ArticleAmerican journal of public health1991
Characteristics of maternal employment during pregnancy: effects on low birthweight.
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- The effects of weathering demonstrated by maternal age on low birth weight outcome in babies.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2013Article
- Effects of individual and social factors on preterm birth and low birth weight: empirical evidence from regional data in Italy.International journal of public health · 2012Article
- First-trimester working conditions and birthweight: a prospective cohort study.American journal of public health · 2009Article
- Occupational predictors of pregnancy outcomes in Irish working women in the Lifeways cohort.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2009Article
- Physical activity and preterm birth: a literature review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2009Review
- Maternal work and birth outcome disparities.Maternal and child health journal · 2008Article
- Work activity in pregnancy, preventive measures, and the risk of delivering a small-for-gestational-age infant.American journal of public health · 2006Article
- Socioeconomic factors and low birth weight in Mexico.BMC public health · 2005Article
- Impact of maternal age on preterm delivery and low birthweight: a hospital-based collaborative study of nulliparous Lebanese women in Greater Beirut.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2004Article
- Prenatal care and prevention of preterm birth. A case-control study in southern Spain.European journal of epidemiology · 1996Article
- Adverse working conditions and premature delivery.American journal of public health · 1991Article
- 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
- Employment-related stress and preterm delivery: a contextual examination.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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backgroundAlthough maternal employment is considered a risk factor for low birthweight (LBW), the manner in which employment might affect birthweight is poorly understood. In this analysis, selected characteristics of employment during pregnancy were examined for effects on pregnancy outcomes.
methodsWork characteristics included the number of hours per week, physical activities, and environmental conditions. The outcomes of interest were fetal growth retardation (less than 2500 grams at term) and preterm delivery (less than 37 weeks). The study population consisted of 2711 non-Black, married mothers who participated in the 1980 National Natality Survey (NNS). The NNS data were merged with data from the 1977 revision of The Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) from which measures of occupational physical activities and environmental exposures were obtained. Logistic regression was used in the analysis.
resultsThose who worked 40 or more hours per week were more likely than women who worked fewer hours to have a low birthweight delivery at greater than or equal to 37 weeks. No physical or environmental characterics of work were associated with low birthweight or preterm delivery.
conclusionsNon-Black married American women may face a risk of delivering low-birthweight babies at or near term only if they work 40 or more hours each week. However, the lack of risk associated with other characteristics of work may be a function of measurement error in the DOT data source or of low levels of exposure in the analysis population.
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