SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Effect of Natural Disaster-Related Prenatal Maternal Stress on Child Development and Health: A Meta-Analytic Review.
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- Risks to the Unborn: An Umbrella Review on the Effects of Prenatal Maternal Stress Caused by Natural Disasters.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2025Pooled it
- Health Effects of Cyclones: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Epidemiological Studies.Environmental health perspectives · 2023Pooled it
- Longitudinal links between prenatal maternal depression and anxiety symptoms and infant temperament: The roles of postnatal symptoms and perceived partner support.Infant mental health journal · 2026Article
- Associations between Prenatal Perceived Stress and Child Autism-Related Traits in the ECHO Cohort.The Journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Fetal programming of infant temperament: An examination of prenatal maternal stress during the COVID-19 pandemic.Infant mental health journal · 2026Article
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- DNA Methylation Mediates the Association Between Prenatal Maternal Stress and the Broad Autism Phenotype in Human Adolescents: Project Ice Storm.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Sex and Gender Influences on the Impacts of Disasters: A Rapid Review of Evidence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- Perinatal care in the earthquake disaster of the century: Nurses' and midwives' experiences.International nursing review · 2025Article
- Experience of pregnant women living in temporary shelters post-earthquake: a phenomenological study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- The Impact of Climate Change and Environmental Stressors on Maternal Mental Health: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Prenatal maternal stress: triangulating evidence for intrauterine exposure effects on birth and early childhood outcomes across multiple approaches.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- The Impact of Early Life Experiences on Stress Neurobiology and the Development of Anxiety.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2025Review
- Interactive effects of prenatal adversity and COVID-19 hardship on youth psychological distress: a longitudinal study.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Air-Noise Pollution Linkages: Testing Innovative Community-Based Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies in Kenya.Annals of global health · 2025Article
- Natural Disasters as a Maternal Prenatal Stressor and Children's Neurodevelopment: A Systematic Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Climate change, air pollution and maternal and newborn health: An overview of reviews of health outcomes.Journal of global health · 2024Review
- Effects of prenatal psychosocial stress and COVID-19 infection on infant attention and socioemotional development.Pediatric research · 2024Article
- Maternal anxiety during pregnancy predicts infant attention to affective faces.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Article
- Examining the effects of cumulative environmental stressors on Gulf Coast child and adolescent health.Population and environment · 2023Article
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The evidence supporting the idea that natural disaster-related prenatal maternal stress (PNMS) influences the child's development has been accumulating for several years. We conducted a meta-analytical review to quantify this effect on different spheres of child development: birth outcomes, cognitive, motor, physical, socio-emotional, and behavioral development. We systematically searched the literature for articles on this topic (2756 articles retrieved and 37 articles included in the systematic review), extracted the relevant data to calculate the effect sizes, and then performed a meta-analysis for each category of outcomes (30 articles included across the meta-analyses) and meta-regressions to determine the effect of some factors of interest on the association between PNMS and child development: type of PNMS (objective, psychological, cognitive, diet), type of natural disaster (ice storm, flood/cyclone), type of report (maternal, third-party observer, medical), timing of exposure (preconception exposure included or not) and child age at assessment (under 10 or 10 years and older). We found that PNMS significantly influences all spheres of child development. Higher PNMS levels were associated with longer gestational age, larger newborns, and higher BMI and adiposity levels, as well as worse cognitive, motor, socio-emotional, and behavioral outcomes.
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