Advancing Maternal Health Equity and Reducing Maternal Morbidity and Mortality

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Maternal Health ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
Maternal Morbidity ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Maternal Morbidity And Mortality

The Intersection of Maternal Morbidity and Mortality and Intimate Partner Violence in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 298-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samia Noursi ◽  
Janine Austin Clayton ◽  
Jacquelyn Campbell ◽  
Phyllis Sharps
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Maternal Morbidity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Maternal Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Mortality Review ◽  
Maternal Mortality Review

Background: In the United States, rates of maternal morbidity and mortality (MMM) are high compared with other high-income countries and are characterized by significant racial/ethnic disparities. Typically, research on MMM focuses on obstetrical problems. Less research examines the role of intimate partner violence (IPV). Maternal health, IPV, and their intersection are linked with the impacts of social determinants of health. Objective: We sought to understand the intersection of MMM and IPV in the United States, particularly data issues that hinder research in this area and the resulting knowledge gaps. Methods: We identified major articles of interest regarding maternal morbidity and mortality and IPV in the United States and drafted a mini review based on relevant information. Results: Despite the prevalence of IPV during pregnancy, the intersection of maternal health and IPV has not been widely reviewed or discussed. Conclusion: There are a number of limitations in surveillance activities and data collection that underestimate the impact of IPV on MMM. Importantly, women who die by homicide or suicide— which in many cases is linked with IPV—are not counted as pregnancy-related deaths in the United States under the current definition. Establishing separate panels of local experts in maternal health or maternal mortality review committees (MMRCs) that are dedicated to examining violent deaths and use of the Maternal Mortality Review Information Application system would likely improve data accuracy of pregnancy-associated deaths. Based on the literature reviewed and limitations of current data, there are significant knowledge gaps on the effects of IPV and maternal health.

scholarly journals Birth preparedness: studying its effectiveness in improving maternal health in urban slums of Jamnagar, Gujarat

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 4569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neha A. Patel ◽  
J. P. Mehta ◽  
Sumit V. Unadkat ◽  
Sudha B. Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Health ◽  
Maternal Morbidity ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Birth Preparedness ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Place Of Delivery ◽  
Danger Signs ◽  
Maternal Morbidity And Mortality

Background: Maternal health and healthy outcome of a pregnancy are the core focus of all the programmes related to maternal and child health. Most of the causes of maternal morbidity and mortality are preventable. So we need to introduce new strategies according to the need of beneficiaries to reduce the underlying causes which ultimately lead to morbidities or complications during pregnancy. Birth preparedness is a kind of strategy which can help the mothers to plan out their pregnancy to combat the complications arising during pregnancy, childbirth or puerperium. The aims and objectives were to study the birth preparedness amongst the women, to study effect of various socio demographic determinants on birth preparedness and to find out relation between maternal morbidity and mortality with birth preparedness. Methods: Cross sectional study was conducted in Jamnagar. 450 women were selected by 30 cluster sampling. Data analysis was done with Microsoft office Excel and SPSS 20, Chi square test was applied. Results: 11.33% women were fully prepared, 67.33% were partially prepared while 96 women were not prepared at all. Education, place of delivery, parity and knowledge of danger signs has statistically significant association with birth preparedness in cases of both maternal mortalities, women were not at all prepared. Conclusions: Birth preparedness practices need to be improved. Education, parity, place of delivery, knowledge about danger signs are associated with birth preparedness practices. Birth preparedness can help in decreasing maternal morbidities and mortalities. 

scholarly journals 639 Co-occuring opioid and methamphetamine use disorder and severe maternal morbidity and mortality in Utah

2021 ◽  
Vol 224 (2) ◽  
pp. S401-S402
Author(s):  
Marcela Smid ◽  
Amanda A. Allshouse ◽  
Kristine Campbell ◽  
Michelle P. Debbink ◽  
Adam G. Gordon ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Maternal Morbidity ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Severe Maternal Morbidity ◽  
Methamphetamine Use ◽  
Maternal Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Methamphetamine Use Disorder

scholarly journals Severe Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Among Indigenous Women in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 135 (2) ◽  
pp. 294-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katy B. Kozhimannil ◽  
Julia D. Interrante ◽  
Alena N. Tofte ◽  
Lindsay K. Admon
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Maternal Morbidity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Indigenous Women ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Severe Maternal Morbidity ◽  
Maternal Morbidity And Mortality

112: An international collaboration for the prevention of severe maternal morbidity and mortality

2015 ◽  
Vol 212 (1) ◽  
pp. S73-S74
Author(s):  
Steve Rad ◽  
Godfrey Mugyenyi ◽  
Gabriel Ganyaglo ◽  
Paul Sobolewski ◽  
Nathaniel Sugiyama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
International Collaboration ◽  
Maternal Morbidity ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Severe Maternal Morbidity ◽  
Maternal Morbidity And Mortality

scholarly journals Maternal morbidity and mortality : an iceberg phenomenon

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Leitao ◽  
E. Manning ◽  
R. A. Greene ◽  
P. Corcoran ◽  
Bridgette Byrne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Morbidity ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Maternal Morbidity And Mortality

scholarly journals Venomous Snakebite in Pregnancy and Good Outcome –A Case Report

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-88
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ali ◽  
Md Robed Amin ◽  
Mohammad Belalul Islam ◽  
Mohammad Haresur Rahman ◽  
Md Mahbubul Islam Mojumdar
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Maternal Morbidity ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Good Outcome ◽  
Fetal Wastage ◽  
Maternal Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
In Pregnancy

Worldwide occurrence of snakebite in pregnancy is little known in medical literature. Furthermore to the best of our knowledge there is no case report on Krait envenomation in pregnancy in Bangladesh. It carries significant fetal wastage and maternal morbidity and mortality. Here we report a mutligravida aged 27 years at her 24 weeks of gestation with krait bite with neuroparesis with good obstetrical outcome.Bangladesh J Medicine Jul 2016; 27(2) : 86-88

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