Abstract In the United States, there continue to be significant racial/ethnic disparities in
preterm birth (PTB) rates, infant mortality, and fetal mortality rates. One potential mediator of …

Objective: The objective of this study is to examine associations between aspects of the
environment in school neighborhoods and childhood body mass index percentile (BMIp) …

Objectives. We sought to determine whether the effects of preconception stressful life events
(PSLEs) on birth weight differed by neighborhood disadvantage. Methods. We drew our data …

Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 5925 Iranian and
Afghan live births which delivered in Rafsanjan Nik-Nafs hospital on 2011-2012. Data was …

Objectives. We compared a statewide telephone health survey with electronic health record
(EHR) data from a large Wisconsin health system to estimate asthma prevalence in …

ABSTRACT A growing body of literature suggests that power spectral density (PSD) slope,
measured using electroencephalography (EEG), might reflect synaptic activity and be a …

Objective We assessed the association among gestational age (GA) at birth, timing of death,
and risk status of the pregnancy and racial/ethnic disparities in infant mortality rate in the …

Background/objective Existing studies have shown that pregestational diabetes is a
significant risk factor for adverse birth outcomes. However, it is unclear, whether …

Population health research has, as its main aim, characterizing the causes and
consequences of health and disease. The process of rigorously testing hypotheses about …

Infant mortality and poor birth outcomes are major public health issues in the United States
that disproportionately affect African American families. In response, the researcher created …