• The impact of short-term predominate breastfeeding on cognitive outcome at 5 years 

  Lenehan, Sonia M.; Boylan, Geraldine B.; Livingstone, Vicki; Fogarty, Leanna; Twomey, Deirdre Marie; Nikolovski, Janeta; Irvine, Alan D.; Kiely, Mairead; Kenny, Louise C.; Hourihane, Jonathan O'B; Murray, Deirdre M. (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2019-09-13)

  Aim: Breastfeeding is associated with IQ, school attendance and income. Despite the known benefits of breastfeeding, the rate of exclusive breastfeeding up to 6-months is low globally. We examined the effect of short-term ...
• Social, biological, behavioural and psychological factors related to physical activity during early pregnancy in the Screening for Pregnancy Endpoints (Cork, Ireland) cohort study 

  Flannery, Caragh; Dahly, Darren; Byrne, Molly; Khashan, Ali; McHugh, Sheena; Kenny, Louise C.; McAuliffe, Fionnuala; Kearney, Patricia M. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2019-06-20)

  Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the social, biological, behavioural and psychological factors related to physical activity (PA) in early pregnancy.Design: This is a secondary analysis of data from a ...
• Prediction of short-term health outcomes in preterm neonates from heart-rate variability and blood pressure using boosted decision trees 

  Semenova, Oksana; Carra, Giorgia; Lightbody, Gordon; Boylan, Geraldine; Dempsey, Eugene; Temko, Andriy (Elsevier B.V., 2019-07-26)

  Background and Objective: Efficient management of low blood pressure (BP) in preterm neonates remains challenging with considerable variability in clinical practice. There is currently no clear consensus on what constitutes ...
• Interventions for fear of childbirth (tocophobia) 

  O'Connell, Maeve A.; O'Neill, Sinéad M.; Dempsey, Eugene M.; Khashan, Ali S.; Leahy-Warren, Patricia; Smyth, Rebecca M. D.; Kenny, Louise M. (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2019-05-02)

  This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: The primary objective of this review is to investigate the effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions on reducing fear of ...
• Prenatal maternal stress and risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in the offspring: a systematic review and meta-analysis 

  Manzari, Nicla; Matvienko-Sikar, Karen; Baldoni, Franco; O'Keeffe, Gerard W.; Khashan, Ali S. (Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019-07-20)

  Purpose: Exposure to prenatal stress has been reported to affect the risk of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in the offspring; however, there is currently no clear consensus. The aim of this systematic review and ...

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