Caring for Women’s Health during Pregnancy and Childbirth
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Women's Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 1730
Special Issue Editor
2. Diabetes Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
Interests: diabetes in pregnancy; biomarkers; long-term outcomes; education and disease prevention
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) focuses on the current knowledge of women’s health during pregnancy and childbirth. New research papers, reviews, case reports, and conference papers are welcome in this issue. Papers dealing with new approaches to improving obstetric care or risk assessment and management are also welcome. Other manuscript types accepted include methodological papers, position papers, brief reports, and commentaries.
We will accept manuscripts from different disciplines including exposure assessment science, epidemiology, intervention studies, risk and health impact assessment, and risk management. Here are some examples of topics that could be addressed in this Special Issue:
- Antenatal screening;
- Management of communicable and non-communicable diseases in pregnancy;
- Improvements in antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care;
- Use of telemedicine and virtual consults in obstetric care;
- Biomarkers;
- Long-term outcomes of pregnancy.
Prof. Dr. Sumaiya Adam
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- pregnancy
- morbidity and mortality
- prevention
- obstetric medicine
- long-term outcomes
