The Contributors to Perceived Risk in Pregnancy and its Utility

A Research Participants Experience
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Examining and investigating the contributors to perceived risk in pregnancy and its utility in predicting lower birth weight and early delivery
Research is an essential component in the field of psychology. I recently participated in a research initiative that was aimed at examining and investigating the contributors to perceived risk in pregnancy and its utility in predicting lower birth weight and early delivery. The experiment was a consultative effort by all the students in the faculty of psychology at the university under the tutelage of the chief professor.
My Roles as a Research Participant
The research program involved 165 pregnant women from the neighborhood who were undertaken through a series of obstetric assessments of perceived risk, stress, optimism, and health behaviors. As a research participant, I was tasked with ensuring the effective coordination of the test subjects and that the medical instruments used in the study were working correctly. I was also involved in the safe-keeping of the medical charts.
Overview of the Research Program
The research program was necessitated by the fact that despite significant medical advances that have improved birth outcomes, the US compared to other industrialized nations has quite high rates of preterm delivery and low birth weight (Cannella, Auerbach & Lobel, 2013). The problem has been attributed to the misdiagnosis of obstetric risk factors by clinicians. According to V. Marshall (20...