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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"post-partum women"”.
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The lived experiences of prenatal stress and mind-body exercises: Reflections of post-partum women
Prenatal stress experienced by pregnant women has been linked to risky and unfavorable birth outcomes. The majority of quantitative research reports found in the literature consistently make the point that elevated prenatal maternal stress levels are strongly and positively related to pre-term …
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The prognostic value of HIV viral load in predicting viraemic outcomes of post-partum women on antiretroviral therapy: a secondary analysis of two randomised controlled trials from Gugulethu, Cape Town
… be a significant health concern for HIV-infected women in pregnancy and postpartum, especially in Southern Africa, despite decreasing rates of infection. While better access to effective and acceptable antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens has helped to improve control of viraemia in this group, …
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Barriers and Outcomes for Low-income Women with Mental Illness During Post-Partum [poster]
… middle- and low-income households, where 1 in 4 women report depression during pregnancy and 1 in 5 report having postpartum depression (Awini et al., 2023). Several research studies have examined social determinants of health (SDOH) impact on mental healthcare treatment among pregnant and …
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Post-partum mental health and exercise in ethnically diverse ‘priority’ groups
Background: Ethnically diverse post-partum women living in deprived, urban, multi-ethnic neighbourhoods in developed countries are one of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable populations of the developed world. Even women not in receipt of a diagnosis of mental illness, the majority sub-set of …
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The role of a pelvic orthotic in the management of Chronic Pregnancy-Related Pelvic Girdle Pain: a feasibility study and validation of a novel body perception measure
… girdle pain (PPGP) affects an estimated 10% of post-partum women and is typically recalcitrant to conservative management. One novel option to manage this is a customised Dynamic Elastomeric Fabric Orthosis (DEFO), however, currently non studies have evaluated the clinical and cost-effectiveness …
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The burden of Perinatal Tuberculosis in HIV-infected mothers and their infants
… reproductive age, particularly in South African women. HIV co-infection increases the risk of TB disease either by facilitating reactivation of a latent TB infection or by favouring the progression of a recently acquired TB infection towards active disease in HIV-infected patients. Globally, …