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Alternative Title:
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol
Personal Author:
Ahrens, Katherine A. ; Hutcheon, Jennifer A. ; Ananth, Cande V. ; Basso, Olga ; Briss, Peter A. ; ... More +
Ahrens, Katherine A. ; Hutcheon, Jennifer A. ; Ananth, Cande V. ; Basso, Olga ; Briss, Peter A. ; Ferré, Cynthia D. ; Frederiksen, Brittni N. ; Harper, Sam ; Hernández‐Díaz, Sonia ; Hirai, Ashley H. ; Kirby, Russell S. ; Klebanoff, Mark A. ; Lindberg, Laura ; Mumford, Sunni L. ; Nelson, Heidi D. ; Platt, Robert W. ; Rossen, Lauren M. ; Stuebe, Alison M. ; Thoma, Marie E. ; Vladutiu, Catherine J. ; Moskosky, Susan Less -
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Background

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that women wait at least 24 months after a livebirth before attempting a subsequent pregnancy to reduce the risk of adverse maternal, perinatal, and infant health outcomes. However, the applicability of the WHO recommendations for women in the United States is unclear, as breast feeding, nutrition, maternal age at first birth, and total fertility rate differs substantially between the United States and the low‐ and middle‐resource countries upon which most of the evidence is based.

Methods

To inform guideline development for birth spacing specific to women in the United States, the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) convened an expert work group meeting in Washington, DC, on 14‐15 September 2017 among reproductive, perinatal, paediatric, social, and public health epidemiologists; obstetrician‐gynaecologists; biostatisticians; and experts in evidence synthesis related to women's health.

Results

Presentations and discussion topics included the methodological quality of existing studies, evaluation of the evidence for causal effects of short interpregnancy intervals on adverse perinatal and maternal health outcomes, good practices for future research, and identification of research gaps and priorities for future work.

Conclusions

This report provides an overview of the presentations, discussions, and conclusions from the expert work group meeting.


Subjects:
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Advisory Committees Biomedical Research Birth Intervals Female Forecasting Humans Practice Guidelines As Topic Pregnancy Pregnancy Outcome
Source:
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 33(1):O5-O14
Pubmed ID:
30300948
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC6378402
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
HHSP233201450040A/Office of Population Affairs and Atlas Research, LLC/International
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
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Download URL:
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/80250/cdc_80250_DS1.pdf
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