SynthesisMaternal and child health journal2013
Post-disaster reproductive health outcomes.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effect of flooding on low birthweight and preterm birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Human fertility after a disaster: a systematic literature review.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Pooled it
- From Adaptive Resilience to Catastrophic Systems Collapse: Endothelial Entropy, Ferroptotic Propagation, and the Maternal Point of No Return in Emergency Peripartum Hysterectomy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- The relationship between death distress and fertility intentions in married women after the earthquake.Primary health care research & development · 2026Article
- Hurricane María and prenatal maternal mental health: Variations in stress, social support, and depression across disaster recovery periods in Puerto Rico.Environmental research · 2026Article
- Changes in healthcare providers attitudes and practices about counseling pregnant and postpartum women about emergency preparedness -DocStyles survey, United States, spring 2021 and fall 2023.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Sociodemographic and health vulnerabilities associated with disaster exposure: insights from ECHO cohort.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Trends in adverse pregnancy outcomes in Louisiana, 2017 to 2022.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Final Report of Trends in Pregnancy and Birth Survey after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident: The Fukushima Health Management Survey.Fukushima journal of medical science · 2025Article
- The effects of an earthquake experienced during pregnancy and perinatal outcomes.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2025Article
- Climate change, air pollution and maternal and newborn health: An overview of reviews of health outcomes.Journal of global health · 2024Review
- Counseling women of reproductive age about emergency preparedness - Provider attitudes and practices.Preventive medicine · 2023Article
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- Pregnant under quarantine: Women's agency and access to medical care under Wuhan's COVID-19 lockdown.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2022Article
- Fertility and contraception among women of reproductive age following a disaster: a scoping review.Reproductive health · 2022Article
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- Exposure to oil pollution and maternal outcomes: The Niger Delta prospective cohort study.PloS one · 2022Article
- Emergency Preparedness and Response: Highlights from the Division of Reproductive Health, 2011-2021.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2021Article
- COVID-19 as a Threat to Sexual and Reproductive Health.Iranian journal of public health · 2020Article
- Mental health and worries of pregnant women living through disaster recovery.Health care for women international · 2019Article
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Abstract
We examined methodological issues in studies of disaster-related effects on reproductive health outcomes and fertility among women of reproductive age and infants in the United States (US). We conducted a systematic literature review of 1,635 articles and reports published in peer-reviewed journals or by the government from January 1981 through December 2010. We classified the studies using three exposure types: (1) physical exposure to toxicants; (2) psychological trauma; and (3) general exposure to disaster. Fifteen articles met our inclusion criteria concerning research focus and design. Overall studies pertained to eight different disasters, with most (n = 6) focused on the World Trade Center attack. Only one study examined pregnancy loss, i.e., occurrence of spontaneous abortions post-disaster. Most studies focused on associations between disaster and adverse birth outcomes, but two studies pertained only to post-disaster fertility while another two examined it in addition to adverse birth outcomes. In most studies disaster-affected populations were assumed to have experienced psychological trauma, but exposure to trauma was measured in only four studies. Furthermore, effects of both physical exposure to toxicants and psychological trauma on disaster-affected populations were examined in only one study. Effects on birth outcomes were not consistently demonstrated, and study methodologies varied widely. Even so, these studies suggest an association between disasters and reproductive health and highlight the need for further studies to clarify associations. We postulate that post-disaster surveillance among pregnant women could improve our understanding of effects of disaster on the reproductive health of US pregnant women.
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