2025
Excessive gestational weight gain associated with higher risk of cesarean delivery across body mass index categories in the United States
Mcelfish P, Hawley N, Caldwell A, Selig J, Watson D, Gomez-Pomar E, Andersen J, Kraleti S, White L, Willis D, Langston K, Manning N, Callaghan-Koru J, Porter A, Brown C. Excessive gestational weight gain associated with higher risk of cesarean delivery across body mass index categories in the United States. Journal Of Gynecology Obstetrics And Human Reproduction 2025, 54: 103010. PMID: 40796020, PMCID: PMC12434902, DOI: 10.1016/j.jogoh.2025.103010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk of cesarean deliveryPre-pregnancy body mass indexHigher risk of cesarean deliveryBody mass indexBody mass index categoriesCesarean deliveryGestational weight gainExcessive GWGAssociated with higher riskPre-pregnancyNational Center for Health StatisticsExcessive gestational weight gainCenter for Health StatisticsCesarean delivery riskHigher pre-pregnancy body mass indexRate of gestational weight gainMode of birthVital records dataRate of GWGSingleton term birthsJ-shaped relationshipHigh riskCephalic presentationProvider levelHealth Statistics
2023
Global prevalence of preterm birth among Pacific Islanders: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Wu B, Shabanova V, Arslanian K, Nyhan K, Izampuye E, Taylor S, Muasau-Howard B, Ekeroma A, Hawley N. Global prevalence of preterm birth among Pacific Islanders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS Global Public Health 2023, 3: e0001000. PMID: 37315035, PMCID: PMC10266634, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPreterm birthPooled prevalenceOdds ratioPacific IslandersJoanna Briggs Institute checklistBirth-related outcomesConfidence intervalsPooled odds ratioPreterm birth prevalenceEuropean womenRandom-effects modelHealth care provisionTrue burdenCochrane LibraryBias assessmentHigh prevalenceObservational studyBirth prevalenceGlobal prevalenceHigh riskUS-Affiliated Pacific IslandsSystematic reviewHealth inequitiesPrevalenceWhite womenPrediction of fat mass from anthropometry at ages 7 to 9 years in Samoans: a cross-sectional study in the Ola Tuputupua’e cohort
Choy C, Johnson W, Duckham R, Naseri T, Soti-Ulberg C, Reupena M, Braun J, McGarvey S, Hawley N. Prediction of fat mass from anthropometry at ages 7 to 9 years in Samoans: a cross-sectional study in the Ola Tuputupua’e cohort. European Journal Of Clinical Nutrition 2023, 77: 495-502. PMID: 36624192, PMCID: PMC7614464, DOI: 10.1038/s41430-022-01256-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFat massSex-specific prediction modelsCross-sectional studyAge 7 yearsHigh-risk settingsFuture obesity preventionModel development sampleSamoan childrenObesity prevalenceObesity preventionBody fatHigh riskSex-specific modelsBland-Altman limitsSubscapularSubstantial concordanceAge 7Pacific IslandersChildrenDXADevelopment samplePreventionConcordanceYearsValidation sample
2021
Barriers and facilitators to pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among male sex workers in Mexico: an application of the RE-AIM framework
Kadiamada-Ibarra H, Hawley NL, Sosa-Rubí SG, Wilson-Barthes M, Franco RR, Galárraga O. Barriers and facilitators to pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among male sex workers in Mexico: an application of the RE-AIM framework. BMC Public Health 2021, 21: 2174. PMID: 34837988, PMCID: PMC8626882, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-12167-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMale sex workersPre-exposure prophylaxisHigh-risk populationPrEP distributionProgram reachSex workersRE-AIM implementation science frameworkHIV pre-exposure prophylaxisAdoption of PrEPRE-AIM frameworkPatient-centered careLow socioeconomic statusPrimary qualitative analysisImplementation science frameworkPrEP knowledgeHIV infectionAdherence barriersPrEP adoptionPrEP educationHIV preventionHigh riskMethodsThis studyStreet-based sex workersTransgender womenHIV
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