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Is the metabolic syndrome a "small baby" syndrome?: the bogalusa heart studyEmily W Harville
Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Metab Syndr Relat Disord 10:413-21. 2012....
Predictors of birth weight and gestational age among adolescentsEmily W Harville
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health, New Orleans, LA 70114, USA
Am J Epidemiol 176:S150-63. 2012..In nonblack adolescents, lower body mass index was associated with lower birth weight, whereas being unmarried was associated with lower gestational age. Predictors of birth outcomes may differ by age group and social context...
Resilience after hurricane Katrina among pregnant and postpartum womenEmily W Harville
Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Womens Health Issues 20:20-7. 2010..Others report benefits after traumatic experiences (posttraumatic growth). The objective of this study was to examine demographic and hurricane-related predictors of resilience and posttraumatic growth...
Childhood hardship, maternal smoking, and birth outcomes: a prospective cohort studyEmily W Harville
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 164:533-9. 2010..To determine the association between type, chronicity, and severity of childhood hardships and smoking status during pregnancy, preterm birth (PTB), and low birth weight (LBW)...
Stress and placental resistance measured by Doppler ultrasound in early and mid-pregnancyE W Harville
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 32:23-30. 2008....
Epidemiology of cleft palate alone and cleft palate with accompanying defectsEmily W Harville
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Eur J Epidemiol 22:389-95. 2007..Risk factors differ between cases of cleft palate with and without accompanying defects...
Psychological and biological markers of stress and bacterial vaginosis in pregnant womenE W Harville
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
BJOG 114:216-23. 2007..To determine whether stress is associated with risk of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in pregnant women...
Patterns of salivary cortisol secretion in pregnancy and implications for assessment protocolsEmily W Harville
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Biol Psychol 74:85-91. 2007..82 to 0.88). Standardizing the clinic measurement to a single time of day did not substantially improve correlations with mean AUC. Correlations with measures of reported stress were also not strong...
Pre-pregnancy stress reactivity and pregnancy outcomeEmily W Harville
Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 24:564-71. 2010..No strong associations were found between higher pre-pregnancy stress reactivity and SGA or PTB, and stress reactivity did not have a stronger association with birth outcomes in blacks than whites...
Combined effects of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Gustav on the mental health of mothers of small childrenE W Harville
Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112 2715, USA
J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 18:288-96. 2011..Multiple disaster experiences are associated with worse mental health overall, although many women are resilient. Perceiving benefit after the first disaster was not protective...
Stress questionnaires and stress biomarkers during pregnancyEmily W Harville
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:1425-33. 2009..Although these hormones have been interpreted as biomarkers of stress, it is unclear whether psychosocial measures are empirically associated with biomarkers of stress in pregnant women...
Hurricane Katrina and perinatal healthEmily W Harville
Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Birth 36:325-31. 2009..Although additional physical and mental health care needs to be provided for the most severely exposed women and their babies, many women are capable of surviving and thriving in postdisaster environments...
Postpartum mental health after Hurricane Katrina: a cohort studyEmily W Harville
Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 9:21. 2009..Depression is also common after a woman gives birth. However, no research has addressed postpartum women's mental health after natural disaster...
Hurricane Katrina experience and the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression among pregnant womenXu Xiong
Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Am J Disaster Med 5:181-7. 2010..The aim of this study was to examine the effect of exposure to Hurricane Katrina on mental health in pregnant women...
Hurricane Katrina-related maternal stress, maternal mental health, and early infant temperamentMichael T Tees
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, 1440 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Matern Child Health J 14:511-8. 2010..Further research is needed to determine the effects of maternal exposure to disasters on child temperament, but in order to help babies born in the aftermath of disaster, the focus may need to be on the mother's mental health...
Exposure to Hurricane Katrina, post-traumatic stress disorder and birth outcomesXu Xiong
Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 2715, USA
Am J Med Sci 336:111-5. 2008..Little is known about the effects of natural disasters on pregnancy outcomes. We studied mental health and birth outcomes among women exposed to Hurricane Katrina...
Cleft lip and palate versus cleft lip only: are they distinct defects?Emily W Harville
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Am J Epidemiol 162:448-53. 2005..7 vs. 0.7, p=0.07). Although cleft lip with cleft palate may simply represent a more severe form of the defect, epidemiologic assessments of cleft lip should, when possible, include separate analyses of these two groups...
Preconception cardiovascular risk factors and pregnancy outcomeEmily W Harville
Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health, New Orleans, LA, USA
Epidemiology 22:724-30. 2011..Little is known about the relationship between preconception cardiovascular risk factor levels and pregnancy complications...
Perceived life stress and bacterial vaginosisEmily W Harville
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 14:627-33. 2005..Because stress can suppress immune function, increased stress might increase the risk of BV. Our objective was to determine whether life stress was associated with risk of bacterial vaginosis in a cohort of nonpregnant women...
Experience of Hurricane Katrina and reported intimate partner violenceEmily W Harville
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
J Interpers Violence 26:833-45. 2011..Relief and medical workers may need to be aware of the possibility of increased IPV after disaster...
Predictors of healthy birth outcome in adolescents: a positive deviance approachMaeve E Wallace
Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112 2715, USA
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 25:314-21. 2012..The purpose of our study was to utilize a positive deviance framework to identify sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics associated with a healthy birth outcome among adolescents...
Telomere length, pre-eclampsia, and gestational diabetesEmily W Harville
Department of Epidemiology, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
BMC Res Notes 3:113. 2010..Telomere length is a marker of cumulative damage to the cell, and has been associated with cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and diabetes...
Calcium intake during pregnancy among white and African-American pregnant women in the United StatesEmily W Harville
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
J Am Coll Nutr 23:43-50. 2004..To characterize the calcium intake in a racially mixed cohort of pregnant women, including the contribution of supplementation and antacids...
Vaginal bleeding in very early pregnancyE W Harville
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Hum Reprod 18:1944-7. 2003..Little is known about the occurrence and patterns of vaginal bleeding during the earliest stages of pregnancy. We explore this in a prospective study of early pregnancy...
