ArticleBMC public health2023
Financial stress as a mediator of the association between maternal childhood adversity and infant birth weight, gestational age, and NICU admission.
Article in BMC public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Impact of parental adverse childhood experiences on children's healthcare utilisation: a systematic review.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2026Pooled it
- Impacts of Paid Family Leave on Perinatal Health: A Nationwide Quasi-Experimental Study.Pediatrics · 2026Article
- Maternal adversity and peripheral proinflammatory cytokine concentrations in pregnancy.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2026Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Screening in Primary Care Settings for Adults: A Systematic Review.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2025Article
- Poverty trajectories and child and mother well-being outcomes in Ireland: findings from an Irish prospective cohort.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2024Article
- Expected and Desirable Preterm and Small Infant Growth Patterns.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Review
- Correction: Financial stress as a mediator of the association between maternal childhood adversity and infant birth weight, gestational age, and NICU admission.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Prepandemic Factors Associated With Pandemic Impact and Psychosocial Distress Among Mothers of Young Children.Academic pediatricsArticle
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Abstract
backgroundTo examine whether financial stress during pregnancy mediates the association between maternal exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and three birth outcomes (i.e., gestational age, birth weight, and admission to the neonatal intensive care unit [NICU]).
methodsData were obtained from a prospective cohort study of pregnant women and their infants in Florida and North Carolina. Mothers (n = 531; M
resultsThere was evidence of an indirect association between maternal exposure to childhood adversity and infant gestational age at birth (b = -0.03, 95% CI = -0.06 - -0.01) and infant birth weight (b = -8.85, 95% CI = -18.60 - -1.28) such that higher maternal ACE score was associated with earlier gestational age and lower infant birth weight through increases in financial distress during pregnancy. There was no evidence of an indirect association between maternal exposure to childhood adversity and infant NICU admission (b = 0.01, 95% CI = -0.02-0.08).
conclusionsFindings demonstrate one pathway linking maternal childhood adversity to a potentially preterm birth or shorter gestational age, in addition to low birth weight at delivery, and present an opportunity for targeted intervention to support expecting mothers who face financial stress.
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