Anticipating the long-term neurodevelopmental impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on newborns and infants: A call for research and preventive policy
McDonald AJ, Mew EJ, Hawley NL, Lowe SR. Anticipating the long-term neurodevelopmental impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on newborns and infants: A call for research and preventive policy. Journal Of Affective Disorders Reports 2021, 6: 100213. PMID: 34514459, PMCID: PMC8417611, DOI: 10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100213.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLong-term neurodevelopmental impactCOVID-19 pandemicPrenatal maternal stressEarly childhood adversityPandemic-related stressMental health policyFuture mental healthPregnant womenMaternal stressNeurodevelopmental impactChildhood adversityGlobal cohortNew mothersHealth policyMental healthEarly lifeNewbornsInfantsPreventive policiesNeurodevelopmentPandemicHigh levelsCohortMonthsWomenBody size and composition of Samoan toddlers aged 18–25 months in 2019
Oyama S, Duckham RL, Arslanian KJ, Kershaw EE, Strayer JA, Fidow UT, Naseri T, Hawley NL. Body size and composition of Samoan toddlers aged 18–25 months in 2019. Annals Of Human Biology 2021, 48: 346-349. PMID: 34340601, PMCID: PMC9912174, DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2021.1951351.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDual-energy X-ray absorptiometryProspective birth cohortPrimary study aimX-ray absorptiometryGreater linear growthMother-infant dyadsThigh skinfold thicknessRs373863828 genotypeAdult SamoansArm circumferenceAbdominal circumferenceHead circumferenceProtective effectGG genotypeIliac crestLower riskSkinfold thicknessBody compositionBirth cohortStudy aimMinor alleleEarly lifeMissense variantsCircumferenceEarly childhood