Predicting newborn birth outcomes with prenatal maternal health features and correlates in the United States: a machine learning approach using archival data.

Journal: BMC pregnancy and childbirth
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Newborns are shaped by prenatal maternal experiences. These include a pregnant person's physical health, prior pregnancy experiences, emotion regulation, and socially determined health markers. We used a series of machine learning models to predict markers of fetal growth and development-specifically, newborn birthweight and head circumference (HC).

Authors

  • Robert D Henry
    Department of Psychology, Hope College, 35 E 12th St, Office 1159, PO Box 9000, Holland, 49422, MI, USA. henryr@hope.edu.