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| Jennifer F CulhaneSummaryAffiliation: Thomas Jefferson University Country: USA Publications
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Exposure to chronic stress and ethnic differences in rates of bacterial vaginosis among pregnant womenJennifer F Culhane
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 187:1272-6. 2002..The purpose of this study was to assess the contribution of chronic social stressors to race/ethnic differences in the rate of bacterial vaginosis among pregnant women in the inner-city area...
Recruitment and retention of women in a large randomized control trial to reduce repeat preterm births: the Philadelphia Collaborative Preterm Prevention ProjectDavid A Webb
Department of Adolescent Medicine, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, 3535 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
BMC Med Res Methodol 10:88. 2010..Data are reported for the Philadelphia Collaborative Preterm Prevention Project (PCPPP), a large RCT targeting risk factors for repeat preterm births among women who previously delivered premature (< 35 weeks gestation) infants...- Incident smoking during pregnancy and the postpartum period in a low-income urban populationDavid A Webb
Department of Adolescent Medicine, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, 3535 Market St, Ste 880, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Public Health Rep 126:50-9. 2011..We determined the prevalence of first lifetime use of cigarettes during pregnancy or in the early postpartum period (incident smoking) and identified sociodemographic and health-related characteristics of incident smokers... - Subjective social status and maternal health in a low income urban populationErika Fitzpatrick Dennis
Division of Neonatology, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Matern Child Health J 16:834-43. 2012..This has important implications for the interpretation of findings in empirical studies which seek to control for the effects of SES on maternal health outcomes... 
Perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms, smoking, and recent alcohol use in pregnancyIan M Bennett
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth 37:90-7. 2010..We aimed to determine whether perceived discrimination was associated with these important targets of maternal health care among low-income pregnant women...- Risky health behaviors among mothers-to-be: the impact of adverse childhood experiencesEsther K Chung
Jefferson Pediatrics Nemours Pediatrics Philadelphia, 833 Chestnut Street, Suite 300, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
Acad Pediatr 10:245-51. 2010..This study aims to assess the influence of ACEs on risky health behaviors among mothers-to-be and determine whether a dose response occurs between ACEs and risky behaviors... - Alternative therapies in women with chronic vaginitisPaul Nyirjesy
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Obstet Gynecol 117:856-61. 2011..To describe the use of complementary alternative medicines in women with chronic vaginitis and to evaluate epidemiologic factors associated with these treatments... - Longitudinal trajectory of bacterial vaginosis during pregnancyThaddeus P Waters
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 199:431.e1-5. 2008..This study was undertaken to characterize the course of bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy and to discern the bacterial morphotypes responsible for infection... - Chronic vulvovaginitis in women older than 50 years: analysis of a prospective databasePaul Nyirjesy
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia PA, USA
J Low Genit Tract Dis 16:24-9. 2012..This study aimed to examine differences in symptoms and diagnoses between women 50 years and younger and women older than 50 years who have chronic vulvovaginal complaints... - Beyond marital status: the quality of the mother-father relationship and its influence on reproductive health behaviors and outcomes among unmarried low income pregnant womenJoan Rosen Bloch
College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA
Matern Child Health J 14:726-34. 2010..Further research is needed to understand the complex interplay of individual, social and environmental factors promoting or hindering stable and supportive partner relationships among socially disadvantaged populations of pregnant women... - Literacy and depressive symptomatology among pregnant Latinas with limited English proficiencyIan M Bennett
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Am J Orthopsychiatry 77:243-8. 2007..The association between low literacy and depressive symptomatology among pregnant Latinas deserves further investigation and should be considered when designing health services for this vulnerable and growing population... - Longitudinal modulation of immune system cytokine profile during pregnancyJeffrey M Denney
Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, PA, USA
Cytokine 53:170-7. 2011..To characterize immune modulation as expressed by cytokine assays at three time-points in human pregnancy... - Pregnancy intention and contraceptive use at six months postpartum among women with recent preterm deliveryJoan Rosen Bloch
College of Nursing and Health Professions and School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 41:389-97. 2012..To describe pregnancy intention and contraceptive use among women with a recent delivery that occurred at 35 weeks gestation or fewer and who were enrolled in a large-scale randomized control trial... - Primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions to reduce the morbidity and mortality of preterm birthJay D Iams
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Lancet 371:164-75. 2008..Advances in primary and secondary care, following strategies used for other complex health problems, such as cervical cancer, will be needed to prevent prematurity-related illness in infants and children... - Bacterial vaginosis: a problematic infection from both a perinatal and neonatal perspectiveJeff M Denney
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 14:200-3. 2009..Although the pathology associated with BV appears to result from inflammation, more investigation is needed in terms of designing guidelines for appropriate screening and treatment for the prevention of adverse outcomes... - Parenting attitudes and infant spanking: the influence of childhood experiencesEsther K Chung
Department of Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
Pediatrics 124:e278-86. 2009..To assess associations among maternal childhood experiences and subsequent parenting attitudes and use of infant spanking (IS), and determine if attitudes mediate the association between physical abuse exposure and IS... - Prevention of preterm birthJeffrey M Denney
University of Utah, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Womens Health (Lond Engl) 4:625-38. 2008..The most pressing need is to better define the populations of pregnant women for whom these and other interventions will effectively reduce preterm birth... - Variations in health and health behaviors by nativity among pregnant Black women in PhiladelphiaIrma T Elo
Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Am J Public Health 100:2185-92. 2010.... - Variation in vaginal immune parameters and microbial hydrolytic enzymes in bacterial vaginosis positive pregnant women with and without Mobiluncus speciesJennifer F Culhane
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 195:516-21. 2006.... - Neighbourhood deprivation and small-for-gestational-age term births in the United StatesIrma T Elo
Department of Sociology and Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 23:87-96. 2009..15 [95% CI 1.08, 1.22] for non-Hispanic whites and 1.09 [95% CI 1.05, 1.14] for non-Hispanic blacks. Thus, neighbourhood deprivation was weakly associated with term SGA among both non-Hispanic whites and non-Hispanic blacks... - Does prenatal care at community-based health centers result in infant primary care at these sites?Esther K Chung
Division of General Pediatrics, Thomas Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ambul Pediatr 6:25-31. 2006..To describe where women receiving prenatal care (PNC) at community-based health centers (CBHCs) go for infant primary care, and to assess reasons for and factors associated with leaving CBHCs and using other practices for infant care... - Racial disparities in preterm birthJennifer F Culhane
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Semin Perinatol 35:234-9. 2011.... - Causes of chronic vaginitis: analysis of a prospective database of affected womenPaul Nyirjesy
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, USA
Obstet Gynecol 108:1185-91. 2006..To compare women with different chronic vaginal symptoms with a wide variety of sociodemographic, health, behavioral, and psychosocial characteristics... - Maternal infection and adverse fetal and neonatal outcomesRobert L Goldenberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1500 6th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
Clin Perinatol 32:523-59. 2005..Bacterial vaginosis and its associated intrauterine infections likely contribute far more to the overall burden of adverse pregnancy outcomes than the more classical perinatal infections such as rubella and syphilis... - Small-for-gestational-age births in pregnant women with HIV, due to severity of HIV disease, not antiretroviral therapyErika Aaron
Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, 1427 Vine Street, 5th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol 2012:135030. 2012..To determine rate and factors associated with small-for-gestational-age (SGA) births to women with HIV... - Estimating prevalence of overweight and obesity at the neighborhood level: the value of maternal height and weight data available on birth certificate recordsDavid A Webb
Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Popul Health Metr 8:16. 2010..To determine the value of maternal height and weight data on birth certificate records when estimating prevalence of overweight and obese adults at the neighborhood level... - Low birth weight in the United StatesRobert L Goldenberg
Drexel University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 85:584S-590S. 2007..The substantial improvement in newborn survival in the United States over the past several decades is mostly due to better access to improved neonatal care for low-birth-weight infants... - Unintended rapid repeat pregnancy and low education status: any role for depression and contraceptive use?Ian M Bennett
Department of Family Practice and Community Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4283, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 194:749-54. 2006.... - Epidemiology and causes of preterm birthRobert L Goldenberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
Lancet 371:75-84. 2008..A short cervical length and a raised cervical-vaginal fetal fibronectin concentration are the strongest predictors of spontaneous preterm birth... - Variation in Nugent score and leukocyte count in fluid collected from different vaginal sitesJennifer F Culhane
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, USA
Obstet Gynecol 105:120-3. 2005..To assess the variability in Nugent score and leukocyte count measured in vaginal secretions collected from 3 vaginal sites... - Neighborhood context and reproductive healthJennifer F Culhane
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 192:S22-9. 2005..Our goal is to stimulate further research that simultaneously considers social, economic, and biologic determinants of reproductive health... - Smoking in pregnancy: patient and provider risk reduction behaviorBrian C Castrucci
Division of Maternal, Child and Family Health, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 12:68-76. 2006.... - Preconception care between pregnancies: the content of internatal careMichael C Lu
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095 1772, USA
Matern Child Health J 10:S107-22. 2006..The primary aim of this paper is to start a dialogue on the content of internatal care... - Differences in short-term neonatal outcomes between discordant twinsUrsula S Nawab
Thomas Jefferson University duPont Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Adv Neonatal Care 8:334-42. 2008..To evaluate short-term outcomes associated with discordant twin pairs admitted to the NICU... - Relative performance of three methods for diagnosing bacterial vaginosis during pregnancyVijaya K Hogan
Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, CB 7445, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7445, USA
Matern Child Health J 11:532-9. 2007..This study measures the relative performance of three methods for diagnosing bacterial vaginosis (BV) during pregnancy and assesses the implications of measurement for clinical practice and surveillance... - Use of traditional medicine among pregnant women in Lusaka, ZambiaYolan Banda
University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia
J Altern Complement Med 13:123-7. 2007..We studied the prevalence of and predictors for traditional medicine use among pregnant women seeking care in the Lusaka, Zambia public health system...