This mixed methods study examines how beliefs about educational attainment and anticipated adverse shocks (e.g., evictions, incarcerations or deaths of family members, or violence) relate to educational plans and actual […]
Research Project Type: Family, Maternal and Child Health
Strengthen the Evidence for Maternal and Child Health Programs
This project assists State Title V MCH programs in incorporating available scientific evidence in developing State Action Plans and responding to national and state performance measures.
Maryland Maternal Health Innovation Program
The overarching goal of the project is to improve maternal health quality and outcomes throughout Maryland.
National Maternal and Child Health Data Resource Initiative
The goal of the Data Resource Center is to provide essential maternal and child health data at the national, regional, and state-level, to inform and enhance maternal and child health […]
Maternal Stress and Preterm Birth Role of Genome and Epigenome
Preterm birth (PTB) is a leading cause of infant mortality and morbidity in the US and the globe, and can lead to a cascade of health problems later in life. […]
Intergenerational Link of Cardio-Metabolic Risk Integrate Multi-OMICS with Birth Cohort
More than half of U.S. mothers entered pregnancy with overweight or obesity (OWO); maternal obesity is considered a major determinant of the next generations’ OWO risk.7 A similar inter-generational link […]
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program and pregnancy associated mortality in Maryland
Maternal mortality has been increasing in the United States. The extent to which non-medical use of prescription drugs by pregnant and postpartum women has contributed to this trend is unknown […]
Use of a machine learning framework to predict severe maternal morbidity
Severe maternal morbidity (SMM) is on the rise in the United States. Such morbidity is accompanied by delivery complications and adverse pregnancy outcomes, and can have long- term health consequences […]
Feasibility acceptability and preliminary efficacy of Text4Father for improving infant and family health
While father engagement programming is widely advocated, few clinical and public health approaches engage fathers during the pre- and perinatal periods. A large body of literature shows that fathers play […]
Preterm Birth Maternal and and Child Metabolic Risk
Using a life-course framework, we propose to conduct a comprehensive and systemic investigation on preterm birth (PTB) and maternal and fetal metabolic characteristics in relation to child development of adverse […]