Prenatal care : reaching mothers, reaching infants /

Abstract: This study was conducted in order to find ways to draw more women into prenatal care early in pregnancy and sustain their participation until delivery. The evidence of prenatal care's value and cost effectiveness and the trend away from utilizing prenatal care prompted this study. Top...

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Collectivité auteur: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Study Outreach for Prenatal Care
Autres auteurs: Brown, Sarah S.
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1988.
Accès en ligne:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=14192
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Résumé:Abstract: This study was conducted in order to find ways to draw more women into prenatal care early in pregnancy and sustain their participation until delivery. The evidence of prenatal care's value and cost effectiveness and the trend away from utilizing prenatal care prompted this study. Topics include: who obtains insufficient prenatal care?; barriers to the use of prenatal care; women's perceptions of barriers to prenatal care; improving the use of prenatal care programs; and, prenatal care outreach. The study includes a smmary of 31 prenatal care programs throughout the U.S.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (ix, 254 pages) : maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0585142866
9780585142869
0309038928
9780309038928