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| Dawn P MisraSummaryAffiliation: University of Michigan Country: USA Publications
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Infant mortality among singletons and twins in the United States during 2 decades: effects of maternal ageDawn P Misra
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
Pediatrics 110:1163-8. 2002..The objective of this study was to characterize the relationship between maternal age and infant mortality in singleton and twin births in the United States...
Vaginal douching and risk of preterm birth among African American womenDawn P Misra
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 196:140.e1-8. 2007..The purpose of this study was to examine how vaginal douching may influence risk of preterm birth...
Variation and predictors of vaginal douching behaviorDawn P Misra
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1420 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Womens Health Issues 16:275-82. 2006..Vaginal douching is a widespread practice among American women. Little research has been done examining variation in the practice or identifying risk factors...
Achieving safe motherhood: applying a life course and multiple determinants perinatal health framework in public healthDawn P Misra
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, 48109, USA
Womens Health Issues 16:159-75. 2006..Our intent is to influence how policy makers, public health professionals, clinicians, and researchers approach safe motherhood...
Maternal smoking and birth weight: interaction with parity and mother's own in utero exposure to smokingDawn P Misra
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1420 Washington Heights M5015, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Epidemiology 16:288-93. 2005..We examined maternal smoking in a cohort study for which data from 3 generations were available to examine maternal characteristics and exposures from a life-course perspective...
Integrated perinatal health framework. A multiple determinants model with a life span approachDawn P Misra
Women s and Children s Health Policy Center, Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Am J Prev Med 25:65-75. 2003..A new approach is needed if we are to achieve improvements in perinatal health...
The relation of FIMR programs and other perinatal systems initiatives with maternal and child health activities in the communityDonna M Strobino
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Women s and Children s Health Policy Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street Room E4151, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Matern Child Health J 8:239-49. 2004....
The nationwide evaluation of fetal and infant mortality review (FIMR) programs: development and implementation of recommendations and conduct of essential maternal and child health services by FIMR programsDawn P Misra
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Women's and Children's Health Policy Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Matern Child Health J 8:217-29. 2004..FIMR team structure and training of the director and staff are important areas to consider in efforts to maximize the impact of FIMR...
Exposures to airborne particulate matter and adverse perinatal outcomes: a biologically plausible mechanistic framework for exploring potential effect modification by nutritionSrimathi Kannan
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Human Nutrition Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arboe, Michigan 48109 2029, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:1636-42. 2006....
Prepregnancy body mass index and gestational age-dependent changes in lipid levels during pregnancyAnjel Vahratian
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Obstet Gynecol 116:107-13. 2010..To examine the effect of maternal prepregnancy overweight and obesity on gestational age-dependent variation in lipid levels during pregnancy...
The FIMR evaluation: objectives, concepts, frameworks, and methodsDonna M Strobino
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Women s and Children s Health Policy Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Room E4151 Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Matern Child Health J 8:205-15. 2004..Future work in this area will need to creatively address these limitations in order to better understand the effect of FIMR programs in communities...
Reducing exposure to environmental toxicants before birth: moving from risk perception to risk reductionHolly A Grason
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Public Health Rep 124:629-41. 2009..Effective leadership in this area will likely require collaboration of both environmental health and maternal and child health leaders and organizations...
Women's perceived control of their birth outcomes in the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study: implications for the use of preconception careCarol S Weisman
Pennsylvania State University Collage of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
Womens Health Issues 18:17-25. 2008..The overall hypothesis is that internal control of birth outcomes is a function of prior pregnancy experiences, current health status and stress levels, access to health care, and sociodemographics...
Risk factors for bacterial vaginosis during pregnancy among African American womenBritton Trabert
Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 197:477.e1-8. 2007..The objective of the study was to examine risk factors for bacterial vaginosis (BV) during pregnancy among African American women...
Comparison of FIMR programs with other perinatal systems initiativesKaren A McDonnell
Department of Maternal and Child Health, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Matern Child Health J 8:231-8. 2004..FIMR programs appear to be more circumscribed in their activities than PSIs, but the presence of both programs in a community appears to enhance the programs' performance of the essential MCH services...
Acceptability of a self-sampling technique to collect vaginal smears for gram stain diagnosis of bacterial vaginosisElizabeth R Boskey
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Box 43, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
Womens Health Issues 14:14-8. 2004..The smears are an acceptable and efficient way of detecting BV in an urban minority population...
