S T Orr

Summary

Affiliation: East Carolina University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Social support and pregnancy outcome: a review of the literature
    Suezanne T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA
    Clin Obstet Gynecol 47:842-55; discussion 881-2. 2004
  2. ncbi Unintended pregnancy and preterm birth
    S T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 14:309-13. 2000
  3. ncbi Prenatal smoking cessation among Black and White women in Eastern North Carolina
    Suezanne T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Christenbury 200, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
    Am J Health Promot 21:192-5. 2007
  4. ncbi Exercise participation before and during pregnancy among low-income, urban, Black women: the Baltimore Preterm Birth Study
    Suezanne T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University, Christenbury 200, Tenth Street, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
    Ethn Dis 16:909-13. 2006
  5. ncbi Racial disparities in elevated prenatal depressive symptoms among black and white women in eastern north Carolina
    Suezanne T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 16:463-8. 2006
  6. ncbi Maternal prenatal depressive symptoms and spontaneous preterm births among African-American women in Baltimore, Maryland
    Suezanne T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 156:797-802. 2002
  7. ncbi Race, clinical factors and pre-term birth in a low-income urban setting
    S T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University, Greenville 27858, USA
    Ethn Dis 10:411-7. 2000
  8. ncbi Factors associated with prenatal smoking among black women in eastern North Carolina
    Suezanne T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University, Christenbury 205, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
    Matern Child Health J 9:245-52. 2005
  9. ncbi Exercise and pregnancy outcome among urban, low-income, black women
    Suezanne T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University, Christenbury 200, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
    Ethn Dis 16:933-7. 2006
  10. ncbi Depressive symptoms and indicators of maternal health status during pregnancy
    Suezanne T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 16:535-42. 2007

Detail Information

Publications12

  1. ncbi Social support and pregnancy outcome: a review of the literature
    Suezanne T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA
    Clin Obstet Gynecol 47:842-55; discussion 881-2. 2004
  2. ncbi Unintended pregnancy and preterm birth
    S T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 14:309-13. 2000
    ..After adjustment for behavioural and clinical risks, women with unintended pregnancies had almost twice the risk of a preterm delivery as women with intended pregnancies...
  3. ncbi Prenatal smoking cessation among Black and White women in Eastern North Carolina
    Suezanne T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Christenbury 200, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
    Am J Health Promot 21:192-5. 2007
    ..We analyzed smoking cessation and factors associated with cessation (attitudes, environment, and nicotine addiction) in a sample of pregnant Black and White women...
  4. ncbi Exercise participation before and during pregnancy among low-income, urban, Black women: the Baltimore Preterm Birth Study
    Suezanne T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University, Christenbury 200, Tenth Street, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
    Ethn Dis 16:909-13. 2006
    ..Encouraging Black women to continue to exercise as they age may have promising implications for the prevention of chronic diseases...
  5. ncbi Racial disparities in elevated prenatal depressive symptoms among black and white women in eastern north Carolina
    Suezanne T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 16:463-8. 2006
    ..Our study focused on Center for Epidemiologic Studies' Depression Scale (CES-D) scores of pregnant black and white women...
  6. ncbi Maternal prenatal depressive symptoms and spontaneous preterm births among African-American women in Baltimore, Maryland
    Suezanne T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 156:797-802. 2002
    ..Effective treatment of depression in pregnant women could ultimately result in a reduction of spontaneous preterm births...
  7. ncbi Race, clinical factors and pre-term birth in a low-income urban setting
    S T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University, Greenville 27858, USA
    Ethn Dis 10:411-7. 2000
    ..This paper examines the contributions of such clinical indicators to racial differences in pre-term delivery in a study sample of urban, low-income women, aged 18 to 43 years...
  8. ncbi Factors associated with prenatal smoking among black women in eastern North Carolina
    Suezanne T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University, Christenbury 205, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
    Matern Child Health J 9:245-52. 2005
    ..The rate of nondisclosure of smoking among self-reported quitters was also high. Maternal behavioral (allowing smoking in the home) and psychosocial factors (depressive symptoms) were associated with prenatal smoking...
  9. ncbi Exercise and pregnancy outcome among urban, low-income, black women
    Suezanne T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University, Christenbury 200, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
    Ethn Dis 16:933-7. 2006
    ..Our analysis failed to identify any association between exercise and pregnancy outcomes among low-income, urban, Black women...
  10. ncbi Depressive symptoms and indicators of maternal health status during pregnancy
    Suezanne T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 16:535-42. 2007
    ..In the current study, we investigated the relationship between depressive symptoms and health and functional status among pregnant women...
  11. ncbi Maternal prenatal pregnancy-related anxiety and spontaneous preterm birth in Baltimore, Maryland
    Suezanne T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
    Psychosom Med 69:566-70. 2007
    ..Psychosocial factors have been the subject of inquiries about the etiology of preterm birth; a factor of recent interest is maternal prenatal pregnancy-related anxiety (worries and concerns related to the pregnancy)...
  12. ncbi Unintended pregnancy and prenatal behaviors among urban, black women in Baltimore, Maryland: the Baltimore preterm birth study
    Suezanne T Orr
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 18:545-51. 2008
    ..We explored associations between intendedness of pregnancy with maternal prenatal behaviors, including smoking, use of alcohol, use of illicit drugs, and late initiation of prenatal care...