December 2022
Maternal BMI in the preconception period, and association with child zBMI growth rates

 

Deveci A, Keown-Stoneman C, Maguire J, et al.

Pediatric Obesity

December 2022
Predictors of preconception health knowledge among Canadian women: A nationwide cross-sectional study

 

Dennis CL, Birken CS, Brennenstuhl S, et al.

Journal of Clinical Nursing

December 2022
Supporting behaviour change: Implementation of Healthy Conversation Skills in the Bukhali trial in Soweto, South Africa

 

Draper CE, Mabena G, Motlhatlhedi M, et al.

Social Science & Medicine – Mental Health

December 2022
A PPARG Splice Variant in Granulosa Cells Is Associated with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

 

Shi CY, Xu JJ, Li C, et al.

JCM

December 2022
Interactive effects of ambient air pollution and sunshine duration on the risk of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy

 

Li C, Yu JL, Xu JJ, et al.

Environmental Research

November 2022
Barriers and Facilitators of micronutrient supplementation among women of reproductive age in South Africa

 

Silubonde T, Draper C.E, Baumgartner J, et al.

PLoS Global Public Health

November 2022
Association of maternal triglyceride responses to thyroid function in early pregnancy with gestational diabetes mellitus

 

Zhang C, Bai L, Sun K, et al.

Front Endocrinol 

November 2022
Association between residential proximity to municipal solid waste incinerator sites and birth outcomes in Shanghai: a retrospective cohort study of births during 2014–2018

 

Hao Y, Wu W, Fraser WD, et al.

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

October 2022
Genetic deconvolution of fetal and maternal cell-free DNA in maternal plasma enables next-generation non-invasive prenatal screening

 

Xu C, Li J, Chen SC, et al.

Cell Discovery

October 2022
Breastfeeding Practices and Associated Factors in Shanghai: A Cross-Sectional Study

 

Hao Y, Wang L, Wang C, et al.

Nutrients

October 2022
Alternations of cesarean section rates in a non-infected population after the outbreak of COVID-19: a cross-sectional study

 

Xue RH, Li J, Chen L, et al.

Psychology, Health & Medicine

October 2022
Diet quality during pregnancy and its association with social factors: 3D Cohort Study (Design, Develop, Discover)

 

Yu Y, Feng C, Bédard B, et al.

Maternal & Child Nutrition

September 2022
Medical, behavioural and social preconception and interconception risk factors among pregnancy planning and recently pregnant Canadian women

 

Dennis CL, Prioreschi A, Brown HK, et al.

Family Medicine and Community Health

September 2022
Internet-based cognitive therapy for women with antenatal depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: protocol for a multi-center randomized controlled trial across China

 

Duan CC, Yu JL, Tao J, et al.

Trials

September 2022
Maternal lipid profile during early pregnancy and birth weight: A retrospective study

 

Zhu SM, Zhang HQ, Li C, et al.

Front Endocrinol

September 2022
A protocol for monitoring fidelity of a preconception-life course intervention in a middle-income setting: the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI), South Africa

 

Soepnel LM, Draper CE, Mabetha K, et al.

Trials

August 2022
Evaluation of a short messaging service (SMS) intervention to promote preconception micronutrient supplement use: The Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) Study, South Africa

 

Soepnel LM, McKinley MC, Klingberg S, et al.

JMIR Formative Research

August 2022
Evaluation of a Text Messaging Intervention to Promote Preconception Micronutrient Supplement Use: Feasibility Study Nested in the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative Study in South Africa

 

Soepnel LM, McKinley MC, Klingberg S, et al.

PLoS One

August 2022
Tracking of menstrual cycles and prediction of the fertile window via measurements of basal body temperature and heart rate as well as machine-learning algorithms

 

Yu JL, Su YF, Zhang C, et al.

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

July 2022
Cross-sectional associations between mental health indicators and social vulnerability, with physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in urban African young women

 

Draper C, Cook C, Redinger S, et al.

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

July 2022
Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy in severe male factor infertility: protocol for a multicenter randomised controlled trial

 

Lin XH, Guo MX, Wu DD, et al.

BMJ Open

June 2022
Preconception risk factors and health care needs of pregnancy-planning women and men with a lifetime history or current mental illness: A nationwide survey

 

Dennis CL, Brown HK, Brennenstuhl S, et al.

PLoS One

June 2022
Cognitive and motor development in 3- to 6-year-old children born to mothers with hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy in an Urban African population

 

Soepnel LM, Nicolaou, V, Draper, C, et al.

Maternal Child Health Journal

June 2022
Association between paternal age and subtypes of preterm birth: a retrospective study

 

Mao Y, Liu Z, Zhang C, et al.

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

June 2022
Association between prenatal exposure to ambient air pollutants and postpartum depressive symptoms: A multi-city cohort study

 

Duan CC, Li C, Xu JJ, et al.

Environmental Research

May 2022
Associations between abdominal adiposity, body size and objectively measured physical activity in infants from Soweto, South Africa

 

Prioreschi A, Ong K, De Lucia Rolfe, E, et al.

International Journal of Obesity

May 2022
The impact of maternal hyperglycemia first detected in pregnancy on offspring blood pressure in Soweto, South Africa

 

Boerstra B, Soepnel LM, Nicolaou V, et al.

Journal of Hypertension

May 2022
Maternal inheritance of glucose intolerance via oocyte TET3 insufficiency

 

Chen B, Du YR, Zhu H, et al.

Nature

May 2022
Exposure to Chloramine and Chloroform in Tap Water and Adverse Perinatal Outcomes in Shanghai

 

Zhu SM, Li C, Xu JJ, et al.

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health

April 2022
Social Support during pregnancy: A phenomenological exploration of young women’s experiences of support networks on pregnancy care and wellbeing in Soweto, South Africa

 

Mabetha K, Soepnel LM, Klingberg S, et al.

This article is a preprint.

April 2022
Building knowledge, optimising physical and mental health, and setting up healthier life trajectories in South Africa (Bukhali): a preconception randomised control trial part of the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI)

 

Norris S, Draper C, Prioreschi A, et al.

BMJ Open

April 2022
High Maternal Serum Estradiol in First Trimester of Multiple Pregnancy Contributes to Small for Gestational Age via DNMT1-Mediated CDKN1C Upregulation

 

Hu XL, Shi S, Hou NN, et al.

Reproductive Sciences

March 2022
Describing correlates of early childhood screen time and outdoor play in  Soweto, South Africa

 

Prioreschi A, et al.

Infant and Child Development

March 2022
High-Risk Health Behaviours of Pregnancy-Planning Women and Men: Is there a Need for Preconception Care?

 

Dennis CL, Brennenstuhl S, Brown H, et al.

Midwifery

March 2022
Perspectives on gestational diabetes mellitus in South Africa

 

Nicolaou V, Levitt N, Huddle K, et al.

South African Medical Journal

March 2022
Prevalence and socio-structural determinants of tobacco exposure in young women: Data from the Healthy Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) study in urban Soweto, South Africa

 

Soepnel LM, Kolkenbeck-Ruh A, Crouch SH, et al.

Drug and Alcohol Dependence 

March 2022
Describing correlates of early childhood screen time and outdoor time in Soweto, South Africa

 

P Prioreschi, A., & Norris, S. A.

PLoS One

March 2022
Associations of PM2.5 exposure with blood glucose impairment in early pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus

 

Cheng X, Ji X, Yang DJ, et al.

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

February 2022
Short- and long-read metagenomics of urban and rural South African gut microbiomes reveal a transitional composition and undescribed taxa

 

Tamburini FB, Maghini D, Oduaran OH, et al.

Nat ure Communications

February 2022
Contextualising individual, household and community level factors associated with sugar-sweetened beverage intake and screen time in Soweto, South Africa

 

Prioreschi A. et al.

Journal of Hunger and Environment Nutrition

February 2022
Pediatric and adult obesity concerns in female health: a Mendelian randomization study

 

Yan YS, Qu Z, Lv PP, et al.

Endocrine

January 2022
Relationships between adiposity distribution and metabolic health in preconception women in South Africa

 

Prioreschi A, Koethe JR, Aronoff DM, et al.

Obesity Science and Practice

January 2022
Cardiometabolic outcomes of women exposed to hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy at 3-6 years post-partum in an urban South African setting

 

Nicolaou V, Soepnel LM, Huddle K, et al.

PLoS One

January 2022
Screen Use and Internet Addiction among Parents of Young Children: A Nationwide Canadian Cross-Sectional Survey

 

Dennis CL, Carsley S, Brennenstuhl S, et al.

PLoS One