Obstetrics & Gyn

Pregnancy complications are shaped by care quality as much as clinical risks. New data from urban Dar es Salaam describe the prevalence and determinants of respectful childbirth, highlighting how provider behaviors and facility readiness, including the one ...

In pregnancy complications, experience of care is not cosmetic but causal: provider communication, privacy, and bed availability shape trust, safety, and timely escalation. A new cross-sectional analysis from urban Dar es Salaam highlights facility crowding...

In pregnancy complications and routine labor care, experience hinges on mechanisms like communication, consent, privacy, and the option of a birth companion. Evidence from urban facilities in Dar es Salaam highlights modifiable touchpoints linked to more re...

Among pregnancy complications, preventable harms often stem from failures in respectful maternity care, a mechanism linking communication, privacy, consent, and nonabusive practice to safety. In urban Dar es Salaam, survey data estimated the prevalence of r...

In pregnancy complications, respectful maternity care operates through facility norms, staffing, and accountability mechanisms. In urban Dar es Salaam, women reported variable experiences of dignified, consent-based care linked to bed availability and provi...

Pregnancy complications intersect with fluoride intake when exposure sources vary across water, beverages, diet, and dental products. A new analysis models realistic, individualized scenarios that quantify contributions from each source and time-varying beh...

Pregnancy counseling increasingly requires personalized fluoride exposure guidance. A new scenario framework outlines how to combine water source, beverage choices, and dental product use to estimate intake and compare it to risk thresholds. The approach pr...

An approach to pregnancy complications risk estimation models fluoride intake at the individual level by integrating multiple sources and daily behaviors, then translating intake to internal dose for maternal and fetal compartments. The framework highlights...

Fluoride intake during pregnancy is quantified via scenario-based exposure assessment that integrates water sources, diet, and dental products with trimester-specific physiology. This approach calculates individualized intakes, converts them to dose metrics...

Pregnancy complications intersect with fluoride exposure when intake is modeled at the individual level. Using individualized scenarios that integrate water fluoridation, tea consumption, dental products, and supplements, maternal intake varied substantiall...