2024
A group prenatal care intervention reduces gestational weight gain and gestational diabetes in American Samoan women
Hawley N, Faasalele‐Savusa K, Faiai M, Suiaunoa‐Scanlan L, Loia M, Ickovics J, Kocher E, Piel C, Mahoney M, Suss R, Trocha M, Rosen R, Muasau‐Howard B. A group prenatal care intervention reduces gestational weight gain and gestational diabetes in American Samoan women. Obesity 2024, 32: 1833-1843. PMID: 39256170, DOI: 10.1002/oby.24102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGestational weight gainPostpartum weight changeGestational diabetes screeningClinically important between-group differenceDiabetes screeningGestational diabetesUsual care participantsPrenatal care interventionsMode of birthLow-risk pregnant womenPre-pregnancy obesityAmerican Samoan womenIncidence of gestational diabetesProportion of womenGestational diabetes incidenceInfant birth weightWeight gainBetween-group differencesCare interventionsCare participantsPreliminary effectivenessWeight changeRandom group assignmentDiabetes incidenceHigh-risk settings
1992
Women and AIDS in the United States: Epidemiology, Natural History, and Mediating Mechanisms
Ickovics J, Rodin J. Women and AIDS in the United States: Epidemiology, Natural History, and Mediating Mechanisms. Health Psychology 1992, 11: 1-16. PMID: 1559529, DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.11.1.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNatural historyHuman immunodeficiency virusProportion of womenImportant sex differencesImmunodeficiency syndromeImmunodeficiency virusViral exposureDisease outcomeEpidemiologic reviewDisease processPsychosocial factorsU.S. womenAIDSWomenStudy of menHIVPsychosocial mechanismsSex differencesDiseaseSocial supportPreventionTreatmentMale counterpartsSyndromeEpidemiology