Fathima Wakeel
Ferris State University
21 Papers
31 Citations
Fathima Wakeel is an academic researcher from Ferris State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Pregnancy. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 16 publications. Previous affiliations of Fathima Wakeel include University of Wisconsin-Madison & Lehigh University.
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Papers
Maternal Stressful Life Events Prior to Conception and the Impact on Infant Birth Weight in the United States
Whitney P. Witt,Erika R. Cheng,Lauren E. Wisk,Kristin Litzelman,Debanjana Chatterjee,Kara Mandell,Fathima Wakeel +6 more
TL;DR: Interventions aimed to improve birth outcomes will need to shift the clinical practice paradigm upstream to the preconception period to reduce women's exposure to stress over the life course and improve the long-term health of children.
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Determinants of Cesarean Delivery in the US: A Lifecourse Approach
Whitney P. Witt,Lauren E. Wisk,Erika R. Cheng,Kara Mandell,Debanjana Chatterjee,Fathima Wakeel,Amy Godecker,Dakota Zarak +7 more
TL;DR: Reducing the number of non-medically indicated C-sections is warranted to lower the short- and long-term risks for deleterious health outcomes for women and their babies across the lifecourse.
Examining the link between women's exposure to stressful life events prior to conception and infant and toddler health: the role of birth weight
Erika R. Cheng,Hyojun Park,Lauren E. Wisk,Kara Mandell,Fathima Wakeel,Kristin Litzelman,Debanjana Chatterjee,Whitney P. Witt +7 more
TL;DR: A chains-of-risk model in which women's exposure to PSLEs increases the risk for giving birth to a VLBW infant, which, in turn, adversely affects infant and toddler health is suggested.
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Personal Capital During Pregnancy: Findings from the 2007 Los Angeles Mommy and Baby (LAMB) Study
TL;DR: Findings suggest that the risks associated with low socioeconomic status, single motherhood, and low acculturation, rather than race or ethnicity, contribute to low personal capital for many pregnant women.
Infant birthweight in the US: the role of preconception stressful life events and substance use.
Whitney P. Witt,Kara Mandell,Lauren E. Wisk,Erika R. Cheng,Debanjana Chatterjee,Fathima Wakeel,Hyojun Park,Dakota Zarak +7 more
TL;DR: PSLEs and women’s tobacco use before and during pregnancy are independent risk factors for having a lower birthweight baby, and interventions to improve birth outcomes may need to address women's health and health behaviors in the preconception period.
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