Stress and Social Support as Risk Factors for the Occurrence of Neural Tube Defect-Affected Pregnancies in Women Living Along the Texas-Mexico Border

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dc.contributor.advisorAntonio Rene
dc.contributor.committeeMemberJohn Licciardone
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGilbert Ramirez
dc.creatorHerron, Kathryn M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-22T21:41:19Z
dc.date.available2019-08-22T21:41:19Z
dc.date.issued1999-06-01
dc.date.submitted2014-02-05T06:30:05-08:00
dc.description.abstractHerron, Kathryn M., Stress and Social Support as Risk Factors for the Occurrence of Neural Tube Defect-Affected Pregnancies in Women Living Along the Texas-Mexico Border. Master of Public Health, June, 1999, 59 pp., 8 tables, 1 figure, references, 78 titles. Data were derived from the case-control study of the Texas Department of Health’s Neural Tube Defect Project, involving women living along the Texas-Mexico border, June 1995 to October 1998. Social support and stress information was obtained from a questionnaire, and a residual stress scale was created to determine an aggregate measure for each subject. Interviews were conducted with 261 women, with 1.2 controls to each case. Having high residual stress was found to be a significant risk factor for NTDs. Other significant risk factors included periconceptional injury, residential mobility, having no relatives to talk about private matters, and discontent with relationships.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/29513
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectEpidemiology
dc.subjectFemale Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications
dc.subjectHealth Services Research
dc.subjectInternational Public Health
dc.subjectMaternal and Child Health
dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.subjectMental and Social Health
dc.subjectOther Mental and Social Health
dc.subjectOther Public Health
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectSocial and Behavioral Sciences
dc.subjectStress
dc.subjectsocial support
dc.subjectrisk factors
dc.subjectneural tube defect
dc.subjectpregnancies
dc.subjectTexas
dc.subjectMexico
dc.subjectwomen
dc.titleStress and Social Support as Risk Factors for the Occurrence of Neural Tube Defect-Affected Pregnancies in Women Living Along the Texas-Mexico Border
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thesis.degree.departmentSchool of Public Health
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Public Health

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