title: Associations between preterm birth, low birth weight, and postpartum health in a predominantly Hispanic WIC population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the postpartum health of predominantly Hispanic participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and identify how health characteristics differ between mothers who delivered preterm or low birth weight infants and those who did not.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional survey among postpartum WIC mothers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Los Angeles and Orange Counties, CA.
  
  
  METHODS
  WIC participants within 1 year of delivery (n = 1,420).
  
  
  METHODS
  Postpartum health behaviors, health characteristics, and birth spacing intentions and behaviors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Frequencies of health characteristics were estimated using analyses with sample weights. Differences were assessed with chi-square and Fisher exact tests with Bonferroni correction for pairs of tests.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Many women exhibited postpartum risk factors for future adverse health events, including overweight or obesity (62.3%), depressive symptoms (27.5%), and no folic acid supplementation (65.5%). Most characteristics did not differ significantly (P > .025) between mothers of preterm infants and full-term infants or between mothers of low birth weight and normal birth weight infants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite few differences between postpartum characteristics of mothers who delivered preterm or low birth weight infants and those who did not, a high percentage of mothers had risk factors that need to be addressed. Current postpartum educational activities of WIC programs should be evaluated and shared.
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. Electronic address: sleonard@berkeley.edu.
authors.forename: Stephanie A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Leonard
authors.affiliation: Public Health Foundation Enterprises Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, Irwindale, CA.
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gee
authors.affiliation: Department of Nonclinical Biostatistics, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA.
authors.forename: Yuda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
authors.forename: Catherine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Crespi
authors.affiliation: Public Health Foundation Enterprises Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, Irwindale, CA.
authors.forename: Shannon E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Whaley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D063105:Food Assistance / Q000191:economics; D006304:Health Status; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015141:Los Angeles; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011203:Poverty; D047928:Premature Birth / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: low birth weight; postnatal care; postpartum period; premature birth
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