; Adam Slade for computer programming support; Amelia Johnson, Phaedra Muirhead, Shannon Salisbury, Tanya Stotsky, Carrie Whelan, and Kim Yates for office support; Kelly Klick and Sheena Jardin for the satisfaction survey; members of our advisory council (Eugene Declerq (Boston University School of Public Health), Susan Hodges (Citizens for Midwifery and consumer panel of the Cochrane Collaboration's Pregnancy and Childbirth Group), Jonathan Kotch (University of North Carolina Department of Maternal and Child Health), Patricia Aikins Murphy (University of Utah College of Nursing), and Lawrence Oppenheimer (University of Ottawa Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine); and the midwives and mothers who agreed to participate in the study.

In an effort to improve maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) outcomes and advance HBS activities worldwide, we are happy to share key MNCH resources and information developed by our partners and other global health organizations.

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An open letter was published in The Guardian today, from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), co-signed by the WBTi team and 17 other organisations working in maternal and infant hHealth (RCPCH), co-signed by the WBTi team and 17 other organisations working in maternal and infant healthhealth.

These include teenage motherhood, maternal educational under - achievement, poverty, parental antisocial behaviour and other mental - health problems, prenatal stress and maternal health, family violence, child abuse and parenting difficulties.

Others were to reduce child mortality, to improve maternal health, to combat HIV / AIDS, malaria and other diseases, to ensure environmental sustainability, and to develop a global partnership for development.

According to him, the resources used in developing the country under President John Agyekum Kufour, which he said totalled GHS20 billion, helped the party to facilitate the Capitation Grant, National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP), School Feeding Programme, free Metro Mass bus rides for school children, National Health Insurance, free maternal care, and the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme, amongst others.

In my new role as the UN Secretary - General's Special Envoy for Financing the Health MDGs, I have been charged with formulating a business plan to ensure that resources are secured to meet the malaria goal of near zero deaths, as well as the other maternal, child, AIDS and TB goals by the end of 2015, the internationally agreed deadline.

He outlined his vision for the University, which includes facilitating a vibrant intellectual climate that stimulates innovative research and community engagement, promotion of multidisciplinary research in infectious diseases, chronic diseases, maternal and child health policy, among others.

The other study contributors have their affiliation at Innlandet Hospital Trust, the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Nepal, Center for Intervention Studies in Maternal and Child Health (CISMAC) at the University of Bergen, Oslo and Akershus University College, Haukeland University Hospital, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

The association of maternal obesity during gestation and chronic conditions in children is beginning to be explored, 37,38 and previous studies alluded to an increased rate of health problems generally in caregivers of children with disabilities.39, 40 Associations between male sex and poverty and behavior / learning problems are congruent with other studies.41 - 43 The association of minority race / ethnicity with asthma and obesity and the inverse relationship of minority race / ethnicity with other physical conditions and behavior / learning problems are consistent with previous studies.12,43 - 45

«The women in the Network, like this consortium, understand that if we do not address the unmet need for family planning, the other global health goals of improving maternal, infant, and child deaths and combating infectious disease, will be difficult to achieve by 2015,» concluded Duff Gillespie, PhD, professor with the Bloomberg School's Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Hhealth goals of improving maternal, infant, and child deaths and combating infectious disease, will be difficult to achieve by 2015,» concluded Duff Gillespie, PhD, professor with the Bloomberg School's Department of Population, Family and Reproductive HealthHealth.

By 2015, the leaders pledged, the world would achieve measurable improvements in the most critical areas of human development: eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality and empower women, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat HIV / AIDS, Malaria and other diseases, ensure environmental sustainability, global partnership for development.

Serve as a resource and role model for other maternal / child nurses and health care providers, including experienced and fully trained registered nurses and...

Participate in internal and external maternal and child health committees and other assigned meetings to evaluate programs, review changes and implement new educational programs.

Mothers were eligible to participate if they did not require the use of an interpreter, and reported one or more of the following risk factors for poor maternal or child outcomes in their responses to routine standardised psychosocial and domestic violence screening conducted by midwives for every mother booking in to the local hospital for confinement: maternal age under 19 years; current probable distress (assessed as an Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) 17 score of 10 or more)(as a lower cut - off score was used than the antenatal validated cut - off score for depression, the term «distress» is used rather than «depression»; use of this cut - off to indicate those distressed approximated the subgroups labelled in other trials as «psychologically vulnerable» or as having «low psychological resources» 14); lack of emotional and practical support; late antenatal care (after 20 weeks gestation); major stressors in the past 12 months; current substance misuse; current or history of mental health problem or disorder; history of abuse in mother's own childhood; and history of domestic violence.

The Commissioner's figures revealed that despite the published Child and Maternal Health Schedule there was only one child health nurse for every 167 births (whereas most other jurisdictions had ratios between 1:78 and 1:9Child and Maternal Health Schedule there was only one child health nurse for every 167 births (whereas most other jurisdictions had ratios between 1:78 and 1:Health Schedule there was only one child health nurse for every 167 births (whereas most other jurisdictions had ratios between 1:78 and 1:9child health nurse for every 167 births (whereas most other jurisdictions had ratios between 1:78 and 1:health nurse for every 167 births (whereas most other jurisdictions had ratios between 1:78 and 1:98).49

We are planning another great multi-sector, multi-disciplinary conference for home visitors and other early childhood staff working in maternal and child health, prevention of abuse & neglect and school readiness!

Subgroup analyses: We will examine whether there is evidence that the intervention effect is modified for subgroups within the trial participants using tests of interaction between intervention and child and family factors as follows: parity (first - born vs other), antenatal risks (2 vs 3 or more risk factors at screening), maternal mental health at baseline (high vs low score) 18, 62, 63 and self - efficacy at baseline (poor vs normal mastery) 35 using the regression models described above with additional terms for interaction between subgroup and trial arm.

In many other countries, home health visiting is free, voluntary, and embedded in a comprehensive maternal and child health system.

The stated goals of MIECHV are to improve maternal and newborn health; prevent child injuries, abuse, neglect, or maltreatment; reduce emergency department visits; improve school readiness and achievement; reduce crime or domestic violence; improve family economic self - sufficiency; and improve coordination and referrals for other community resources and supports.64

The association of maternal obesity during gestation and chronic conditions in children is beginning to be explored, 37,38 and previous studies alluded to an increased rate of health problems generally in caregivers of children with disabilities.39, 40 Associations between male sex and poverty and behavior / learning problems are congruent with other studies.41 - 43 The association of minority race / ethnicity with asthma and obesity and the inverse relationship of minority race / ethnicity with other physical conditions and behavior / learning problems are consistent with previous studies.12,43 - 45

This toolbox is an online resource for Maternal and Child Health researchers, academics, practitioners, policy advocates, and others in the field to share information, innovative strategies, and tools to integrate the Life Course Perspective into MCH work at the local, state, and national levels.

Rooted in child social, emotional and behavioral development, Touchpoints seeks to improve parent - provider relationships, improve provider relationships with each other, enhance parent - infant relationships, moderate parental stress, normalize parent's perceptions of their child's behavior, increase well - child care adherence, improve infant developmental outcomes, improve maternal mental health indicators, and encourage longer breastfeeding.

Our work is grounded in the belief that every child deserves to be surrounded by supportive, safe environments and that every parent and primary care provider should have easily accessible information and tools to help make that possible.It is our hope that innovative work in addressing maternal mental health and our other initiatives in the greater Denver metro area will yield results that can be replicated statewide, nationally and even internationally.

Ask The Expert: How does prenatal exposure to alcohol, marijuana, opioids and other substances affect maternal and child health outcomes?

This policy statement from the AAP advocates a public health response to the opioid epidemic and substance use during pregnancy, and recommends: a focus on preventing unintended pregnancies and improving access to contraception; universal screening for alcohol and other drug use in women of childbearing age; knowledge and informed consent of maternal drug testing and reporting practices; improved access to prenatal care, including opioid replacement therapy; gender - specific substance use treatment programs; and improved funding for social services and child welfare systems.

Maternal and child health nurses and other allied health providers can provide information, guidance and support on issues around parenting, child health and development.

Psychologists may also work with other health and community professionals such as the maternal and child health nurse, or an existing mental health professional working with the parents.

With the reinstatement and expansion of the global gag rule earlier this year, the global health community is for the first time in the history of this destructive policy encountering threats not just to family planning, but HIV / AIDS, maternal and child health, and a host of other types of health programs.

Talk to each other about the options available (e.g., a friend, counsellor, maternal and child health nurse).

This boundary is often determined by the availability of other funding mechanisms, including local and state maternal and child health funds, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act funding, and other early childhood programs.

Parental mental health also made its impact felt in other ways: Feldman et al17 showed that children of parents with BPD were at risk of witnessing parental suicide attempts, with 24 % of the sample (mean age 11 years) having witnessed a maternal attempt, and 19 % having witnessed a paternal attempt.

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a two - year extension for the Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV), Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and other key health programs on Thursday with passage of a Medicare bill addressing physician reimbursHealth Insurance Program (CHIP) and other key health programs on Thursday with passage of a Medicare bill addressing physician reimburshealth programs on Thursday with passage of a Medicare bill addressing physician reimbursement.

How to develop a strategic plan that clarifies and prioritizes long - term shared goals and outcomes across home visiting programs, maternal and child health service providers, advocates, and other stakeholders.

She retired after 25 years of overseeing Maternal - Child Health and other public health serHealth and other public health serhealth services.

Key features and benefits include: technical assistance from the Family Spirit Leadership Team for 3 years after completion of the Family Spirit Training; Quarterly Check - ins with an Affiliate Liaison who can assist with troubleshooting and answering questions during implementation of the Family Spirit Program; Family Spirit quarterly newsletter with updates about the program and other relevant news, publications, and information from the maternal and child health field; connection to other Family Spirit affiliates for knowledge sharing; and quarterly, topic - based webinars.

In a further stage, we explored whether access to social and other supports moderated the impacts of poor maternal mental health on child outcomes by adding various social support factors into the model.

Table 3.4 summarises the relationships between maternal mental health and the selected child development outcomes that continued to show a significant independent relationship after controlling for variables with were related to each other.

(i) premature birth, low - birth weight infants, and infant mortality, including infant death due to neglect, or other indicators of at - risk prenatal, maternal, newborn, or child health;

Because the two groups are being created completely at random, any differences that emerge between the groups over time (for example, differences in prenatal, maternal, and newborn health; child development; parenting; and child maltreatment) will be attributable to the fact that one group had access to the home visiting program services and the other did not.

Finally, we consider the implications of the findings, on the one hand, to identify and support mothers with mental health problems and, on the other hand, to ameliorate the deleterious impacts of maternal mental health problems on young children.

Other associations existed too; parental separation and house moves are both associated with poor maternal mental health, a parent losing a job or substantially reducing their working hours is associated with a high level of home chaos and conflict in the parent - child relationship.

Table 6.6 Relationship between maternal health and drivers of child outcomes controlling for other variables

The program builds on research showing that home visits by a nurse, social worker, or other professional during pregnancy and in the earliest years of life can significantly improve maternal and child health, child development, learning, and success.

Associations between parenting and health are explored before and after adjustment for socio - demographics, family poverty and maternal depression, in order to see whether parenting may have effects over and above these other known influences on child health and health behaviours.