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The WSU Board of Regents and Faculty Senate officially approved the Center for Cannabis Policy, Research, and Outreach last month, said Celestina Barbosa-Leiker, WSU Spokane Health Sciences vice chancellor for research. In the last six years, WSU researchers were involved in about 50 projects totaling around $10 million in funding. More than 70 WSU researchers.
Pregnant women felt more stressed during the pandemic because of their fear of contracting COVID-19 as well as normal stress brought about by pregnancy, WSU researchers found.
High levels of stress can cause early labor, which does not allow the baby to fully develop, WSU associate professor Erica Crespi said.
Researchers assessed pregnant women’s causes of stress. They looked at the number of stressors as well as the concerns these women felt that caused their stress, said Celestina Barbosa-Leiker, lead author of the study and WSU associate nursing professor.
Common stressors that pregnant women have started experiencing since the pandemic began include the possibility that they or their baby could get COVID-19 or come into close contact with someone who has the disease, Barbosa-Leiker said.
Pandemic increased pregnancy stress for US women: Study
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New York, March 17 : A new study has revealed that the Covid-19 pandemic has increased pregnancy stress for expectant mothers as well as postpartum women in the US.
The findings indicated that one of their biggest concerns is their baby contracting the disease. Some women expressed fears that simply going to the hospital to deliver would cause them to get the virus and then be forced to isolate from their newborn. Pregnant women are really stressed about contracting Covid-19, said lead author Celestina Barbosa-Leiker from the Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane in the US.
US women experienced increased pregnancy stress during pandemic: Study ANI | Updated: Mar 17, 2021 14:51 IST
Washington [US], March 17 (ANI): COVID-19 has created new problems for pregnant women in the United States, a group that already faced the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world even before the pandemic, suggested the findings of recent research.
One of their biggest concerns is their baby contracting the disease, according to a Washington State University study published recently in the journal BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. Some women expressed fears that simply going to the hospital to deliver would cause them to get the virus and then be forced to isolate themselves from their newborn.