2018
Postpartum Depressive Symptoms: Gestational Weight Gain as a Risk Factor for Adolescents Who Are Overweight or Obese
Cunningham SD, Mokshagundam S, Chai H, Lewis JB, Levine J, Tobin JN, Ickovics JR. Postpartum Depressive Symptoms: Gestational Weight Gain as a Risk Factor for Adolescents Who Are Overweight or Obese. Journal Of Midwifery & Women's Health 2018, 63: 178-184. PMID: 29569357, PMCID: PMC5878115, DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.12686.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrepregnancy body mass indexGestational weight gainBody mass indexPostpartum depressive symptomsExcessive gestational weight gainExcessive weight gainDepressive symptomsWeight gainPregnancy overweightRisk factorsMental healthHigher postpartum depressive symptomsPregravid body mass indexAppropriate gestational weight gainEpidemiologic Studies Depression ScaleMedical record abstractionPostpartum weight retentionHealthy weight gainPrenatal depressive symptomsMaternal mental healthAdverse physical health outcomesHealth care providersWomen's mental healthPhysical health outcomesInterconceptional periods
2016
Discrimination and excessive weight gain during pregnancy among Black and Latina young women
Reid AE, Rosenthal L, Earnshaw VA, Lewis TT, Lewis JB, Stasko EC, Tobin JN, Ickovics JR. Discrimination and excessive weight gain during pregnancy among Black and Latina young women. Social Science & Medicine 2016, 156: 134-141. PMID: 27038321, PMCID: PMC4847945, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.03.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExcessive weight gainDepressive symptomsWeight gainRace/ethnicityWeight-related health disparitiesYoung womenLatina womenLater life obesityYoung pregnant womenPregnant young womenThird trimesterLife obesitySecond trimesterPregnant womenMedical recordsMedicine recommendationsLatina young womenHealth outcomesHealth disparitiesSymptomsPsychosocial determinantsPregnancyInfluence of discriminationWomenEnvironmental Affordances Model