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A review of maternal prenatal exposures to environmental chemicals and psychosocial stressors-implications for research on perinatal outcomes in the ECHO program.

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Padula, AM; Monk, C; Brennan, PA; Borders, A; Barrett, ES; McEvoy, CT; Foss, S; Desai, P; Alshawabkeh, A; Wurth, R; Salafia, C; Fichorova, R ...
Published in: J Perinatol
January 2020

Exposures to environmental chemicals and psychosocial stressors during pregnancy have been individually associated with adverse perinatal outcomes related to birthweight and gestational age, but are not often considered in combination. We review types of psychosocial stressors and instruments used to assess them and classes of environmental chemical exposures that are known to adversely impact perinatal outcomes, and identify studies relevant studies. We discuss the National Institutes of Health's Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program that has combined existing longitudinal cohorts that include more than 50,000 children across the U.S. We describe future opportunities for investigators to use this important new resource for addressing relevant and critical research questions to maternal health. Of the 84 cohorts in ECHO, 38 collected data on environmental chemicals and psychosocial stressors and perinatal outcomes. The diverse ECHO pregnancy cohorts provide capacity to compare regions with distinct place-based environmental and social stressors.

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J Perinatol

DOI

EISSN

1476-5543

Publication Date

January 2020

Volume

40

Issue

1

Start / End Page

10 / 24

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Stress, Psychological
  • Social Class
  • Racism
  • Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Pregnancy
  • Pediatrics
  • Maternal Exposure
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Humans
 

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Padula, A. M., Monk, C., Brennan, P. A., Borders, A., Barrett, E. S., McEvoy, C. T., … program collaborators for Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes, . (2020). A review of maternal prenatal exposures to environmental chemicals and psychosocial stressors-implications for research on perinatal outcomes in the ECHO program. J Perinatol, 40(1), 10–24. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-019-0510-y
Padula, Amy M., Catherine Monk, Patricia A. Brennan, Ann Borders, Emily S. Barrett, Cindy T. McEvoy, Sophie Foss, et al. “A review of maternal prenatal exposures to environmental chemicals and psychosocial stressors-implications for research on perinatal outcomes in the ECHO program.J Perinatol 40, no. 1 (January 2020): 10–24. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-019-0510-y.
Padula AM, Monk C, Brennan PA, Borders A, Barrett ES, McEvoy CT, et al. A review of maternal prenatal exposures to environmental chemicals and psychosocial stressors-implications for research on perinatal outcomes in the ECHO program. J Perinatol. 2020 Jan;40(1):10–24.
Padula, Amy M., et al. “A review of maternal prenatal exposures to environmental chemicals and psychosocial stressors-implications for research on perinatal outcomes in the ECHO program.J Perinatol, vol. 40, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 10–24. Pubmed, doi:10.1038/s41372-019-0510-y.
Padula AM, Monk C, Brennan PA, Borders A, Barrett ES, McEvoy CT, Foss S, Desai P, Alshawabkeh A, Wurth R, Salafia C, Fichorova R, Varshavsky J, Kress A, Woodruff TJ, Morello-Frosch R, program collaborators for Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes. A review of maternal prenatal exposures to environmental chemicals and psychosocial stressors-implications for research on perinatal outcomes in the ECHO program. J Perinatol. 2020 Jan;40(1):10–24.

Published In

J Perinatol

DOI

EISSN

1476-5543

Publication Date

January 2020

Volume

40

Issue

1

Start / End Page

10 / 24

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Stress, Psychological
  • Social Class
  • Racism
  • Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Pregnancy
  • Pediatrics
  • Maternal Exposure
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Humans