Facing a Pandemic While Pregnant

Pandemic Influenza and Pregnant Women

Planning for a future influenza pandemic should include considerations specific to pregnant women. First, pregnant women are at increased risk for influenza-associated illness and death. The effects on the fetus of maternal influenza infection, associated fever, and agents used for prophylaxis and treatment should be taken into account. Pregnant women might be reluctant to comply with public he...

Who continues to smoke while pregnant?

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim was to study changes in smoking habits during pregnancy and differences in characteristics between women who stop smoking and those who continue to smoke during pregnancy. DESIGN The study was a population based prospective study. Self administered questionnaires were completed on three occasions. SETTING The study area was Uppsala county, Sweden, in 1987. PARTICIP...

Women's views about participating in research while pregnant.

The Effects of Employment while Pregnant on Health at Birth

Today, many pregnant women take a brief period of time off from work to give birth. In this paper, I identify the effects of pregnancy employment on health at birth. My initial results show that pregnancy employment has beneficial effects. However, these effects often become statistically insignificant when I control for earnings from pregnancy employment, when I exclusively examine women emplo...

Pregnant women's attitudes toward influenza vaccination while breastfeeding

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to assess the concerns pregnant women have about influenza vaccination while breastfeeding and to determine if having these concerns represents a barrier to vaccination uptake. METHODS The Vaccines and Medications in Pregnancy Surveillance System (VAMPSS) conducted a prospective cohort study in the US and Canada of influenza vaccine safety among pregnant w...