Publications

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January 2022

Cardiometabolic outcomes of women exposed to hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy at 3-6 years post-partum in an urban South African setting

Nicolaou V, Soepnel LM, Huddle K, et al.

PLoS One

January 2022

Screen Use and Internet Addiction among Parents of Young Children: A Nationwide Canadian Cross-Sectional Survey

Dennis CL, Carsley S, Brennenstuhl S, et al.

PLoS One

March 2022

High-Risk Health Behaviours of Pregnancy-Planning Women and Men: Is there a Need for Preconception Care?

Dennis CL, Brennenstuhl S, Brown H, et al.

Midwifery

March 2022

Perspectives on gestational diabetes mellitus in South Africa

Nicolaou V, Levitt N, Huddle K, et al.

South African Medical Journal

March 2022

Prevalence and socio-structural determinants of tobacco exposure in young women: Data from the Healthy Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) study in urban Soweto, South Africa

Soepnel LM, Kolkenbeck-Ruh A, Crouch SH, et al.

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

April 2022

Building knowledge, optimising physical and mental health, and setting up healthier life trajectories in South Africa (Bukhali): a preconception randomised control trial part of the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI)

Norris S, Draper C, Prioreschi A, et al.

BMJ Open

May 2022

Associations between abdominal adiposity, body size and objectively measured
physical activity in infants from Soweto, South Africa

Prioreschi A, Ong K, De Lucia Rolfe, E, et al.

International Journal of Obesity

May 2022

The impact of maternal hyperglycemia first detected in pregnancy on offspring blood pressure in Soweto, South Africa

Boerstra B, Soepnel LM, Nicolaou V, et al.

Journal of Hypertension

June 2022

Cognitive and motor development in 3- to 6-year-old children born to mothers with hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy in an Urban African population

Soepnel LM, Nicolaou, V, Draper, C, et al.

Maternal Child Health Journal

July 2022

Cross-sectional associations between mental
health indicators and social vulnerability,
with physical activity, sedentary behaviour
and sleep in urban African young women

Draper C, Cook C, Redinger S, et al.

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

February 2021

Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Preconception Health Knowledge Questionnaire

Cairncross Z, Dennis CL, Brennenstuhl S, et al.

American Journal of Health Promotion

February 2021

Physical Activity Levels, Food Insecurity and Dietary Behaviours in Women from Soweto, South Africa

Prioreschi A, Wrottesley SV, Said-Mohamed R, et al.

Journal of Community Health

February 2021

Protocol for a cluster randomized trial evaluating a multi-faceted intervention starting preconceptually – Early Interventions to Support Trajectories for Healthy Life in India (EINSTEIN). A Healthy Life Trajectory Initiative (HeLTI) Study

Paquin C, Côté SM, Tremblay RE, et al.

BMJ Open

February 2021

Protocol for a randomised trial evaluating a preconception-early childhood telephone-based intervention with tailored e-health resources for women and their partners to optimise growth and development among children in Canada: a Healthy Life Trajectory Initiative (HeLTI Canada)

Paquin C, Côté SM, Tremblay RE, et al.

BMJ Open

March 2021

Breastfeeding duration in infancy and dietary intake in childhood and adolescence

Kheir F, Feeley N, Maximova K, et al.

Appetite

April 2021

Caregivers’ perceptions, challenges and service needs related to tackling childhood overweight and obesity: a qualitative study in three districts of Shanghai, China

Wu Y, Ma X, Fraser WD, et al.

BMC Public Health

April 2021

Identifying priorities for practice improvement related to breastfeeding support in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Medellin, Colombia.

González de Armas A, Ochoa Marin SC, Semenic S, et al.

Journal of Neonatal Nursing

April 2021

Study protocol for the Sino- Canadian Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (SCHeLTI): a multicentre, cluster-randomised, parallel-group, superiority trial of a multifaceted community-family-mother-child intervention to prevent childhood overweight and obesity

Wu Y, Marc I, Bouchard L, et al.

BMJ Open

April 2021

The association between fetal growth and neonatal adiposity in urban South African infants

Wrottesley SV, Prioreschi A, Norris SA, et al.

Pediatric Obesity

April 2021

Young women’s perceptions of life in urban South Africa: Contextualising the preconception knowledge gap

Bosire EN, Ware LJ, Draper C, et al.

African Journal of Reproductive Health

May 2021

Food insecurity, diet quality and body composition: data from the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative pilot survey in urban Soweto, South Africa. Public Health Nutrition

Paquin C, Côté SM, Tremblay RE, et al.

Public Health Nutrition

May 2021

Obesity and adiposity of 3- to 6-year-old children born to mothers with hyperglycemia detected in pregnancy in an urban South African setting

Soepnel LM, Nicolaou V, Slater C, et al.

Annals of Human Biology

August 2021

Maternal perspectives on infant feeding practices in Soweto, South Africa

Wrottesley SV, Prioreschi A, Slemming W, et al.

Public Health and Nutrition

August 2021

Observations of the Effects of Maternal Fasting Plasma Glucose Changes in Early Pregnancy on Fetal Growth Profiles and Birth Outcomes.

Wu Y, Ma X, Fraser WD, et al.

Frontiers in Endocrinology

September 2021

Social vulnerability, parity and food insecurity in urban African young women: The Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) Study

Ware L, Lim A, Prioreschi A, et al.

Journal of Public Health Policy

November 2021

Describing 24-hour movement behaviours among preconception and recently pregnant Canadian parents: who do we need to target?

Dennis CL, Birken C, Brennenstuhl S, et al.

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

December 2021

Selecting and Evaluating Mobile Health Apps for the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative: Development of the eHealth Resource Checklist

Vanderloo LM, Carsley S, Agarwal P, et al.

JMIR Medhealth and Uhealth

January 2020

Maternal and neonatal outcomes following the introduction of oral hypoglycaemic agents for gestational diabetes mellitus were comparable to insulin monotherapy in two historical cohorts

Nicolaou V, Soepnel LM, Huddle K, et al.

South African Medical Journal

January 2020

Maternal depressive symptoms and children’s cognitive development: Does early childcare and child’s sex matter?

Paquin C, Côté SM, Tremblay RE, et al.

PLoS One

February 2020

Aim2Be mHealth intervention for children with overweight and obesity: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Mâsse LC, Vlaar J, Macdonald J, et al.

Trials

February 2020

Attitudes and perceptions among urban South Africans towards sugar-sweetened beverages and taxation

Bosire EN, Stacey N, Mukoma G, et al.

Public Health Nutrition

February 2020

Adjusting Haemoglobin Values for Altitude Maximizes Combined Sensitivity and Specificity to
Detect Iron Deficiency among Women of Reproductive Age in Johannesburg, South Africa

Silubonde TM, Baumgartner J, Ware LJ, et al.

Nutrients

February 2020

Understanding how maternal social and biological factors are related to fetal growth in an urban South African cohort

Prioreschi A, Wrottesley SV, Said-Mohamed R, et al.

Journal of Development Origins of Health and Disease

March 2020

Placental NEGR1 DNA methylation is associated with BMI and neurodevelopment in preschool-age children

Soepnel LM, Nicolaou V, Huddle K, et al.

Epigenetics

April 2020

A maternal “mixed, high sugar” dietary pattern is associated with fetal growth

Wrottesley SV, Prioreschi A, Kehoe SH, et al.

Maternal and Child Nutrition

July 2020

Pilot implementation of Bukhali: A preconception health trial in South Africa

Draper CE, Prioreschi A, Ware LJ, Lye S, Norris SA

SAGE Open Medicine

September 2020

A qualitative study reporting maternal perceptions of the importance of play for healthy growth and development in the first two years of life

Prioreschi A, Wrottesley SV*, Slemming W, Cohen E, Norris SA

BMC Pediatrics

September 2020

Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Interconception Intervention Provided by Public Health Nurses

Ravindran S, Yoganathan S, Cairncross Z, et al.

Maternal and Child Health Journal

March 2019

Prenatal determinants of childhood obesity: a review of risk factors

Liao XP, Yu Y, Marc I, et al.

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

March 2019

Urban young women’s preferences for intervention strategies to promote physical and mental health preconception: A Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI

Draper CE, Bosire E, Prioreschi A, et al.

Preventive Medicine Reports

July 2019

Measurement of preconception health knowledge: A systematic review

Cairncross Z, Ravindran S, Yoganathan S, et al.

American Journal of Health Promotion

September 2019

Environmental, Social, and Structural Constraints for Health Behavior: Perceptions of Young Urban Black Women During the Preconception Period – A Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative

Ware LJ, Prioreschi A, Bosire E, et al.

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

December 2019

Maternal and neonatal outcomes following a diabetic pregnancy within the context of HIV

Soepnel LM, Nicolaou V, Huddle K, et al.

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

November 2017

Preconception health interventions delivered in public health and community settings: A systematic review

Brown H, Mueller M, Edwards S, et al.

Canadian Journal of Public Health

December 2015

The Obesity-Fertility Protocol: a randomized controlled trial assessing clinical outcomes and costs of a transferable interdisciplinary lifestyle intervention, before and during pregnancy, in obese infertile women

Duval K, Langlois MF, Carranza-Mamane B, et al.

BMC Obesity