Dawn P Misra

Summary

Affiliation: University of Michigan
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Infant mortality among singletons and twins in the United States during 2 decades: effects of maternal age
    Dawn 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
  2. ncbi Vaginal douching and risk of preterm birth among African American women
    Dawn 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
  3. ncbi Variation and predictors of vaginal douching behavior
    Dawn 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
  4. ncbi Achieving safe motherhood: applying a life course and multiple determinants perinatal health framework in public health
    Dawn 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
  5. ncbi Maternal smoking and birth weight: interaction with parity and mother's own in utero exposure to smoking
    Dawn 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
  6. ncbi Integrated perinatal health framework. A multiple determinants model with a life span approach
    Dawn 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
  7. ncbi The relation of FIMR programs and other perinatal systems initiatives with maternal and child health activities in the community
    Donna 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
  8. ncbi 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 programs
    Dawn 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
  9. ncbi Exposures to airborne particulate matter and adverse perinatal outcomes: a biologically plausible mechanistic framework for exploring potential effect modification by nutrition
    Srimathi 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
  10. ncbi Prepregnancy body mass index and gestational age-dependent changes in lipid levels during pregnancy
    Anjel Vahratian
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 116:107-13. 2010

Detail Information

Publications16

  1. ncbi Infant mortality among singletons and twins in the United States during 2 decades: effects of maternal age
    Dawn 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...
  2. ncbi Vaginal douching and risk of preterm birth among African American women
    Dawn 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...
  3. ncbi Variation and predictors of vaginal douching behavior
    Dawn 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...
  4. ncbi Achieving safe motherhood: applying a life course and multiple determinants perinatal health framework in public health
    Dawn 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...
  5. ncbi Maternal smoking and birth weight: interaction with parity and mother's own in utero exposure to smoking
    Dawn 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...
  6. ncbi Integrated perinatal health framework. A multiple determinants model with a life span approach
    Dawn 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...
  7. ncbi The relation of FIMR programs and other perinatal systems initiatives with maternal and child health activities in the community
    Donna 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
    ....
  8. ncbi 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 programs
    Dawn 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...
  9. ncbi Exposures to airborne particulate matter and adverse perinatal outcomes: a biologically plausible mechanistic framework for exploring potential effect modification by nutrition
    Srimathi 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
    ....
  10. ncbi Prepregnancy body mass index and gestational age-dependent changes in lipid levels during pregnancy
    Anjel 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...
  11. ncbi The FIMR evaluation: objectives, concepts, frameworks, and methods
    Donna 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...
  12. ncbi Reducing exposure to environmental toxicants before birth: moving from risk perception to risk reduction
    Holly 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...
  13. ncbi Women's perceived control of their birth outcomes in the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study: implications for the use of preconception care
    Carol 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...
  14. ncbi Risk factors for bacterial vaginosis during pregnancy among African American women
    Britton 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...
  15. ncbi Comparison of FIMR programs with other perinatal systems initiatives
    Karen 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...
  16. ncbi Acceptability of a self-sampling technique to collect vaginal smears for gram stain diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis
    Elizabeth 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...