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
2019
Area-level deprivation and preterm birth: results from a national, commercially-insured population
Mehra R, Shebl FM, Cunningham SD, Magriples U, Barrette E, Herrera C, Kozhimannil KB, Ickovics JR. Area-level deprivation and preterm birth: results from a national, commercially-insured population. BMC Public Health 2019, 19: 236. PMID: 30813938, PMCID: PMC6391769, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-6533-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsArea-level deprivationPreterm birthHighest quartileMultiple adverse birth outcomesSecond highest quartileRetrospective cohort studyLive singleton birthsAdverse birth outcomesGeneralized estimation equation modelsHealth Care Cost InstituteEstimation equation modelsCommercial health insuranceIndividual socioeconomic statusCohort studyBirth outcomesSingleton birthsResultsIn totalLowest quartileLower riskPsychosocial factorsQuartileMaternal mediatorsZip code level dataSocioeconomic statusWomen
2018
Group Prenatal Care Reduces Risk of Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight: A Matched Cohort Study
Cunningham SD, Lewis JB, Shebl FM, Boyd LM, Robinson MA, Grilo SA, Lewis SM, Pruett AL, Ickovics JR. Group Prenatal Care Reduces Risk of Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight: A Matched Cohort Study. Journal Of Women's Health 2018, 28: 17-22. PMID: 30256700, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2017.6817.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGroup prenatal careLow birth weightPreterm birthPrenatal careBirth weightLow birth weight babiesPropensity scoreIndividual prenatal careBirth weight babiesMatched Cohort StudyPrenatal care visitsClinical practice recommendationsPrenatal care patientsYear of deliveryAdequacy of careVanderbilt University Medical CenterUniversity Medical CenterLarge metropolitan hospitalWeight babiesPerinatal outcomesCare visitsCohort studyCare patientsBirth outcomesPatient adherence