We investigate the differential effects of the quality and quantity of maternal time on children’s cognitive and socio-emotional development. We measure the quantity of time as the total amount of maternal time devoted to childcare and quality as the fraction of this time devoted to purposeful teaching-learning routines. We address the potential endogeneity issues by using an instrumental varia...

BACKGROUND The developmental overnutrition hypothesis suggests that greater maternal obesity during pregnancy results in increased offspring adiposity in later life. If true, this would result in the obesity epidemic progressing across generations irrespective of environmental or genetic changes. It is therefore important to robustly test this hypothesis. METHODS AND FINDINGS We explored this...

fairly widely diffused in certain sections of the profession and of the educated public, that the general practitioner through negligence or incompetence is responsible for a large proportion of maternal mortality and morbidity. While preparing this paper I read books on Maternal Mortality and Morbidity by Dr Henry Jellett and Prof. Munro Kerr. The main conclusion reached by both these obstetri...

Maternal effect factors derived from oocytes are important for sustaining early embryonic development before the major wave of embryonic genome activation (EGA). In this study, we report a two-cell-stage arrest of embryos lacking maternal 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 as a result of suppressed EGA. Concurrent deletion of maternal Pten completely rescued the suppressed EGA and em...

BACKGROUND In Africa low birth weight (LBW) (<2500 g), is the strongest determinant of infant morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to quantify the effect of maternal anthropometry, education and socio-economic status on gestational age and birth weight. METHODS In 1000 Sudanese mothers with singleton births, anthropometric measurements (weight, height, mid-arm circumference) and...

BACKGROUND Research in areas of low skilled attendant coverage found that maternal mortality is paradoxically higher in women who seek obstetric care. We estimated the effect of health-facility admission on maternal survival, and how this effect varies with skilled attendant coverage across India. METHODS/FINDINGS Using unmatched population-based case-control analysis of national datasets, we...

background: as one of the main criteria of health outcomes, maternal mortality indicates the socioeconomic development level of countries. the present study aimed at identifying and analyzing the effective factors on maternal mortality in eastern mediterranean region (emr) of the world health organization (who).   methods: analytical model was developed based on the literature review. panel dat...

reduction in maternal mortality requires an in-depth knowledge of the causes of death. this study was conducted to explore the circumstances and events leading to maternal mortality through a holistic approach. using narrative text analysis, all documents related to maternal deaths occurred from 2007 to 2011 in kerman province/iran were reviewed thoroughly by an expert panel. a 93-item chart ab...