Journal of women's health
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Journal of women's health · Apr 2015
Risk of behaviors associated with lethal violence and functional outcomes for abused women who do and do not return to the abuser following a community-based intervention.
To determine the differential risk of behaviors associated with lethal violence and functioning outcomes for abused women with children who received an intervention of shelter or justice services and return to the abuser were compared with women who did not return. ⋯ Risk of behaviors associated with lethal violence increases when abused women return to live with the abuser. Abused women should be informed of the heightened risk and greater probability for poor mental health.
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Journal of women's health · Apr 2015
Randomized Controlled TrialEnhancing referral of sexually active adolescent females from the emergency department to family planning.
Female adolescents at high pregnancy risk frequently visit the emergency department (ED) and lack primary providers. It is unclear if current methods of ED referral are successful. The objective of this pilot study was to assess the potential effect and feasibility of a standardized, enhanced method of referral of sexually active females from an ED for family planning (FP). ⋯ An enhanced referral initiative relying on physician participation did not substantially increase follow-up rates to a FP clinic and showed modest feasibility. More research is required to identify effective means of ED-based referral for preventive reproductive care.
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Journal of women's health · Apr 2015
Increasing prevalence of diabetes during pregnancy in South Carolina.
The objective of our study was to examine the prevalence of diabetes during pregnancy at the population level in SC from January 1996 through December 2008. ⋯ An increasing prevalence of diabetes during pregnancy is reported, as well as substantial lack of agreement in reporting of diabetes prevalence across administrative databases. Prevalence of reported diabetes during pregnancy is impacted by screening, diagnostic, and reporting practices across different data sources, as well as by actual changes in prevalence over time.
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Journal of women's health · Apr 2015
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation joint project to enhance maternal and child health surveillance: focus on collaboration.
Maternal and child health (MCH) surveillance data are important for understanding gaps in services and disparities in burden of disease, access to care, risk behaviors, and health outcomes. However, national and state surveillance systems are not always designed to gather sufficient data for calculating reliable estimates of the health conditions among high-risk or underrepresented population subgroups living in smaller geographic areas. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) has conducted surveillance for over 25 years in collaboration with state and city health departments. ⋯ K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) to include oversampling of minority and low-income women in selected geographic areas in four states (Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, and New Mexico) where the WKKF funded extensive place-based initiatives are located. The PRAMS-WKKF collaboration has broad implications for promoting meaningful collaboration between public, private, local, state, and federal organizations to address MCH data gaps on disparities, and for improving the availability of information needed for MCH programs, policy makers, and women.