Objective To assess whether exposure to high temperatures in pregnancy is associated with
increased risk for preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirth. Design Systematic review and …

Importance Knowledge of whether serious adverse pregnancy outcomes are associated
with increasingly widespread effects of climate change in the US would be crucial for the …

In 2017–2019, the March of Dimes convened a workgroup with biomedical, clinical, and
epidemiologic expertise to review knowledge of the causes of the persistent Black-White …

The objectives were (i) to conduct an overview of systematic reviews to summarize evidence
from and evaluate the methodological quality of systematic reviews assessing the impact of …

Stillbirths and complications from preterm birth are two of the leading causes of neonatal
deaths across the globe. Lower-to middle-income countries (LMICs) are experiencing some …

Background: Extreme heat caused by climate change is a major public health concern,
disproportionately affecting poor and racialized communities. Gestational heat exposure is a …

Climate change is drastically altering the frequency, duration, and severity of compound
drought‐heatwave (CDHW) episodes, which present a new challenge in environmental and …

Climate change will increasingly affect the health of vulnerable populations, including
maternal and fetal health. This systematic review aims to identify recent literature that …

Seasonal patterns of birth outcomes have been observed worldwide, and there was
increasing evidence that ambient temperature played as a trigger of adverse birth outcomes …

Background: Environmental health research employs a variety of metrics to measure heat
exposure, both to directly study the health effects of outdoor temperature and to control for …