MaryFran Sowers
Biographic Data
| ID | 6065714 |
|---|---|
| NAME | MaryFran Sowers |
| GIVEN NAMES | MaryFran |
| FAMILY NAME | Sowers |
| SIGNATURE | SOWERS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Midlife Development and Menopause in African American and Caucasian Women
Little is known about factors that enhance midlife women's well-being and even less about whether these factors differ for African Americans and Caucasians. We conducted focus groups with 30 women, grouped by ethnicity and menopausal status. Women identified midlife as a time of opportunity for self-development. Pre/perimenopausal women expressed more fears about severe emotional changes than did their postmenopausal counterparts. These fears wer…
Defining Early Adolescent Childbearing
Objectives. This study determined the age group for the case definition of early adolescent childbearing based on rates of adverse clinical outcomes. Methods. We examined rates of infant mortality, very low birthweight ( Results. Rates of infant mortality, very low birthweight, and very preterm delivery were graphed by maternal age. In all 3 cases, the inflection point below which the rate of poor birth outcome is lower and begins to stabilize is…
Functional limitations in women at midlife: The role of health conditions, behavioral and environmental factors
Characteristics of American women aged 19 through 50 years consuming a lower fat diet
We examined data from 2134 women, aged 19 through 50 years, selected using a multistage stratified area probability sample representative of the United States as part of the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals 1985–86 conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Individual dietary intake was estimated from 4 non‐consecutive 24‐hour dietary recalls collected from each respondent throughout the survey year. Information on selected …
Defining Early Adolescent Childbearing
Objectives. This study determined the age group for the case definition of early adolescent childbearing based on rates of adverse clinical outcomes. Methods. We examined rates of infant mortality, very low birthweight ( Results. Rates of infant mortality, very low birthweight, and very preterm delivery were graphed by maternal age. In all 3 cases, the inflection point below which the rate of poor birth outcome is lower and begins to stabilize is…
Characteristics of American women aged 19 through 50 years consuming a lower fat diet
We examined data from 2134 women, aged 19 through 50 years, selected using a multistage stratified area probability sample representative of the United States as part of the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals 1985–86 conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Individual dietary intake was estimated from 4 non‐consecutive 24‐hour dietary recalls collected from each respondent throughout the survey year. Information on selected …
Functional limitations in women at midlife: The role of health conditions, behavioral and environmental factors
Midlife Development and Menopause in African American and Caucasian Women
Little is known about factors that enhance midlife women's well-being and even less about whether these factors differ for African Americans and Caucasians. We conducted focus groups with 30 women, grouped by ethnicity and menopausal status. Women identified midlife as a time of opportunity for self-development. Pre/perimenopausal women expressed more fears about severe emotional changes than did their postmenopausal counterparts. These fears wer…
Defining Early Adolescent Childbearing
Objectives. This study determined the age group for the case definition of early adolescent childbearing based on rates of adverse clinical outcomes. Methods. We examined rates of infant mortality, very low birthweight ( Results. Rates of infant mortality, very low birthweight, and very preterm delivery were graphed by maternal age. In all 3 cases, the inflection point below which the rate of poor birth outcome is lower and begins to stabilize is…
Medicine (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Ethnic group (3 works) · Demography (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (1 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (1 works) · Animal science (1 works)