A comparison of international prenatal care guidelines for low-risk women to inform high-value care

Onm-13: Prenatal Care in High-Risk Pregnancies

Prenatal care is more than just health care in pregnancy. For the vast majority of women, pregnancy follows a routine course. Some women, however, have medical difficulties related to their health or the health of their baby. These women experience what is called a high-risk pregnancy. A pregnancy may be considered high-risk for a variety of reasons. Some of these include: diabetes, preeclampsi...

Organizing Prenatal Care and Identifying Risk Factors

هنگامی حاملگی پرخطر در نظر گرفته می شود که احتمال سرانجام بد برای مادر و نوزاد نسبت به زنان حامله عادی بیشتر باشد. اکثر حاملگی ها براساس این تعریف پرخطر نمی باشند.

Comparison of Pregnancy Self-Care, Perceived Social Support and Perceived Stress in Low-risk and High-risk Groups

Background & objectives: Although, pregnancy and delivery are natural processes in woman's life, they are stressful experiences with emotional, physical and social changes. Woman’s response to pregnancy is affected by a variety of factors, among which pregnancy age can be considered as the most important factor with significant effects on pregnancy and delivery processes. This study was conduct...

A systematic overview of the literature regarding group prenatal care for high-risk pregnant women

BACKGROUND Group prenatal care (GPC) models have been gaining popularity in recent years. Studies of high-risk groups have shown improved outcomes. Our objective was to review and summarize outcomes for women in GPC for women with specific high-risk conditions. METHODS A systematic literature review of Ovid, PubMed, and Google Scholar was performed to identify studies reporting the effects of...

Alternative models to provide maternity care for low-risk women