Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing: JOGNN

OBJECTIVE: To develop a survey about immigrant women's experiences with and reasons for seeking postpartum depression (PPD) screening, to assess content validity of the survey, and to evaluate the cultural and linguistic appropriateness and acceptability for immigrant women of the survey. DESIGN: Guided by the Theory of Care-Seeking Behavior, this three-phase descriptive study involved survey development, pretesting, and revisions. SETTING: A Midwestern, university town...

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A review of new resources to support the provision of evidence-based care for women and infants.

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In response to a recent editorial, the author asks whether the fourth trimester is a sufficient period for the extended care of women after they give birth.

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of the Premature Infant Oral Motor Intervention (PIOMI) on preterm newborns' feeding efficiency and rates of improvement across Days 1, 3, and 5 of oral feeding in a Thai NICU. DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial. SETTING: A 20-bed special neonatal ward and 8-bed NICU in urban Thailand. PARTICIPANTS: Stable newborns (N = 30) born between 26 and 34 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA) without comorbidities...

OBJECTIVE: To quantify vitamin D status among pregnant women in the Pacific Northwest (Portland, OR, and Seattle, WA) and examine pregnancy and newborn outcomes in relationship to maternal serum blood samples obtained during pregnancy. DESIGN: A retrospective cohort design. SETTING: Data from 2009 to 2013 were abstracted from the health records of two out-of-hospital midwifery practices in the Pacific Northwest. PARTICIPANTS: Women with recorded serum blood samples for vitamin D during pregnancy were included...

OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationships among young women's demographic characteristics, their self-perceived and actual knowledge about fertility, and their fertility health risk factors. DESIGN: A quantitative, cross-sectional study. SETTING: Online survey. PARTICIPANTS: Young women between the ages of 18 and 24 years (N = 342). METHODS: We used an online survey to collect data from young women regarding their demographic characteristics, their self-perceived and actual knowledge about fertility, and their fertility health risk factors...

OBJECTIVE: To examine whether delayed newborn bathing would increase rates of in-hospital exclusive breastfeeding and plans to use human milk at discharge. DESIGN: A retrospective, two-group, pre- and postintervention design. SETTING/LOCAL PROBLEM: At our facility, the initial bath was completed within 2 hours of birth, and the rate of in-hospital exclusive breastfeeding was low. PARTICIPANTS: Couplets of mothers and healthy newborns (N = 996)...

OBJECTIVE: To examine the psychometric properties of the Health Practice Questionnaire-II Chinese version (HPQ-II CV), a self-report instrument designed to measure the health behaviors of pregnant women. DESIGN: Cross-sectional, psychometric design. SETTING: Prenatal clinics of four hospitals in southern Taiwan. PARTICIPANTS: Two convenience samples, 368 pregnant women in Phase 1 and 289 pregnant women in Phase 2. METHODS: In Phase 1, the 34-item HPQ-II was translated into Chinese...

OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the literature on interventions for reproductive life planning (RLP). DATA SOURCES: We searched PubMed, CINAHL Plus, and PsycINFO for studies of the implementation and/or evaluation of an RLP intervention using the following search terms: reproductive life planning, intervention, program, evaluation, trial, strategy, assessment, survey, tool, and education. No limitations were set on languages or geographic locations of the studies...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of topical application of human breast milk to reduce umbilical cord separation time. DATA SOURCES: We used a three-step search strategy. First, we searched six electronic databases from inception through July 16, 2018: PubMed, Cochrane, CINAHL, Embase, Scopus, and ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global. We used the following search terms: infant, newborn, baby, babies, colostrum, breast milk expression, breast milk, breastmilk, mother milk, human milk, umbilical cord, and umbilicus...

OBJECTIVE: To generate preliminary data about the subgingival microbiome of pregnant African American women to calculate power for a future larger study and to explore associations among the microbiome, periodontal inflammation, and preterm birth. DESIGN: Comparative descriptive pilot study design. SETTING: Urban area in the southeastern United States. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty-four African American women in the third trimester of pregnancy...

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OBJECTIVE: To describe perinatal nurses' experiences of caring for incarcerated women during pregnancy and the postpartum period; to assess their knowledge of the 2011 position statement Shackling Incarcerated Pregnant Women published by the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN); and to assess their knowledge of their states' laws regulating nonmedical restraint use, or shackling, of incarcerated women. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey...

OBJECTIVE: To synthesize the results of a scoping review and analysis of health care use data to identify gaps in knowledge related to the health of women in the U.S. military. DATA SOURCES: We searched MEDLINE/PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL, and PsycINFO for articles published between January 2000 and September 2015. We obtained health care use data from military diagnostic and pharmacy databases. STUDY SELECTION: All studies pertaining to the health and readiness of U...

OBJECTIVE: To examine the experiences of parents or caregivers of children with Down syndrome related to prenatal care, the birth setting, primary and specialty care, and care coordination. DESIGN: Cross-sectional, mixed-methods study. SETTING: Florida. PARTICIPANTS: English- or Spanish-speaking parents/primary caregivers (N = 101) of children who were 0 to 18 years old, had a diagnosis of Down syndrome, and were born in Florida...

OBJECTIVE: To integrate research findings related to the factors that influence fathers' involvement in the breastfeeding of their infants. DATA SOURCES: Five electronic databases (PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, and Web of Science) were searched with the keywords breastfeeding, factors, fathers, involvement, partner, and parent to identify studies that were published in English through July 2018. STUDY SELECTION: The initial search produced 11,927 articles...