Background: Neonatal death is defined as death at any point in time during the first four weeks of life. It is one of the most important criteria used to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in public areas. We aimed to investigate pre-pregnancy risk factors associated with neonatal death. Materials and Methods: ...

anxiety during pregnancy: a risk factor for neonatal physical outcome? alipour z1, lamyian m*2, hajizadeh e3 received: 25 april, 2010 accepted: 27 july, 2010 abstract background & aims: antenatal maternal anxiety is common during pregnancy and may have side effects on mother and neonate. the aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between maternal anxiety and neonatal outcomes in nul...

background and purpose: birth outcomes and fertility measures are commonly evaluated in maternal and child health integrated program (mchip) in the field of public health. given the key role of time- trend study in the projection of current data to the future, this population-based study aimed to describe the significant changes of birth outcomes and fertility measures in the rural population o...

background & aim:  this study aimed to determine the relationship between lipid and apolipoprotein b-100 (apo b-100) levels in maternal and umbilical cord sera as well as the effects of these components on anthropometric measurements of newborn infants. methods:this correlational study was performed on 85 appropriate for gestational age (aga) newborns and their mothers. for analysis, 5 ml of ma...

The intermediate and medial part of the hyperstriatum ventrale (IMHV) is a restricted region in the chick forebrain that is crucial for the learning process of imprinting. Taken together, the evidence indicates that the IMHV is a site of storage of information about the imprinting stimulus (2). One hour after an hour’s training with an imprinting stimulus, there is an increase, related to the s...

Financial barriers can affect timely access to maternal health services. Health insurance can influence the use and quality of these services and potentially improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes. We conducted a systematic review of the evidence on health insurance and its effects on the use and provision of maternal health services and on maternal and neonatal health outcomes in middle...

BackgroundSeveral studies have examined the relationship between Human Development Index (HDI) and various health outcomes. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between HDI, and infant mortality rate, mortality rate of children under one year and under 5 years, maternal mortality rate, and total fertility rate.Materials and MethodsIn this ecologic study, data on HDI, total ...

OBJECTIVE To study stress in fathers of preterm infants admitted in a neonatal intensive care unit. METHODS Questionnaire-based study. Questionnaire included domains on infants health, maternal illness, staff behavior, parental role, home affairs and finances. Eligible fathers were repeatedly interviewed on day 7 (n=80), day 17 (n=59) and day 27 (n=28). Raw and standardized stress scores were...

Introduction: Preventable maternal and newborn mortalities still occur in local communities Kenya since access to healthcare services remains a big challenge. Barriers resource-constrained settings have not been examined adequately literature. The World Health Organization (WHO) has 6 building blocks for strengthening systems that informed this study. This paper examines how user-side instituti...

introduction: according to millennium development goal (mdg) number 4, child mortality should be reduced by two thirds by 2015.  the focus has been on decreasing neonatal deaths in high-mortality countries. in this study, we assessed the recorded causes of neonatal hospitalization in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) and infant care wards. methods: the present cross-sectional study was ca...