OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to assess whether high exposure to the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) improved 1) the personal health practices, such as smoking and breastfeeding, of participants and 2) birth outcomes, such as low birth weight and preterm birth. INTERVENTION The CPNP is a population-level health intervention that aims to contribute to improved health ou...

Objective: Premature neonates are at greater risk for developmental problems such as cerebral palsy, delays in development, hearing problems, and problems seeing. The challenge encountering healthcare professionals who support preterm neonates and their parents is not only a matter of ensuring neonates survival, but to optimize infant development. Interventions to reduce adverse health outcomes...

In this report, findings from the Final Evaluation Report of North Carolina’s Maternal Outreach Worker (MOW) Program are presented. The focus here is on the evaluation of program objectives, as originally proposed in the 1991 grant application to the Kate B. Reynolds Foundation. The MOW Program is a community-based home visiting program designed to help low income and at-risk pregnant women mak...

BACKGROUND Birth outcomes, such as preterm birth, low birth weight (LBW), and small for gestational age (SGA), are crucial indicators of child development and health. PURPOSE To evaluate whether home visits from public health nurses for high-risk pregnant women prevent adverse birth outcomes. METHODS In this quasi-experimental cohort study in Kyoto city, Japan, high-risk pregnant women were...

Background. A follow-up program for high risk infants was initiated in Alzahra Maternity Hospital in Tabriz city, Iran, in 2013. The aim of this paper is to give a brief report of the program. Material and Methods. Two groups of high risk neonates were studied. The first group comprising 509 infants received services in Alzahra Maternity Hospital implemented by the follow-up program. This inclu...

the birth weight is one of the important factors affecting the perinatal morbidity and mortality. fetal macrosomia is associated with increased risks of cesarean section and trauma. to determine prevalence and outcome of the macrosomic infants, this case-control, prospective study is performed in the two university hospitals in tehran during a 36- month period between 2002 through 2004. 1000 ne...

Introduction: Facial deformities and aesthetic and functional anomalies in children may be a cause of real distress in families. Problems faced by parents in coping with a child’s anomaly can be upsetting and lead parents to exhibit over-severe behavior. The present study was conducted in order to study the effect of happiness program on the happiness of the mothers of children with a cleft lip...