This issue of the Journal focuses on Maternal and Child Health.
The process of childbirth has become safer as science and medicine have evolved, but it remains one of the most dangerous things a woman can do. Access to prenatal care, to surgical delivery when necessary, and to new and improved medicine have helped keep both mother and baby as healthy as possible for as long as possible. Despite all this, thousands of women around the world die every year from preventable pregnancy-related causes.
This issue focuses on some of the many efforts researchers are taking to support pregnant women in the State of Delaware, and how our public health programs, health care providers, and medical facilities can keep our mothers and babies as safe and as healthy as possible during pregnancy, birth, and all that happens after.
Article 1. In this Issue: Maternal and Child Health
Omar A. Khan, MD, MHS and Timothy E. Gibbs, MPH
Article 2. Guest Editor
David A. Paul, MD
Article 3. Improving Access to Contraception in Delaware
Mark Edwards and Liz O’Neill
Article 4. Breastfeeding Support Group for Puerto Rican Moms
Yukiko Washio, PhD; Lauren Wills, BS; Elisa Colchado, MEd; Mara Humphreys, MEd; Carla P. Aponte, MS; Delsy M. Morales, BS; Linda M. Kilby, PhD, RD, LDN
Article 5. Changing Preterm Birth in Delaware
Matthew K. Hoffman, MD, MPH
Article 6. Delaware Infant Mortality
David A. Paul, MD; Neal D. Goldstein, PhD, MBI; Robert Locke, DO, MPH
Article 7. Delaware Birth Spacing Campaign: An Effort to Improve Maternal and Child Health Outcomes
Leah Woodall, MPA and Jennifer Reid, MS, CHES, EP-C
Article 8. Implementation of Group Prenatal Care for Pregnant Women on Opioid-Agonist Therapy at a Community-Based Substance Use Treatment Clinic
Elizabeth Zadzielski, MD, MBA, FACOG; Michelle Drew, CNM; Stephanie Rogers, RN; and Yukiko Washio, PhD
Article 9. Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis in Delaware
Ambika Shenoy, MD; Kathi Peeke, APN; Kathryn Tullis, PhD; Michael Cellucci, MD; Aaron Chidekel, MD
Article 10. The Pregnancy Recovery Support Program
Elizabeth Zadzielski, MD, MBA, FACOG and Terry L. Horton, MD
Article 11. Maternal Health Disparities Among Puerto Ricans
Yukiko Washio, PhD; Omar Khan, MD, MHS; Ralph Rivera-Gutierrez, PhD, MSW
Article 12. Dispose of Prescription Drugs Properly by Visiting a Collection Site
Sean Dooley
Article 13. Dr. Margaret Irving Handy: From the History and Archives Collection
Kathryn Lenart, MA