Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology

by Buck Louis, Germaine M.; Platt, Robert W.

• ISBN13: 9780195387902
• ISBN10: 0195387902
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-03-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Population growth and global health disparities for many reproductive and perinatal outcomes are but a few of the pressing issues facing public health today. Despite growing interest in the field, formal training in reproductive and perinatal epidemiology remains limited, with few available textbooks aimed at providing an overview of the field. In response to this need, faculty from theEunice Kennedy ShriverNational Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) and CIHR's Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH) developed an intensive, competitive, Summer Institute in Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology. The curriculum of this Summer Institute has been developed into a textbook to provide students and researchers with a working knowledge of the substantive and methodologic issues underlying reproductive and perinatal epidemiology. Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiologyoffers a core curriculum that addresses the epidemiology of major reproductive and perinatal outcomes. From human fecundity to birth and neonatal outcomes, the subject is approached from as international a perspective as possible, and the unique methodologic issues underlying each outcome are discussed. Developed by leading researchers in collaboration with their students in response to their needs and concerns, this is the definitive textbook on the subject.

Author Biography

Germaine M. Buck Louis, Ph.D., M.S., is the Director and Senior Investigator of the Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research (DESPR) at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Rockville, Maryland.
Robert W. Platt, Ph.D., is Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, and Investigator at Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. xiii
Introduction to Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology	p. 3
Sensitive Windows of Human Reproduction and Development	p. 16
Fecundity and Fertility	p. 30
Fecundity Impairments	p. 62
Pregnancy, Prenatal Care, W8	p. 85
Pregnancy Complications	p. 101
Obstetric Intervention	p. 129
Duration of Gestation and Timing of Birth	p. 152
Fetal Growth: Measurement and Evaluation	p. 168
Birth Defects	p. 186
Maternal Mortality and Severe Maternal Morbidity	p. 204
Fetal and Infant Mortality and Morbidity	p. 222
The Fetuses-at-Risk Approach: Causal and Noncausal Models	p. 243
The Fetuses-at-Risk Approach: An Evolving Paradigm	p. 262
Causal Inference in Perinatal Epidemiology: Revisiting the Birth W8	p. 276
Unique Methodologic Challenges in Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology	p. 298
Novel Study Designs and Their Application in Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology	p. 314
Index	p. 329
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