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Title: Maternal Work, Job Characteristics, and Birthweight
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Homer, Charles J. James, Sherman A. Beresford, S. A. Siegel, Earl |
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Maternal Work, Job Characteristics, and Birthweight Presented: [S.L.], The Meetings of the Ambulatory Pediatrics Association, 1987 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Ambulatory Pediatrics Association Keyword(s): Behavioral Differences; Birth Outcomes; Birthweight; Child Health; Childbearing; Job Hazards; Maternal Employment; Occupations; Pre-natal Care/Exposure; Pre/post Natal Health Care; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The authors investigated whether work during pregnancy and two characteristics of work--physical exertion and occupational stress, defined as work with both high psychological demands and low job control--increase a woman's risk of delivering a preterm, low birthweight infant. Twenty-five hundred pregnant women in the NLSY were studied. Delivery of a preterm, low birthweight infant, the outcome variable, was defined as both gestation less than 38 weeks and birthweight under 2500 grams. Work status, job title, and data concerning other factors that might affect the outcome of pregnancy were obtained. Classification of job experience was based on job title, using an established catalogue of occupational characteristics. Analysis was by multiple logistic regression. Women who worked during pregnancy were less likely to deliver a preterm, low birthweight infant than women who did not work, even considering known socioeconomic and behavioral differences. Among women who worked, both high physical exertion, and low demand/low control work were associated with increased frequency of preterm, low birthweight when considered alone. When these job characteristics were considered together, and other factors related to birth outcome taken into account, only physical exertion remained associated with this outcome. These findings support a policy of limiting work-related effort during pregnancy. |
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Homer, Charles J., Sherman A. James, S. A. Beresford and Earl Siegel. "Maternal Work, Job Characteristics, and Birthweight." Presented: [S.L.], The Meetings of the Ambulatory Pediatrics Association, 1987. |