Correlates of multigravida women's binge drinking during pregnancy: a longitudinal study

Article Abstract:

Binge drinking in pregnancy appears to have adverse effects on the newborn. Binge drinking is drinking five or more standard-sized drinks on a single occasion. A group of 33 low-income, inner-city women expecting a first baby and 106 similar women expecting a subsequent baby filled out a questionnaire evaluating substance use, depression, social support, and maternal attachment. No first-time mother reported binge drinking versus 16% of mothers expecting subsequent children. Among mothers expecting subsequent children, 29% of binge drinkers had a low-birth-weight infant versus 14% of non-binge drinkers, and 24% of their infants were admitted to the Special Care Nursery versus 12% of the infants of non-binge drinkers. Binge drinking also was associated with a longer hospital stay for the infant. First-time mothers and non-binge drinkers among mothers expecting subsequent children reported more social support at home and were less socially isolated than binge drinkers.

Health aspects, Pregnant women, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Drinking (Alcoholic beverages), Alcohol use

---

Pediatric residency training in the normal newborn nursery: a national survey

Article Abstract:

Lack of time spent in pediatric residency programs on normal newborn care may point out the need for general pediatricians to train residents in circumcision and breastfeeding. Researchers surveyed 184 pediatric residency programs regarding instruction in normal newborn care. About half (56%) of programs had implemented a normal newborn nursery curriculum. Breastfeeding instruction was not included in 16% of programs. Most pediatric residents were not taught how to perform circumcisions. Involvement of general pediatricians in training pediatric residents may increase the use of anesthesia before circumcision and increase instruction in breastfeeding.

Education, Residents (Medicine), Pediatricians, Neonatologists

---

Correlates of Maternal Depressive Symptoms in a National Head Start Program Sample

Article Abstract:

Depression among indigent mothers of young schoolchildren has far-reaching effects on the child's health, behavior, and ability to learn, and needs to be diagnosed and treated. In community-based samples, the number of mothers who are clinically depressed is consistently assessed to be between 40% and 50%. The mothers' depression limits their ability to act competently as parents, and their children show signs of considerable physical and mental health problems along with behavioral problems in school. When the child is very young, maternal depression is a major aspect of life, and, when long-term, becomes more damaging as the child gets older.

Psychological aspects, Social aspects, Statistical Data Included, Depression, Mental, Depression (Mood disorder), Parent and child, Parent-child relations

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: The safety of calcium channel blockers in human pregnancy: a prospective, multicenter cohort study. Therapy with both magnesium sulfate and nifedipine does not increase the risk of serious magnesium-related maternal side effects in women with preeclampsia
• Abstracts: Changes in activated protein C resistance during normal pregnancy. A pregnant patient with renal vein thrombosis successfully treated with low-dose thrombolytic therapy: A case report
• Abstracts: Severe complications of measles requiring intensive care in infants and young children. Epidemiology, etiology, and clinical features of septic arthritis in children younger than 24 months
• Abstracts: Knowledge and use of folic acid by women of childbearing age - United States, 1995. Neural Tube Defect Surveillance and Folic Acid Intervention--Texas-Mexico Border, 1993-1998
• Abstracts: Potential applications of proviral load measurement in clinical retrovirology. Accuracy of a saliva test for HIV antibody

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.