Both acute and chronic stress can cause allostatic overload, or long-term imbalance in
mediators of homeostasis, that results in disruptions in the maternal-placental-fetal …

The size of an infant at birth, a measure of gestational growth, has been recognized for many
years as a biomarker of future risk of morbidity. Both being born small for gestational age …

This paper investigates the less discernible cost of rainfall shocks to birth weight outcomes
in the context of Vietnam. Exploiting the variation across districts and conception months …

Background In June 2013, the city of Calgary, Alberta and surrounding areas sustained
significant flooding which resulted in large scale evacuations and closure of businesses and …

Background A hospital-based retrospective study was conducted to examine the effect of
initial COVID-19 outbreak during first trimester on pregnancy outcome in Wuxi, China …

Aim The aim of this study is to assess the depression of pregnant women in the aftermath of
an earthquake, and to identify the social support that they obtained, their coping styles and …

Fertility is a key demographic parameter influenced by disaster. With the growing risk of
disasters, interest in the fertility response to a disaster is increasing among the public, policy …

Few studies have compared the sensitivity of trauma questionnaires to disaster inventories
for assessing the prevalence of exposure to natural disaster or associated risk for post …

Background Natural disasters increase the level population stress, including pregnant
women, who can experience prenatal maternal stress, affecting the fetus and triggering …

Background and objectives: Maternal stress can depress birth weight and gestational age,
with potential health effects. A growing number of studies examine the effect of maternal …