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2.8 million pregnant women and infants die each year across the globe due to broader underlying social and economic inequities. In recent years, the increased awareness and attention to maternal and infant health have contributed to improving health outcomes and reducing disparities. We are interested in considering manuscripts exploring determinants and measurement of disparities, as well as policies, programs, and clinical interventions implemented to reduce disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes.
Submission Status: Open | Submission Deadline: 31 January 2024
Celebrating maternal mental health awareness week 2023.
This special issue celebrates maternal mental health awareness week and will accept manuscripts addressing clinical manifestations; maternal feelings and emotions during pregnancy and after childbirth; awareness needed for social support in this period; disparities in maternal mental health and impacts on diverse groups; associations between impaired maternal mental health and child health outcomes.
Submission Status: Open | Submission Deadline: Ongoing
Cesarean delivery is considered a life-saving approach for certain maternal and fetal conditions, like labor dystocia, fetal distress, fetal malpresentation, multiple gestation and fetal macrosomia. However, data are limited regarding factors associated with the international increase in cesarean delivery rates. This collection encourages manuscripts coving the area of the topic including different approaches, advancement and policies to overcome unnecessary cesarean delivery.
Submission Status: Open | Submission Deadline: 30 June 2024
Preeclampsia is defined as the new onset of hypertension, signs of kidney, including proteinuria, or other organ damages during pregnancy, typically after 20 weeks of gestation. Preeclampsia occurs in 2-8% of pregnancies leading to worldwide maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Despite its impact, early-stage diagnosis and/or prevention measures are limited. Delivery and supportive care remain the principal treatments. This article collection welcomes manuscripts on preeclampsia including but not limited to novel measures to manage preeclampsia related mortality.
Submission Status: Open | Submission Deadline: 31 May 2024
Thyroid hormone is essential for female fertility and fetal development. Occurrence of thyroid dysfunction is frequent in pregnancy- causing early pregnancy loss, pre-eclampsia, prematurity and congenital abnormalities. Even a milder form of thyroid dysfunction or thyroid autoimmunity cause adverse outcomes during pregnancy. Universal thyroid function screening for women at higher risk for thyroid disease is recommended. Researchers have gained insights into the physiology, detection and treatment of thyroid disorder during pregnancy. Modern assays and technologies to diagnose and treat overt thyroid continue to evolve. This article collection welcomes manuscripts depicting the recent advancement in the field of thyroid dysfunction and pregnancy.
Submission Status: Open until 30 June 2024
Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology in partnership with Research Square, is now offering In Review. Authors choosing this free optional service will be able to:
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Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on a broad range of topics related to the physiological and pathological conditions of women during preconceptional, perinatal, and postpartum periods; and of fetuses and newborn infants during and beyond their initial hospital stay. The topics within these subjects could include, but are not limited to, the etiology, epidemiology, clinical issues, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and short and long-term outcomes. Read more here.
Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology is affiliated with the CROWN initiative, Core Outcomes in Women’s Health. CROWN is an international initiative, led by journal editors, to harmonise outcome reporting in women’s health research. We are coming together to address the widespread, unwarranted variation in reporting of outcomes. CROWN’s main aim is to encourage researchers to report core outcome sets for key conditions in women’s health.
Dr. Jonathan Slaughter is a neonatologist and principal investigator in the Center for Perinatal Research within The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology at The Ohio State University. His scholarly pursuits include neonatal comparative effectiveness research and neonatal pharmacoepidemiology. When teaching in the neonatal intensive care unit, he emphasizes the critical evaluation of published literature and evidence-based practice.
Prior to coming to Nationwide Children’s/Ohio State, Dr. Slaughter earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Catawba College (Summa Cum Laude) and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina and his fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He received his Master of Public Health degree from The Ohio State University College of Public Health. Dr. Slaughter was elected as a member of the Society for Pediatric Research and has served as the Chair of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology Pediatric Special Interest Group. He is a voting member on the Ohio Newborn Screening Advisory Council.
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