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Laura Schummers
Researcher at University of British Columbia
Publications - 27
Citations - 999
Laura Schummers is an academic researcher from University of British Columbia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 21 publications receiving 591 citations. Previous affiliations of Laura Schummers include University of London & Harvard University.
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The Giving Voice to Mothers study: inequity and mistreatment during pregnancy and childbirth in the United States
Saraswathi Vedam,Kathrin Stoll,Tanya Khemet Taiwo,Nicholas Rubashkin,Melissa Cheyney,Nan Strauss,Monica R. McLemore,Micaela Cadena,Elizabeth Nethery,Eleanor Rushton,Laura Schummers,Eugene Declercq +11 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that mistreatment is experienced more frequently by women of colour, when birth occurs in hospitals, and among those with social, economic or health challenges, and by patient-provider disagreements.
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Risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes by prepregnancy body mass index: a population-based study to inform prepregnancy weight loss counseling.
TL;DR: The results of this population-based cohort study can inform prepregnancy weight loss counseling by defining achievable weight loss goals for patients that may reduce their risk of poor perinatal outcomes.
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Association of Short Interpregnancy Interval With Pregnancy Outcomes According to Maternal Age
Laura Schummers,Laura Schummers,Jennifer A. Hutcheon,Sonia Hernandez-Diaz,Paige L. Williams,Michele R. Hacker,Michele R. Hacker,Tyler J. VanderWeele,Wendy V. Norman +8 more
TL;DR: The findings of this study suggest that short interpregnancy intervals are associated with increased risks for adverse pregnancy outcomes for women of all ages.
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Absolute Risks of Obstetric Outcomes Risks by Maternal Age at First Birth: A Population-based Cohort
Laura Schummers,Jennifer A. Hutcheon,Michele R. Hacker,Tyler J. VanderWeele,Paige L. Williams,Thomas F. McElrath,Sonia Hernandez-Diaz +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors found that women older than 35, 40, or 45 years are at increased risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes compared with those in younger women, however, specific relationships between each additional year of maternal age and pregnancy risks remain unclear, and absolute risks at each m
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Variation in relationships between maternal age at first birth and pregnancy outcomes by maternal race: a population-based cohort study in the United States.
Laura Schummers,Michele R. Hacker,Paige L. Williams,Jennifer A. Hutcheon,Tyler J. VanderWeele,Thomas F. McElrath,Sonia Hernandez-Diaz +6 more
TL;DR: The findings confirm risks associated with first births to women younger than 20 and older than 30 years, provide easily interpretable risk curves and illuminate variability in these relationships across categories of maternal race in the USA.