Natural Disasters as a Maternal Prenatal Stressor and Children's Neurodevelopment: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: The intrauterine period is a time of high sensitivity in the development of the embryo and the fetus. Therefore, low levels of maternal stress are closely associated with healthy brain development in the neonatal and early childhood periods. There is increasing evidence linking natural disasters as prenatal maternal stress (PNMS) to neurodevelopmental disorders (including subclinical manifestations). Natural disasters involve many factors in addition to the trauma they cause, including loss and the physical and psychosocial difficulties that result from that trauma. This review article aims to bring together research findings on the neurodevelopmental effects of natural disasters on children as PNMS. It also looks at how factors such as gestational age and gender contribute to these effect

SUBMITTER: Unsel-Bolat G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11590888 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature