Background Pregnant adolescent women increasingly seek support during pregnancy and
the puerperium through digital platforms instead of the traditional support system of family …

Background Women with social disadvantage have poorer perinatal outcomes compared to
women in advantaged social positions, which may be linked to poorer healthcare utilisation …

Objective To examine the perinatal outcomes of women who experience social
disadvantage using population‐based perinatal data collected between 1999 and 2016 …

Scientific literature tends to support the idea that the pregnancy and health status of fetuses
and newborns can be affected by maternal, parental, and contextual characteristics. In …

Background Congenital syphilis occurs when a pregnant woman with syphilis is not
diagnosed or treated and the infection is passed in utero, causing severe infant morbidity …

Objective To investigate behavioural and social characteristics of women who experienced
a late stillbirth compared with women with ongoing live pregnancies at similar gestation …

Within this document we use the terms pregnant woman and women's health. However, it is
important to acknowledge that it is not only people who identify as women for whom it is …

Aim Complications of gestational diabetes (GDM) can be mitigated if the diagnosis is
recognized. However, some at‐risk women do not complete antenatal diagnostic oral …

Background Social deprivation is a major risk factor of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Yet,
there is few studies evaluating interventions aiming at reducing the impact of social …

Objective This study sought to describe the incidence inadequate prenatal care (IPNC) at an
urban level II hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, and to compare the characteristics and outcomes …