The perinatal health secondary to pandemic: association between women's delivery concerns and infant's behavioral problems

CONCLUSION: Perinatal mother-infant health has been sensitively threatened by pandemic consequences with maternal concerns about childbirth in pregnancy being associated with 12 months' children's behavioral outcomes. There is a need to invest in psychological support for perinatal women throughout the transition to parenthood to protect risk conditions before they get chronic or severe and influence offspring development.PMID:38493474 | DOI:10.1080/02646838.2024.2330662
Source: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Source Type: research