conclusions according to the findings of this study, it is essential that health professionals and officials of the ministry of health train mothers about the time, trends, and factors affecting the start of puberty using a multi-dimensional approach that involves religious organizations, community groups, and peer groups. data sources this meta-analysis study was based on english articles publ...

BACKGROUND Nigeria is a key target country in the global effort toward elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Low coverage of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) interventions, adherence, and retention-in-care rates in HIV-positive pregnant women are contributing factors to high mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) rates. In Nigeria, rural areas, served largely...

OBJECTIVE To describe the profile of premature newborns participating in the Kangaroo Mother Care Program and the data from follow-up, and to verify possible correlations between these descriptive data. METHODS A descriptive study of 70 children, 5-34 months old, born between April 1999 and 2002, with gestational age of 32.5 weeks, birth weight 1,560 g, participating in the Kangaroo Mother Ca...

Introduction: In Iran little attention has been paid to the important role of husband’s support in promoting maternal health. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between perceived social support from family in pregnant women and pregnancy-related factors. Methods: The study included 358 postpartum women in the second half of the year 2014 in Fatemiyeh Hospital in Shahroud, North Ea...

Despite a remarkable increase in Asian births in the U.S., studies on their birth outcomes have been lacking. We investigated outcomes of births to Asian parents and biracial Asian/White parents in the U.S. From the U.S. birth data (1992-2012), we selected singleton births to Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Asian Indian, and Vietnamese. These births were divided into three groups; births t...

background: there is an upward trend for parents to resort to assisted reproductive technology (art) treatment due to delayed childbirth or birth difficulties. objective: this study investigates the pregnancy health and birth outcomes of women who underwent art and analyzes the factors that influence birth weight to become<10 percentile when undergoing art. materials and methods: this study ana...

 Abstract  Background: HELLP syndrome is an important complications in pregnancy which increases maternal and fetal mortality. This disease usually remits with supportive treatment which includes prescription of corticosteroid, magnesium sulfate, stabilization of mother and pregnancy termination. Plasmapheresis is a treatment of choice which improves clinical outcomes in complicated cases....