Pregnancy and child health

About

We partner with pediatrics and OB/GYN leaders and experts to conduct clinical trials and observational studies to support the health and well-being of pregnant people, children and adolescents. Areas of focus include the safety of medications and vaccines in pregnancy, maternal mental health, and adolescent risk behavior screening.

Affiliation

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Faculty Position
  • DeSilva, Malini B., MD, MPH, Sr. Research Investigator 2019 -
  • Hooker, Stephanie A., PhD, MPH, MS, Research Investigator
  • JaKa, Meghan M., PhD, Senior Evaluation Scientist
  • Kharbanda, Elyse O., MD, MPH, Sr. Research Investigator 2010 -
  • Palmsten, Kristin K., ScD, Sr. Research Investigator 2017 -

    • Publications While At HealthPartners

    selected publications

    Journal Article
  • "Now I can see it works!" Perspectives on using a nutrition-focused approach when initiating continuous glucose monitoring in people with type 2 diabetes: qualitative interview study. 
    JMIR diabetes. 2025
    Article has an altmetric score of 1
  • 'Do they care?': a qualitative examination of patient perspectives on primary care clinician communication related to opioids in the USA. 
    BMJ open. 2025
  • 18 years - VISION and IVY Networks, September 2024-January 2025. 
  • Ambulatory care utilization in the first 24 months' postpartum by rurality and pregnancy-related conditions: a prospective cohort study from Maine. 
    Journal of Rural Health. 2025
  • Applying self-determination theory to internalized weight stigma and mental health correlates among young and middle adult women: a structural equation model. 
    • Editorial Article
  • The data giveth, but what do we take away [editorial]?. 
    Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology.  37. 2023
  • COVID-19 mRNA vaccines during pregnancy: new evidence to help address vaccine hesitancy [editorial]. 
  • Bring back the notepads: drawing as an underutilized approach to improving patient comprehension and recall [editorial]. 
    Patient Education and Counseling.  103. 2020
    Article has an altmetric score of 2
  • A body of work, a missed opportunity: dyadic research in older adults [editorial]. 
  • Is Tdap the best prevention we have against pertussis disease [editorial]?. 
    Journal of Adolescent Health.  62. 2018
    • Conference Poster
  • Understanding COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among firefighters: application of the Health Belief Model [poster]
    2023
  • Developing a center for evaluation in a learning health system [poster]
    2019
  • Elevated blood pressure and risks for progression to hypertension in youth 10-17 years of age [poster]
    2019
  • Factors associated with Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) compliance and weight loss among low-income participants [poster]
    2019
  • Assessment of monitoring practices for newly arrived refugees with chronic hepatitis b - Minnesota 2008-2017 [poster]
    2018
    • Review
  • Evidence to support health system prioritization of health behaviors in the COVID-19 era [review]. 
    Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 2024
  • America's racial reckoning within perinatal communication: a rapid review using sociotechnical systems theory to compare publications before and after 2020 [review]. 
  • Longitudinal methods for modeling exposures in pharmacoepidemiologic studies in pregnancy [review]. 
  • Priorities Wizard: multisite web-based primary care clinical decision support improved chronic care outcomes with high use rates and high clinician satisfaction rates [review]. 
  • Harnessing centred identity transformation to reduce executive function burden for maintenance of health behaviour change: the Maintain IT model [review]. 
    • Abstract
  • Comparing change in systolic blood pressure with clinic-based care versus telehealth care in a pragmatic cluster-randomized trial (Hyperlink 3) [abstract]. 
  • Systems mapping to understand colorectal cancer screening underutilization in an integrated health system: a valuable approach for learning health systems [abstract]. 
  • Using implementation science to identify clinician-reported barriers to discussing safe fish consumption during routine prenatal care [abstract]. 
  • Better care strategies are necessary to address poor medication adherence [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2020
  • Differences in chronic kidney disease management in patients with and without diabetes in a large care delivery system [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2020
    • Audio Document
  • HealthPartners study investigates depression treatment during pregnancy [interview]. 
    MinnPost. 2021
    • Book
  • Two-dimensional scan statistics for assessing vaccine safety in pregnancy (PRISM)
    2016
    • Document
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  • Community Convening
    2022
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  • Make It OK Evaluation: IMPACT Survey Results
    2022
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  • Open Arms of Minnesota Impact Evaluation: Final Deliverables
    2022
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  • PowerUp Evaluation: TREND Survey Results
    2022
  • Community consultation and public disclosure: the ResQ Trial experience
    2007
    • Webpage
  • Include exercise in your weight loss plans
    2023

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