Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1993.

Thesis (M.S.P.H.)--University of Michigan, 1938.

Thesis (M.P.H.)--University of Michigan, 1946.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1993.

Thesis equivalent (M.P.H.)--University of Michigan, 1947.

As polÃticas pÃblicas de saÃde na Ãrea materno-infantil tÃm como foco principal a atenÃÃointegral Ãs mulheres durante o ciclo gravÃdico-puerperal e à crianÃa no primeiro ano de vida, visando garantir a saÃde da gestante e da crianÃa, alÃm de prevenir a morte materna e/ouinfantil. As aÃÃes de saÃde nesta Ãrea no Brasil tÃm sido priorizadas e apresentaram avanÃos ao longo das Ãltimas dÃcadas. O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a partir do Sistema deInformaÃÃo da AtenÃÃo BÃsica, a evoluÃÃo da saÃde infantil e das gestantes, nos Ãltimos dez anos em Fortaleza. Trata-se de um estudo observacional, descritivo, com abordagem quantitativa. O estudo foi realizado em Fortaleza, tendo sido a coleta dos dados realizada no perÃodo de 2 a 30 de janeiro de 2012. A populaÃÃo foi composta por crianÃas menores de dois anos e gestantes cadastradas no Sistema de InformaÃÃo da AtenÃÃo BÃsica. Fez-se a anÃlise dos principais indicadores da saÃde materno-infantil, atravÃs de tabelas (apÃndice A) e grÃficos produzidos nos programas Word e Excel do Microsoft Office. No perÃodo analisado, ocorre uma variaÃÃo de 6,7% (2005) a 7,9% (2002 e 2008) para o baixo peso ao nascer. O aumento nos Ãndices de baixo peso ao nascer, a partir de 2006, provavelmente se deve a ampliaÃÃo da cobertura das equipes da estratÃgia saÃde da famÃlia no municÃpio, levando a uma expansÃo no monitoramento deste indicador, atravÃs do registro das equipes de saÃde da famÃlia. No perÃodo analisado, a prevalÃncia das infecÃÃes respiratÃrias agudas foi superior à prevalÃncia da diarreia em crianÃas menores de dois anos. Para a diarreia, a proporÃÃo variou de 6,5% (2010) a 12,75% (2006). Enquanto para as infecÃÃes respiratÃrias agudas houve uma variaÃÃo de 8,9% (2010) a 17,3% (2002). As taxas elevadas de diarrÃia e infecÃÃo respiratÃria aguda em menores de dois anos em Fortaleza, indicam a necessidade de um acompanhmento mais rigoroso para as crianÃas dessa faixa etÃria. Verificou-se um decrÃscimo na taxa de mortalidade infantil a cada ano, tendo o ano de 2002 uma taxa de mortalidade infantil de 22,4 por mil nacidos vivos e chegando ao ano de 2011 com uma taxa de 1,7 por mil nascidos vivos. As trÃs situaÃÃes que foram avaliadas em relaÃÃo Ãs gestantes acompanhadas pelas equipes de saÃde da famÃlia, permitem inferir que o atendimento as gestantes deve passar por melhorias e qualificaÃÃo profissional. A captaÃÃo precoce das gestantes deve ser intensificada, para que as mesmas compareÃam à consulta de prÃ-natal e para que o inÃcio deste ocorra o mais precocemente possÃvel, e as vacinas sejam aplicadas em tempo hÃbil. O estudo permitiu realizar uma anÃlise da situaÃÃo de saÃde das crianÃas e das gestantes nos Ãltimos dez anos em Fortaleza, podendo contribuir para que as equipes da estratÃgia saÃde da famÃlia possam refletir sobre a necessidade de mudanÃas e de melhor planejar as intervenÃÃes no territÃrio adscrito sob sua responsabilidade sanitÃria. / The public health policies on maternal infant health have mainly focused on comprehensive care to women during the pregnancy and puerperal cycle and also to the child in the first year of life. This is done in order to ensure the health of the mother and also the child so that to prevent maternal deaths and / or child. Health actions in this area in Brazil have been prioritized and have presented advances over the past decades. The objective of this study is to analyze the health situation of children and women in the last ten years in Fortaleza based on the Information provided by the System of Primary Care. This is an observational descriptive study with a quantitative approach. The study was conducted in Fortaleza. The data collection happened from January 2nd to 30th, 2012. The population consisted of children under two years old, and pregnant women enrolled in the Information System of Primary Care. It was done an analysis of key indicators of maternal and infant health, through tables(Appendix A) and graphs produced in Word and Excel programs of Microsoft Office. Over the analysed period, there is a variation of 6.7% (2005) to 7.9% (2002 and 2008) to low weight birth. The increase in rates of low weight birth since 2006, probably occured due to the increased number of teams of strategy family health care in the city leading to an expansion of the monitoring of this indicator, through registration done by the family health teams. Over this period, the prevalence of acute respiratory infections was higher than the prevalence of diarrhea in children under two years. For diarrhea, the proportion ranged from 6.5% (2010) to 12.75% (2006). As for acute respiratory infections there was a variation from 8.9% (2010) to 17.3% (2002). The high rates of diarrhea and acute respiratory infections in children under two years in Fortaleza, indicate the need for a more rigorous monitoring for this age group. There was a decrease in infant mortality rate each year and the year 2002 had an infant mortality rate of 22.4 per thousand born alive and reaching the year 2011 a rate of 1.7 per thousand live births. The three situations that were evaluated in relation to pregnant women accompanied by family health teams, allow us to infer that the care of pregnant women should be improved and and have a better professional qualification. The early uptake of pregnant women must be intensified so that pregnant women attend the prenatal appointments and the start of prenatal care occurs as early as possible, and vaccines are applied in a timely manner. The study allowed us an analysis of the health situation of children and pregnant women in Fortaleza over the last ten years, contributing to the family health teams strategy in order to prepare adequately the planning of interventions in the territory under their sanytary responsibility.

Please read the abstract in the section, 00front, of this document / Thesis (PhD (Augmentative and Alternative Communication))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) / PhD / Unrestricted

Breastfeeding is associated with long-term wellbeing including low risks of infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases such as asthma, cancer, autoimmune diseases and obesity during childhood. In recent years, important advances have been made in understanding the human breast milk (HBM) composition. Breast milk components such as, non-immune and immune cells and bioactive molecules, namely, cytokines/chemokines, lipids, hormones, and enzymes reportedly play many roles in breastfed newborns and in mothers, by diseases protection and shaping the immune system of the newborn. Bioactive components in HBM are also involved in tolerance and appropriate inflammatory response of breastfed infants if necessary. This review summarizes the current literature on the relationship between mother and her infant through breast milk with regard to disease protection. We will shed some light on the mechanisms underlying the roles of breast milk components in the maintenance of health of both child and mother.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Policy and natural shocks are exogenous factors, which may disrupt patients’ ability to access recommended health care. My dissertation investigates the effect of recent natural and policy shocks in health care provision on different patient outcomes. The first chapter studies the effect of the 2014 Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa on maternal health care utilization and infant health in Sierra Leone. The Epidemic resulted in the diversion of the limited health care resource away from other services to care for Ebola patients. It also led to maternal stress from fear of infection and community breakdown. The results show the outbreak led to significant decline in maternal health care utilization and infant birth weight. The second chapter examines whether physician practices that are vertically integrated with hospitals provide healthcare at higher costs than non-integrated practices in a Medicare patient population. The degree of integration is exogenously assigned to a patient following a geographical move. The study finds that switching to integrated practice increases health care utilization and spending. Although integration may increase quality of care, the increase in spending suggests the need for a continuing attention to policies and incentives that are associated with integration. Finally, the third chapter documents the impact of the recent changes in state medical and recreational cannabis access laws in the United States on health care utilization. The liberalization of access to cannabis may enable patients to substitute cannabis for another prescription and non-prescription health care services. The results show a significant decline in the utilization of emergency and outpatient services among patients with chronic pain for the states that legalized cannabis. The effect is mainly due to medical cannabis laws, whereas the effect of recreational cannabis is ambiguous. The three chapters, taken together, show that exogenous shocks, such as natural shocks and government policy, affect health care utilization and the health of individuals. Health policies should, therefore, target developing a resilient health care system that withstands natural shocks and promote policies that provide better treatment alternatives.

Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a syndrome of withdrawal symptoms in newborn infants that have a history of prenatal exposure to certain substances. Affected infants may have gastrointestinal (GI) issues, such as gassiness and diarrhea. Although infants with known exposures may be monitored in the first few days of life, it is unclear how long these symptoms persist. This poster will examine GI issues in the first six months of life across four groups of infants: those with prenatal opioid exposure, those with prenatal substance exposure that does not include opioids, those with polysubstance exposure, and those without substance exposure in a pediatric clinic in northeast TN. A retrospective chart review of 600 charts of infants born from 2017—2020 was conducted with IRB approval in a pediatric clinic in rural middle Appalachia. Of these, 300 charts were selected based on known prenatal substance exposure, and the other 300 charts were randomly selected. A REDCap extraction manual was created, research assistants were trained, and % agreement was determined. Data was collected about type of prenatal substance exposure, growth, and medical conditions in the first three years of life. Infants were divided into groups by type of prenatal substance exposure for analysis. The opioid-only group included exposure to buprenorphine, methadone, or other opiates. The other (non-opioid) exposure group included exposure to marijuana, cocaine, benzodiazepines, methamphetamines, and prescription ADHD medications. The polysubstance exposure group included exposure to both opiate and non-opiate substances. The control group had no prenatal substance exposure. Analyses were performed using SAS version 9.4. Descriptive statistics showed the demographics of the sample were representative of the population in rural middle Appalachia, with a predominantly Caucasian sample of 121 females and 123 males, mostly receiving TennCare. Chi-square results showed there was only a statistically significant difference between the prenatal substance exposure groups at 2 months, X2 (3, N = 176) = 8.03, p = 0.045, but not at hospital discharge, within the first few days of life, at 1 month, 4 months, or 6 months. Infants in the opioid-only exposure group were most likely to have GI issues. These findings suggest that GI issues are more likely to occur in infants with certain prenatal substance exposures. This poster also shows a longitudinal perspective of these issues, indicating that the symptoms may persist in the first few months of life. Thus, caregivers of infants at risk for NAS may benefit with information about the long-term effects. Because the retrospective chart review is still in progress, this poster only analyzes a preliminary number of charts. Future research should also take into consideration other factors that may be associated with GI issues in this population, such as nutrition.