ArticleMaternal and child health journal2008
Maternal work and birth outcome disparities.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Data linkage between the National Birth Defects Prevention Study and the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) to assess workplace physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and emotional stressors during pregnancy.American journal of industrial medicine · 2016Article
- Occupational characteristics and the progression of carotid artery intima-media thickness and plaque over 9 years: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).Occupational and environmental medicine · 2015Article
- Classifying U.S. Army Military Occupational Specialties using the Occupational Information Network.Military medicine · 2014Article
- Preterm birth and prenatal maternal occupation: the role of Hispanic ethnicity and nativity in a population-based sample in Los Angeles, California.American journal of public health · 2014Article
- Construction of early and midlife work trajectories in women and their association with birth weight.American journal of public health · 2014Article
- Maternal occupation and term low birth weight in a predominantly latina population in los angeles, california.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2013Article
- Associations of occupational attributes and excessive drinking.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2013Article
- Parental occupation and risk of small-for-gestational-age births: a nationwide epidemiological study in Sweden.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2010Article
- Racial and ethnic disparities in low birth weight delivery associated with maternal occupational characteristics.American journal of industrial medicine · 2010Article
- Occupational predictors of pregnancy outcomes in Irish working women in the Lifeways cohort.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2009Article
- Employment during pregnancy and obstetric intervention without medical reason: labor induction and cesarean delivery.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
- Reevaluating the relationship between prenatal employment and birth outcomes: a policy-relevant application of propensity score matching.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
objectivesWe tested relations between aspects of maternal work and birth outcomes in a national sample and in subgroups known to experience disparities.
methodsThree indices of work attributes (Status and Recognition, Physical Demands, and Exposure to Conflict) were derived by factor analysis of variables extracted from the Department of Labor's O*Net database. The indices were linked to the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth using occupation codes for the primary jobs held by women who gave birth between 1979 and 2000 and worked during the quarter prior to birth (n = 3,386 births to n = 2,508 mothers). Multiple regression was used to model birth outcomes as functions of the work attribute indices, controlling for several measures of socioeconomic status and risk factors for adverse birth outcomes.
resultsIn the full sample, work-related Physical Demands were associated with lower average birthweight and increased odds of preterm birth while Status and Recognition was associated with higher average birthweight and lower odds of fetal growth restriction. In stratified models, Status and Recognition was associated with higher birth weight among women with low (versus high) income and with lower odds of preterm birth among women with low (versus high) education. Physical Demands were associated with higher rates of preterm birth among women with low (versus high) income and education and among African-American mothers (compared to Whites).
conclusionsThe work environment is an important predictor of healthy births. Relations between maternal work attributes and birth outcomes differ by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status and according to the outcome under investigation. Further research with measures of work attributes specific to maternal work experiences is recommended to confirm our findings.
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