Published in Matern Child Health J on December 01, 2014
Gestational weight gain among American Samoan women and its impact on delivery and infant outcomes. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2015) 0.81
Perceptions of barriers, facilitators and motivators related to use of prenatal care: A qualitative descriptive study of inner-city women in Winnipeg, Canada. SAGE Open Med (2015) 0.78
The effect of prenatal education curriculum on mother's prenatal examination utilization, delivery mode and recovery status: a cross-sectional survey in China. Environ Health Prev Med (2015) 0.77
Determinants of first trimester attendance at antenatal care clinics in the Amazon region of Peru: A case-control study. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
Annual Review of Asian American Psychology, 2014. Asian Am J Psychol (2015) 0.75
Prediction of Adequate Prenatal Care Utilization Based on the Extended Parallel Process Model. Int J Community Based Nurs Midwifery (2017) 0.75
An evaluation of the Kessner Adequacy of Prenatal Care Index and a proposed Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization Index. Am J Public Health (1994) 7.50
Factors affecting the utilization of antenatal care in developing countries: systematic review of the literature. J Adv Nurs (2008) 5.96
A systematic review of inequalities in the use of maternal health care in developing countries: examining the scale of the problem and the importance of context. Bull World Health Organ (2007) 4.42
Frequency and timing of antenatal care in Kenya: explaining the variations between women of different communities. Soc Sci Med (2000) 3.18
Retracted Committee opinion no. 504: Screening and diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus. Obstet Gynecol (2011) 2.04
Excessive maternal weight and pregnancy outcome. Am J Obstet Gynecol (1992) 1.60
Gestational diabetes: risk of recurrence in subsequent pregnancies. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2010) 1.58
Gestational diabetes mellitus: all Asians are not alike. Prev Med (2009) 1.41
Farming and adiposity in Samoan adults. Am J Hum Biol (2006) 1.32
Racial/ethnic disparities in gestational diabetes mellitus: findings from a population-based survey. Womens Health Issues (2010) 1.21
Gestational weight gain in accordance to the IOM/NRC criteria and the risk for childhood overweight: a meta-analysis. Pediatr Obes (2012) 1.19
Factors affecting antenatal care attendance by mothers of Pacific infants living in New Zealand. N Z Med J (2005) 1.15
Factors associated with inadequate prenatal care in Ecuadorian women. Int J Gynaecol Obstet (2004) 1.12
Time of pregnancy recognition and prenatal care use: a population-based study in the United States. Birth (2010) 1.10
Screening for gestational diabetes mellitus in a multiethnic population in New Zealand. Diabetes Res Clin Pract (2000) 1.03
The contribution of feeding mode to obesogenic growth trajectories in American Samoan infants. Pediatr Obes (2013) 0.93
Prenatal care for low-income women and the health belief model: a new beginning. J Community Health Nurs (1997) 0.85
Maternal demographic, situational and psychosocial factors and their relationship to enrollment in prenatal care: a review of the literature. Women Health (1992) 0.85
Island health: hope and challenges for public health. Asia Pac J Public Health (2010) 0.80
Migration of health workers in the Pacific Islands: a bottleneck to health development. Asia Pac J Public Health (2012) 0.79
Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years. N Engl J Med (2017) 3.90
Human schistosomiasis and anemia: the relationship and potential mechanisms. Trends Parasitol (2005) 2.58
Functional significance of low-intensity polyparasite helminth infections in anemia. J Infect Dis (2005) 2.56
Nutritional status and serum cytokine profiles in children, adolescents, and young adults with Schistosoma japonicum-associated hepatic fibrosis, in Leyte, Philippines. J Infect Dis (2005) 2.28
Acquired TNFRSF14 mutations in follicular lymphoma are associated with worse prognosis. Cancer Res (2010) 1.79
Decision-model estimation of the age-specific disability weight for schistosomiasis japonica: a systematic review of the literature. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2008) 1.59
Binaural cochlear implants placed during the same operation. Otol Neurotol (2002) 1.55
Pubertal development predicts resistance to infection and reinfection with Schistosoma japonicum. Clin Infect Dis (2006) 1.54
Schistosomiasis japonica, anemia, and iron status in children, adolescents, and young adults in Leyte, Philippines 1. Am J Clin Nutr (2006) 1.53
The influence of socioeconomic factors on cardiovascular disease risk factors in the context of economic development in the Samoan archipelago. Soc Sci Med (2006) 1.49
The synergistic effect of concomitant schistosomiasis, hookworm, and trichuris infections on children's anemia burden. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2008) 1.49
Schistosoma japonicum reinfection after praziquantel treatment causes anemia associated with inflammation. Infect Immun (2006) 1.37
Relationship between Schistosoma japonicum and nutritional status among children and young adults in Leyte, the Philippines. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2005) 1.33
Dietary patterns are associated with metabolic syndrome in adult Samoans. J Nutr (2009) 1.32
Farming and adiposity in Samoan adults. Am J Hum Biol (2006) 1.32
Cultural translation of interventions: diabetes care in American Samoa. Am J Public Health (2010) 1.29
Dried blood spots (DBS): a valuable tool for HIV surveillance in developing/tropical countries. Int J STD AIDS (2002) 1.29
Estimating the intensity of infection with Schistosoma japonicum in villagers of leyte, Philippines. Part I: a Bayesian cumulative logit model. The schistosomiasis transmission and ecology project (STEP). Am J Trop Med Hyg (2005) 1.23
A cross-sectional study of the prevalence of intensity of infection with Schistosoma japonicum in 50 irrigated and rain-fed villages in Samar Province, the Philippines. BMC Public Health (2006) 1.21
Multi-host transmission dynamics of Schistosoma japonicum in Samar province, the Philippines. PLoS Med (2008) 1.21
Conflict emerges over value of handwashing. CMAJ (2009) 1.17
T-helper-2 cytokine responses to Sj97 predict resistance to reinfection with Schistosoma japonicum. Infect Immun (2006) 1.15
Nurse-community health worker team improves diabetes care in American Samoa: results of a randomized controlled trial. Diabetes Care (2013) 1.13
Relationship of XIST expression and responses of ovarian cancer to chemotherapy. Mol Cancer Ther (2002) 1.13
Adiponectin and type 2 diabetes in Samoan adults. Am J Hum Biol (2009) 1.13
High prevalence of Schistosoma japonicum infection in water buffaloes in the Philippines assessed by real-time polymerase chain reaction. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2010) 1.13
A genome-wide linkage scan identifies multiple chromosomal regions influencing serum lipid levels in the population on the Samoan islands. J Lipid Res (2008) 1.11
Is mass treatment the appropriate schistosomiasis elimination strategy? Bull World Health Organ (2008) 1.10
Living with Ma'i Suka: individual, familial, cultural, and environmental stress among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and their caregivers in American Samoa. Prev Chronic Dis (2008) 1.08
Nutritional status improves after treatment of schistosoma japonicum-infected children and adolescents. J Nutr (2006) 1.08
Morbidity and mortality among infants born to HIV-infected women in South Africa: implications for child health in resource-limited settings. J Trop Pediatr (2010) 1.08
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices among physicians on HIV/AIDS in Quang Ninh, Vietnam. AIDS Patient Care STDS (2005) 1.07
Pro-inflammatory cytokines and C-reactive protein are associated with undernutrition in the context of Schistosoma japonicum infection. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2006) 1.07
Schistosoma japonicum and occult blood loss in endemic villages in Leyte, the Philippines. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2005) 1.06
Comparison of 3 methods for identifying dietary patterns associated with risk of disease. Am J Epidemiol (2008) 1.05
Deafblindness in French Canadians from Quebec: a predominant founder mutation in the USH1C gene provides the first genetic link with the Acadian population. Genome Biol (2007) 1.04
Cardiovascular disease risk factors and DNA methylation at the LINE-1 repeat region in peripheral blood from Samoan Islanders. Epigenetics (2011) 1.01
Population genetics of Schistosoma japonicum within the Philippines suggest high levels of transmission between humans and dogs. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2008) 1.00
Analysis of human CYP1A1 and CYP1A2 genes and their shared bidirectional promoter in eight world populations. Hum Mutat (2010) 0.98
Religion and preventative health care utilization among the elderly. Soc Sci Med (2004) 0.98
Statistical evidence for GLM regression parameters: a robust likelihood approach. Stat Med (2007) 0.97
Susceptibility loci for adiposity phenotypes on 8p, 9p, and 16q in American Samoa and Samoa. Obesity (Silver Spring) (2008) 0.97
Obesity and diabetes in Pacific Islanders: the current burden and the need for urgent action. Curr Diab Rep (2015) 0.97
Anemia of inflammation is related to cognitive impairment among children in Leyte, the Philippines. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2009) 0.96
Distribution of genome-wide linkage disequilibrium based on microsatellite loci in the Samoan population. Hum Genomics (2004) 0.96
Growth of infants born to HIV-infected women in South Africa according to maternal and infant characteristics. Trop Med Int Health (2010) 0.94
Treatment for Schistosoma japonicum, reduction of intestinal parasite load, and cognitive test score improvements in school-aged children. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 0.93
Estimating and modeling the dynamics of the intensity of infection with schistosoma japonicum in villagers of leyte, Philippines. Part II: Intensity-specific transmission of S. japonicum. The schistosomiasis transmission and ecology project. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2005) 0.93
Pharmacokinetics and behavioral effects of an extended-release, liposome-encapsulated preparation of oxymorphone in rhesus macaques. J Pharmacol Exp Ther (2009) 0.91
A single dose of liposome-encapsulated hydromorphone provides extended analgesia in a rat model of neuropathic pain. Comp Med (2006) 0.91
Long-term trends in food availability, food prices, and obesity in Samoa. Am J Hum Biol (2012) 0.89
Implementation of a culturally tailored diabetes intervention with community health workers in American Samoa. Diabetes Educ (2013) 0.88
Anger expression and lifestyle incongruity interactions on blood pressure in Samoan adults. Am J Hum Biol (2006) 0.88
Genetic component to susceptibility to Trichuris trichiura: evidence from two Asian populations. Genet Epidemiol (2002) 0.87
Tissue inhibitor of matrix-metalloprotease-1 predicts risk of hepatic fibrosis in human Schistosoma japonicum infection. J Infect Dis (2011) 0.87
Common variants in FTO are not significantly associated with obesity-related phenotypes among Samoans of Polynesia. Ann Hum Genet (2011) 0.86
Suggestive linkage detected for blood pressure related traits on 2q and 22q in the population on the Samoan islands. BMC Med Genet (2009) 0.86
Impact of Nonoptimal Intakes of Saturated, Polyunsaturated, and Trans Fat on Global Burdens of Coronary Heart Disease. J Am Heart Assoc (2016) 0.86
Evaluation of the neural response telemetry (NRT) capabilities of the nucleus research platform 8: initial results from the NRT trial. Int J Audiol (2004) 0.85
Cochlear implants in Waardenburg syndrome. Laryngoscope (2006) 0.84
Patient and health care provider views of depressive symptoms and diabetes in American Samoa. Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol (2010) 0.83
Prevalence of Schistosoma japonicum infection of Oncomelania quadrasi snail colonies in 50 irrigated and rain-fed villages of Samar Province, the Philippines. Acta Trop (2007) 0.83
Overweight and diabetes in American Samoa: the cultural translation of research into health care practice. Med Health R I (2008) 0.83
Expression, purification, and human antibody response to a 67 kDa vaccine candidate for schistosomiasis japonica. Protein Expr Purif (2004) 0.83
Pharmacokinetics and behavioral effects of liposomal hydromorphone suitable for perioperative use in rhesus macaques. Psychopharmacology (Berl) (2011) 0.83
A tagging SNP in INSIG2 is associated with obesity-related phenotypes among Samoans. BMC Med Genet (2009) 0.83
Fatigue and fear with shifting polio eradication strategies in India: a study of social resistance to vaccination. PLoS One (2012) 0.82
The need for sexual health information: perceptions and desires of young adults. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs (2006) 0.82
Stem cell tourism poses risks. CMAJ (2012) 0.81
Demographic and clinical characteristics of HIV-infected inpatients and outpatients at a Cambodian hospital. AIDS Patient Care STDS (2006) 0.81
Determinants and spatial patterns of adult overweight and hypertension in a high HIV prevalence rural South African population. Health Place (2012) 0.80
Global genetic variation at nine short tandem repeat loci and implications on forensic genetics. Eur J Hum Genet (2003) 0.80
Reduction in hookworm infection after praziquantel treatment among children and young adults in Leyte, the Philippines. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2010) 0.80
Medication-taking beliefs and diabetes in American Samoa: a qualitative inquiry. Transl Behav Med (2012) 0.80
Targeted therapy: An elusive cancer target. Nature (2016) 0.79
Youth blood pressure levels in Samoa in 1979 and 1991-93. Am J Hum Biol (2004) 0.79
Inverse associations between perceived racism and coronary artery calcification. Ann Epidemiol (2012) 0.79
Impact of a diabetes control and management intervention on health care utilization in American Samoa. Chronic Illn (2013) 0.78
Assessing the impact of misclassification error on an epidemiological association between two helminthic infections. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2011) 0.78
Seroprevalence of cysticercosis in children and young adults living in a helminth endemic community in leyte, the Philippines. J Trop Med (2010) 0.78
Genetic diversity and evolution of the human leptin locus tetranucleotide repeat. Hum Genet (2002) 0.78
S100B and neurofibromin immunostaining and X-inactivation patterns of laser-microdissected cells indicate a multicellular origin of some NF1-associated neurofibromas. J Neurosci Res (2011) 0.78
Factors associated with seizure recurrence in epilepsy patients treated with antiepileptic monotherapy: A retrospective observational cohort study using US administrative insurance claims. CNS Drugs (2014) 0.77
Hepatitis C virus infection in Samoa and American Samoa. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2006) 0.77
Value of hospital standardized mortality ratio unclear, administrators say. CMAJ (2010) 0.77
More than 100 countries still not using global outbreak surveillance regulations. CMAJ (2013) 0.77
Higher serum concentrations of DHEAS predict improved nutritional status in helminth-infected children, adolescents, and young adults in Leyte, the Philippines. J Nutr (2007) 0.77
Behavioral and perceived stressor effects on urinary catecholamine excretion in adult Samoans. Am J Hum Biol (2011) 0.77
Ecological and sociodemographic effects on urinary catecholamine excretion in adult Samoans. Ann Hum Biol (2010) 0.77
Relationships between electrically evoked potentials and loudness growth in bilateral cochlear implant users. Ear Hear (2012) 0.77
Dental case manager encounters: the association with retention in dental care and treatment plan completion. Spec Care Dentist (2012) 0.76
Applying novel genome-wide linkage strategies to search for loci influencing type 2 diabetes and adult height in American Samoa. Hum Biol (2008) 0.76
Experimental pharmacodynamics and analgesic efficacy of liposome-encapsulated hydromorphone in dogs. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc (2011) 0.76
Population health. Ann Hum Biol (2007) 0.76
Ovarian function in Samoan women shows stronger association with signals of energy metabolism than fat reserves. Am J Hum Biol (2013) 0.75