Journal of Maternal and Child Health.
Maternal and Child Health Journal is soliciting manuscript submissions to be considered for an upcoming thematic issue. This issue will focus on maternal health, including maternal morbidity and mortality, primarily in the developing world. (Note that we will also consider manuscripts that focus on issues in middle-income countries or in higher-income countries where risks and conditions are.
The Maternal and Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI) accelerates Stanford discoveries to improve the health of pregnant women and children by fostering transdisciplinary research in the pre-clinical, clinical, and basic sciences. The CHRI works in partnership with the Stanford Children’s Health - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (LPCH), the Lucile Packard Foundation for.
Maternal and child health, ranging from preconception to breastfeeding, is identified as a key global priority in the World Health Organisation’s millennium development goals. The use of complementary and integrative medicine has received growing research interest in the importance of this health area. The therapies encompassed by complementary and integrative medicine include traditional.
Maternal health indicators help program staff identify the groups of women and infants at the national and sub-national level who are not accessing maternal health services. The DHS Comparative Report, Levels and Trends in the Use of Maternal Health Services in Developing Countries, shows that overall, the use of antenatal care services has increased worldwide.
Maternal and Child Health Care Services: Actions in the Primary Health Care Setting to Improve the Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women of Childbearing Age, Infants and Young Children iii In 2003, a series of papers were commissioned to provide information, analysis and advice to Government.
Acta Paediatrica has published a special issue on the impact of breastfeeding on maternal and child health. This supplement to Acta Paediatrica (coordinated by the World Health Organisation and funded by the Gates Foundation) presents a series of meta-analyses and systematic literature reviews examining a variety of health effects potentially related to breastfeeding.
The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Section, in collaboration with the Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health (ATMCH), seek student papers on a variety of topics related to MCH research, evaluation, epidemiology, international and domestic health, violence prevention, public health practice, policy, and programs. The top papers will be presented in the Greg Alexander Outstanding.