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Continued Disparities in Postpartum Follow-Up and Screening Among Women With Gestational Diabetes and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Systematic Review.
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- Preexisting Diabetes and Pregnancy: An Endocrine Society and European Society of Endocrinology Joint Clinical Practice Guideline.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Guideline
- A Systematic Review of Complications Following Pre-eclampsia.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Pooled it
- Enhanced Participation in Diabetes Screening and Care After Gestational Diabetes Through Community Health Workers: Results from the Es Mejor Saber Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2024Trial
- Receipt of postpartum diabetes screening after gestational diabetes mellitus in the United States, 2016-2022.Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association · 2026Article
- Social Vulnerability Index and Its Association With Postpartum Care Attendance.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2026Article
- A scoping review exploring women's experiences of cardiometabolic pregnancy complications and future cardiovascular health implications.NPJ cardiovascular health · 2026Article
- Diabetes in Pregnancy in Korea: Prevalence, Clinical Characteristics, and Postpartum Comorbidities.Diabetes & metabolism journal · 2026Article
- Risks of cardiometabolic diseases in women with history of adverse pregnancy outcomes.Journal of human hypertension · 2026Review
- Correlation between multi-parameter echocardiographic indicators and adverse pregnancy outcomes in women of advanced maternal age with pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome: clinical application value.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Postpartum Cardiometabolic Screening and Recorded Nursing-Process Indicators After Gestational Diabetes and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: An Institutional Retrospective Cohort Study.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- Doula-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Training and Cardiovascular Health Intervention for Birthing Individuals in a Low-Income New York City Population: Protocol for a Living Healthy for Moms Randomized Type I Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Social Support and Maternal Healthcare Utilization Among Black Women in Mississippi.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Addressing Racial Disparities in the Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy: A Plan for Action from the Preeclampsia Foundation's Racial Disparities Task Force.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Review
- Barriers and facilitators to attending postpartum diabetes screening among women with previous gestational diabetes in China: A qualitative analysis.Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association · 2025Article
- Severe Postpartum Maternal Morbidity: How Medicaid Coverage for 365 Days Can Make a Difference.Cureus · 2025Article
- Lifestyle Interventions for Treatment and Remission of Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes in Adults: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2025Article
- Values, principles and research priorities for the implementation of type 2 diabetes prevention after gestational diabetes: A global consensus from Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe and Oceania.Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association · 2025Article
- Myocardial Infarction in the Young: Aetiology, Emerging Risk Factors, and the Role of Novel Biomarkers.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2025Review
- Care provided to women during and after a pregnancy complicated by hyperglycaemia: the impacts of a multi-component health systems intervention.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Article
- Cross-Sectional Study of Mothers' Perception of Postpartum Visit Benefit by Rural Status.Journal of prenatal & perinatal psychology & health · 2025Article
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Abstract
The postpartum period represents a critical window to initiate targeted interventions to improve cardiometabolic health following pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus and/or a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy. The purpose of this systematic review was to examine studies published since 2011 that report rates of postpartum follow-up and risk screening for women who had gestational diabetes and/or a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy and to identify disparities in care. Nine observational studies in which postpartum follow-up visits and/or screening rates were measured among US women following pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes and/or a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy were reviewed. Rates of postpartum follow-up ranged from 5.7% to 95.4% with disparities linked to black race and Hispanic ethnicity, low level of education, and coexisting morbidities such as mental health disorders. Follow-up rates were increased if the provider was an obstetrician/endocrinologist versus primary care. Payer source was not associated with follow-up rates. The screening rate for diabetes in women who had gestational diabetes did not exceed 58% by 4 months across the studies analyzed, suggesting little improvement in the last 10 years. While women who had a hypertensive disorder appear to have had a postpartum blood pressure measured, it is unclear whether follow-up intervention occurred. Overall, postpartum screening rates for at-risk women remain suboptimal and vary substantially. Further research is warranted including reliable population-level data to inform equitable progress to meeting the evidence-informed guidelines.
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