Food safety during pregnancy

M Taylor, E Galanis - Canadian Family Physician, 2010 - cfp.ca
While we were happy to see the issue of food safety during pregnancy addressed in the
April 2010 Motherisk Update, 1 we were also concerned about some of the information in …

Food-borne illnesses during pregnancy: prevention and treatment

C Tam, A Erebara, A Einarson - Canadian Family Physician, 2010 - cfp.ca
ABSTRACT QUESTION After hearing about outbreaks of illness resulting from Listeria and
Salmonella, many of my patients are wondering about the risks of food-borne illnesses …

A survey of food safety and practice among women attending an antenatal clinic

DG Logan, RJ Stafford, BJ McCall - Health Promotion Journal of …, 1998 - search.informit.org
Issue addressed: In December 1995, two cases of listeriosis in pregnant women in the
Southern Zone (Queensland) prompted a nutritional survey of 372 women who were …

Foodborne infections during pregnancy

JL Smith - Journal of food protection, 1999 - Elsevier
The consequences of foodborne illness can be particularly devastating during pregnancy
because both the woman and her fetus are at risk. Escalated production of progesterone …

Who is telling pregnant women about listeriosis?

MAE Smith, TL MacLaurin - Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2011 - Springer
During pregnancy, a woman's immune system is compromised and she is at an increased
risk of infection and illness. In particular, the risk of contracting foodborne listeriosis is 20 …

Listeriosis in pregnancy: Practitioners' food safety counselling practices to pregnant women

JL Cook, L Graves, C Kirkham - Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective The relative risk of invasive listeriosis in pregnant women is approximately 20
times greater than the general population, and listeriosis during pregnancy can have …

Food safety practices among pregnant women and mothers in the women, infants, and children program, Miami, Florida

MJ Trepka, FL Newman, Z Dixon, FG Huffman - Journal of Food Protection, 2007 - Elsevier
Pregnant women and infants are two groups at the highest risk of severe outcomes from
foodborne illnesses. We surveyed adult clients of a Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) …

Diet during pregnancy: Women's knowledge of and adherence to food safety guidelines

J Bryant, A Waller, E Cameron, A Hure… - Australian and New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background As a precaution against acquiring food‐borne illnesses, guidelines recommend
women avoid some foods during pregnancy. Aims To examine among women receiving …

Pregnant women's knowledge, practices, and needs related to food safety and listeriosis: A study in British Columbia

M Taylor, M Kelly, M Noël, S Brisdon, J Berkowitz… - Canadian family …, 2012 - cfp.ca
Objective To understand the knowledge, attitudes, practices, and needs of pregnant women
regarding food safety, including the risk of listeriosis, in order to develop targeted messages …

Foodborne Diseases: More efforts needed to meet the Healthy People 2010 objectives.

BA Goldrick - AJN The American Journal of Nursing, 2003 - journals.lww.com
More efforts needed to meet the Healthy People 2010 objectives. fatality rate of 20%. 2 The
majority of cases occur among pregnant women, the elderly, and the immunocompromised …