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Are Pregnant Women in South Carolina Stressed Out?
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Division of Biostatistics South Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Division of Biostatistics
South Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
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Abstract
Psychological stress can affect a woman’s health in many different ways. A pregnant woman may also be putting her unborn child at risk if she endures everyday stress or unexpected stress and does not handle it well. Common responses to emotional stress include smoking, drinking, poor diet, lack of exercise, unsafe sexual practices, and poor hygienic practices. Poor health practices, such as these, can adversely affect an unborn child. In addition, there are several theories that stress may be biologically linked with preterm birth (the infant is born too early) and/or intrauterine growth retardation (the infant does not develop as fast as it should).
Issue Date
2001-05-23
Keywords
Pregnancy--South Carolina, Prenatal care--South Carolina
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Text
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