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Ransohoff, Jade I.; Sujin Kumar, Prisha; Flynn, David; Rubenstein, Eric – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: Women with intellectual and developmental disabilities face poorer reproductive and pregnancy outcomes partially due to health care inequity. Our objective was to conduct a scoping review of reproductive and pregnancy related health care among women with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Methods: We systematically reviewed…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Health Services, Females, Intellectual Disability
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Kettrey, Heather Hensman; Steinka-Fry, Katarzyna T. – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Purpose: Group prenatal care, which integrates medical care with patient education and empowerment in a group setting, has the potential to build social support among pregnant women and reduce the risk of postpartum depression (PPD). Past research on group care's effects on social support or PPD has produced inconsistent findings. Studies have…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Program Effectiveness, Patient Education, Social Support Groups
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Diemer, Maire Claire; Gerstein, Emily D; Regester, April – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
The prevalence of autism is rising, a dynamic attributed to numerous explanations (e.g. better diagnostic practices, decreased stigma). As this neurodevelopmental disability increases in visibility, disparities in its diagnostic rate grow. Female and Black populations in the United States have historically lower prevalence, are diagnosed later,…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Females, African Americans, Incidence
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Ericsson, Stina; Bitar, Dima; Milani, Tommaso – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2022
This article concerns knowledge negotiations as an aspect of interactional power in three-way interaction between Arabic-speaking women, Swedish-speaking midwives and interpreters in Swedish antenatal care. The notion of epistemic stance is used to investigate how all three participants negotiate knowledge, and how this affects the ongoing…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Power Structure, Obstetrics, Knowledge Level
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Haq, Wajiha; Abbas, Faisal – SAGE Open, 2022
Stunting is an important issue as it leads to many adverse consequences on children's health. Pakistan is in public health crisis due to higher stunting rates in children. World Health Organization entails the prevalence of stunting to be less than 2.5% in a healthy population, but every third child is stunted in Punjab (largest province of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Child Health, Mothers
Tareena Musaddiq; Farah Said – Grantee Submission, 2023
In 2004, the government of Punjab, Pakistan introduced a conditional cash assistance program for girls attending secondary schools. We exploit variations in exposure to the program across cohorts and regions to estimate the long run effects of the program on women's marriage and fertility decisions, maternal healthcare utilization and the health…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Access to Education, Secondary School Students