Nearly six percent of infants in this country are hospitalized for an infection before they ever reach their first birthday. Could a mother’s exposure to certain metals during pregnancy play a role in causing—or even preventing—those infections? According to Dr. Catherine Bulka, a USF College of Public Health assistant professor […]
In 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) formally recommended preconception care for both women and men. Yet men are often overlooked when it comes to smoking cessation counseling, blood pressure screenings, weight management guidance and other preconception care services. And the consequences can be dire. In fact, […]
Faculty across several disciplines at USF Health earned National Institutes of Health funding to streamline prenatal, obstetric, pediatric, treatment, behavioral and community health care for patients with opioid use disorder. Called CADENCE (Continuous and Data-Driven Care), the new program will better serve pregnant patients and new parents, as well as […]
People addicted to opioids are sometimes prescribed medication-assisted treatment (MAT). MAT is the use of medications such as methadone, along with counseling or behavior therapy, to treat drug addiction and help people sustain recovery. But according to Dr. Katherine Drabiak, a USF College of Public Health associate professor, using MAT […]
COVID-19 and the lockdown orders it ushered in prevented many people—including pregnant women, who rely on regularly scheduled medical checkups for safe deliveries and healthy babies—from accessing health care. To fill a need, USF Health initiated telemedicine appointments for obstetric patients at the beginning of the pandemic. “Because the obstetric […]
Does childbearing increase a woman’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease later in life? That is the question second-year USF College of Public Health PhD student Zailing Xing highlighted in her poster, “Parity and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Women Over 45 Years in the United States: NHANES 2007-2018,” at this […]
University of South Florida College of Public Health associate professor Dr. Jennifer Marshall, an expert in maternal-child health, is a co-principal investigator with USF OB-GYN Dr. Kimberly Fryer of a “secret shopper” survey to evaluate access to prenatal care for women in Florida with opioid use disorder (OUD). The study […]
Do financial incentives promote HIV testing in pregnant women? Which is better at improving HIV testing rates among pregnant women in a high-HIV burden setting in Ecuador: giving the women printed information about HIV and testing, giving them information and nudging them to get tested or providing them with a […]