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Research paper thumbnail of Low to Moderate Maternal Alcohol Use Before and During Pregnancy, and Neurobehavioural Outcome in the Newborn Infant

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, Nov 12, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Risk management in humanitarian procurement and supply chain

Journal of Public Procurement, 2011

Public procurement in many countries is one of the most important factors in governance and is a ... more Public procurement in many countries is one of the most important factors in governance and is a priority target of reform. In many humanitarian situations however, service delivery cannot wait for procurement reform. The needs of many of the Millennium Development Goals are immediate, while procurement reform may take years to institutionalize. Under these circumstances, international organisations such as the United Nations have both implementation and capacity-building roles, often placing them in high-risk situations. This has led to the development of procurement risk assessment and management tools, designed to provide objectivity in country procurement risk monitoring and review, as well as assist capacity building. The procurement risk assessment methodology that follows uses established risk modeling to provide procurement risk ratings in 60 HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria programs in 26 countries, and is successfully promoting procurement strengthening within high-risk ...

Research paper thumbnail of Low to Moderate Maternal Alcohol Use Before and During Pregnancy, and Neurobehavioural Outcome in the Newborn Infant

Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, May 1, 1992

Research paper thumbnail of Confounding variables in studying the effects of maternal alcohol consumption before and during pregnancy

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Jun 1, 1989

Study objective: to investigate the relationship between alcohol consumption and pregnancy outcom... more Study objective: to investigate the relationship between alcohol consumption and pregnancy outcome. Design: prospective randomised cohort survey with follow up sample stratified on level of alcohol intake. Setting: antenatal clinic of large maternity hospital in Western Australia. Participants: 2002 randomly selected pregnant women recruited over 3 year period for questionnaire survey (58% in 1st trimester, 33% in 2nd trimester, 8% in third trimester at recruitment). Only 19 refused participation. Stratified subsample of 665 women followed up, of whom 60 had miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death. Subsample was selected on basis of prepregnancy alcohol consumption. Investigations and main results: All 2002 women completed a comprehensive questionnaire on demographic, lifestyle, health (including diet) and obstetric factors. The stratified subsample was followed through pregnancy and data were collected on obstetric course and infant outcome. Results showed that beer, wine and spirits drinkers differed significantly in maternal characteristics, nutrition and other important variables such as smoking. Women with stillbirths or miscarriages drank more beer than those with live births, though total levels of alcohol intake did not differ. Beer drinkers were less likely to reduce their consumption in pregnancy than other drinkers if they also smoked more than 20 cigarettes per day. Conclusions: Studies of effects of maternal drinking must include extensive information on the variables examined in this study or conclusions relating to maternal drinking in pregnancy are likely to be invalid.

Research paper thumbnail of Is there a fetal effect with low to moderate alcohol use before or during pregnancy?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Dec 1, 1990

Study objective-The aim was to investigate the effect of low or moderate alcohol consumption upon... more Study objective-The aim was to investigate the effect of low or moderate alcohol consumption upon fetal outcome. Design-This was a Australia. Subsequently, a sample of 605 motherinfant pairs was selected for follow up to obtain a

Research paper thumbnail of Confounding variables in studying the effects of maternal alcohol consumption before and during pregnancy

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 1989

Study objective: to investigate the relationship between alcohol consumption and pregnancy outcom... more Study objective: to investigate the relationship between alcohol consumption and pregnancy outcome. Design: prospective randomised cohort survey with follow up sample stratified on level of alcohol intake. Setting: antenatal clinic of large maternity hospital in Western Australia. Participants: 2002 randomly selected pregnant women recruited over 3 year period for questionnaire survey (58% in 1st trimester, 33% in 2nd trimester, 8% in third trimester at recruitment). Only 19 refused participation. Stratified subsample of 665 women followed up, of whom 60 had miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death. Subsample was selected on basis of prepregnancy alcohol consumption. Investigations and main results: All 2002 women completed a comprehensive questionnaire on demographic, lifestyle, health (including diet) and obstetric factors. The stratified subsample was followed through pregnancy and data were collected on obstetric course and infant outcome. Results showed that beer, wine and spirits drinkers differed significantly in maternal characteristics, nutrition and other important variables such as smoking. Women with stillbirths or miscarriages drank more beer than those with live births, though total levels of alcohol intake did not differ. Beer drinkers were less likely to reduce their consumption in pregnancy than other drinkers if they also smoked more than 20 cigarettes per day. Conclusions: Studies of effects of maternal drinking must include extensive information on the variables examined in this study or conclusions relating to maternal drinking in pregnancy are likely to be invalid.

Research paper thumbnail of Is there a fetal effect with low to moderate alcohol use before or during pregnancy?

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 1990

Study objective-The aim was to investigate the effect of low or moderate alcohol consumption upon... more Study objective-The aim was to investigate the effect of low or moderate alcohol consumption upon fetal outcome. Design-This was a Australia. Subsequently, a sample of 605 motherinfant pairs was selected for follow up to obtain a

Research paper thumbnail of Low to Moderate Maternal Alcohol Use Before and During Pregnancy, and Neurobehavioural Outcome in the Newborn Infant

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Low to Moderate Maternal Alcohol Use Before and During Pregnancy, and Neurobehavioural Outcome in the Newborn Infant

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, Nov 12, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Risk management in humanitarian procurement and supply chain

Journal of Public Procurement, 2011

Public procurement in many countries is one of the most important factors in governance and is a ... more Public procurement in many countries is one of the most important factors in governance and is a priority target of reform. In many humanitarian situations however, service delivery cannot wait for procurement reform. The needs of many of the Millennium Development Goals are immediate, while procurement reform may take years to institutionalize. Under these circumstances, international organisations such as the United Nations have both implementation and capacity-building roles, often placing them in high-risk situations. This has led to the development of procurement risk assessment and management tools, designed to provide objectivity in country procurement risk monitoring and review, as well as assist capacity building. The procurement risk assessment methodology that follows uses established risk modeling to provide procurement risk ratings in 60 HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria programs in 26 countries, and is successfully promoting procurement strengthening within high-risk ...

Research paper thumbnail of Low to Moderate Maternal Alcohol Use Before and During Pregnancy, and Neurobehavioural Outcome in the Newborn Infant

Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, May 1, 1992

Research paper thumbnail of Confounding variables in studying the effects of maternal alcohol consumption before and during pregnancy

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Jun 1, 1989

Study objective: to investigate the relationship between alcohol consumption and pregnancy outcom... more Study objective: to investigate the relationship between alcohol consumption and pregnancy outcome. Design: prospective randomised cohort survey with follow up sample stratified on level of alcohol intake. Setting: antenatal clinic of large maternity hospital in Western Australia. Participants: 2002 randomly selected pregnant women recruited over 3 year period for questionnaire survey (58% in 1st trimester, 33% in 2nd trimester, 8% in third trimester at recruitment). Only 19 refused participation. Stratified subsample of 665 women followed up, of whom 60 had miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death. Subsample was selected on basis of prepregnancy alcohol consumption. Investigations and main results: All 2002 women completed a comprehensive questionnaire on demographic, lifestyle, health (including diet) and obstetric factors. The stratified subsample was followed through pregnancy and data were collected on obstetric course and infant outcome. Results showed that beer, wine and spirits drinkers differed significantly in maternal characteristics, nutrition and other important variables such as smoking. Women with stillbirths or miscarriages drank more beer than those with live births, though total levels of alcohol intake did not differ. Beer drinkers were less likely to reduce their consumption in pregnancy than other drinkers if they also smoked more than 20 cigarettes per day. Conclusions: Studies of effects of maternal drinking must include extensive information on the variables examined in this study or conclusions relating to maternal drinking in pregnancy are likely to be invalid.

Research paper thumbnail of Is there a fetal effect with low to moderate alcohol use before or during pregnancy?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Dec 1, 1990

Study objective-The aim was to investigate the effect of low or moderate alcohol consumption upon... more Study objective-The aim was to investigate the effect of low or moderate alcohol consumption upon fetal outcome. Design-This was a Australia. Subsequently, a sample of 605 motherinfant pairs was selected for follow up to obtain a

Research paper thumbnail of Confounding variables in studying the effects of maternal alcohol consumption before and during pregnancy

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 1989

Study objective: to investigate the relationship between alcohol consumption and pregnancy outcom... more Study objective: to investigate the relationship between alcohol consumption and pregnancy outcome. Design: prospective randomised cohort survey with follow up sample stratified on level of alcohol intake. Setting: antenatal clinic of large maternity hospital in Western Australia. Participants: 2002 randomly selected pregnant women recruited over 3 year period for questionnaire survey (58% in 1st trimester, 33% in 2nd trimester, 8% in third trimester at recruitment). Only 19 refused participation. Stratified subsample of 665 women followed up, of whom 60 had miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death. Subsample was selected on basis of prepregnancy alcohol consumption. Investigations and main results: All 2002 women completed a comprehensive questionnaire on demographic, lifestyle, health (including diet) and obstetric factors. The stratified subsample was followed through pregnancy and data were collected on obstetric course and infant outcome. Results showed that beer, wine and spirits drinkers differed significantly in maternal characteristics, nutrition and other important variables such as smoking. Women with stillbirths or miscarriages drank more beer than those with live births, though total levels of alcohol intake did not differ. Beer drinkers were less likely to reduce their consumption in pregnancy than other drinkers if they also smoked more than 20 cigarettes per day. Conclusions: Studies of effects of maternal drinking must include extensive information on the variables examined in this study or conclusions relating to maternal drinking in pregnancy are likely to be invalid.

Research paper thumbnail of Is there a fetal effect with low to moderate alcohol use before or during pregnancy?

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 1990

Study objective-The aim was to investigate the effect of low or moderate alcohol consumption upon... more Study objective-The aim was to investigate the effect of low or moderate alcohol consumption upon fetal outcome. Design-This was a Australia. Subsequently, a sample of 605 motherinfant pairs was selected for follow up to obtain a

Research paper thumbnail of Low to Moderate Maternal Alcohol Use Before and During Pregnancy, and Neurobehavioural Outcome in the Newborn Infant

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2008