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Prenatal Care

Prenatal Care. Clustering of U.S. women receiving no prenatal care: differences in pregnancy outcomes and implications for targeting interventions:. http://0-search.ebscohost.com.ignacio.usfca.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rzh&AN=2009013006&site=ehost-live&scope=site

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Prenatal Care

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  1. Prenatal Care

  2. Clustering of U.S. women receiving no prenatal care: differences in pregnancy outcomes and implications for targeting interventions: • http://0-search.ebscohost.com.ignacio.usfca.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rzh&AN=2009013006&site=ehost-live&scope=site • “Despite aggressive efforts in the United States (US) to assure that all women begin care in the first trimester, every year about 70,000 women in the US receive no care prior to delivery” • n = 126,220-women of different races that had no prenatal care and delivered a singleton baby were followed from birth and death certificates.

  3. The couple context of pregnancy and its effects on prenatal care and birth outcomes • http://0-search.ebscohost.com.ignacio.usfca.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rzh&AN=2010442677&site=ehot-live&scope=site : • “This study investigates the association of early prenatal care, preterm birth, and low birth weight with the couple relationship context, including partners' joint intentions for the pregnancy, their marital status at conception, and the presence of relationship problems during pregnancy” • N = 5,788-couples with babies 9 months old • Longitudinal study

  4. The couple context of pregnancy and its effects on prenatal care and birth outcomes • Risk factors for inadequate prenatal care and preterm birth included parents who did not intend to get pregnant and increased even more for partners who were not married. • The “Couple context” of a pregnancy has shown to be an important aspect to a healthy pregnancy and baby.

  5. Peripartum length of stay for women with depressive symptoms during pregnancy: • http://0-search.ebscohost.com.ignacio.usfca.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rzh&AN=2010540105&site=ehost-live&scope=site • Looked at length of stay for women with and without depression during pregnancy • Center for EpidemiologicalStudiesDepressionScale (CES-D) wasused. • N-867 pregnant women • “a longer stay was associated with an elevated CES-D and minority race, antepartum complications, cesarean delivery, prematurity, multiple gestation, and neonatal length of stay.” • Antepartum depression was associated with longer peripartum stay.

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