Easygoing or strict, conservative or cool; moms of all kinds want the best for their children especially when it comes to their health. In 2008-09, Canadian women gave birth to more than 377,700 babies, representing an 11% increase from 2004-05. Motherhood is a context in which women confront particular, and often new, health-related issues and choices.
In light of Mother's Day (May 9), experts from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) are available to discuss current health research related to motherhood.
Experts:
Exclusive or predominant breastfeeding: does it really influence child health outcomes?
Dr. Michael Kramer, Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (Montreal)
Talking about marijuana and teens: fitting moms into the conversation.
Dr. Joy Johnson, Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health (Vancouver)
Big mama, big baby: intervention during pregnancy to reduce childhood obesity.
Drs. Isabelle Giroux and Michelle F. Mottola, CIHR-funded researchers from the University of Western Ontario (London)
Passing on your red hair, brown eyes or your HIV: 25% risk of moms infecting their babies and how to stop it.
Dr. Nitika Pant Pai, CIHR-funded researcher from McGill University (Montreal)
Can fish oil every day keep postpartum depression away?
Dr. Sophie Grigoriadis, CIHR-funded researcher from the University of Toronto
Research links COVID-19 vaccines to temporary facial palsy in over 5,000 patients