background and purpose: women with low (high) pre-pregnancy body mass index (bmi) recently delivered infants with approximately normal or close to normal birth weights under the high quality of prenatal care. this study estimated the effect of pre-pregnancy bmi when concerns about the effects of different quality levels of prenatal care and the health status of mothers and their infants existed...

This study aimed to assess the completeness of prenatal care information on the patients' prenatal care cards, according to coverage by various public health services: Family Health Strategy (FHS), Community-Based Health Workers' Program (CBHWP), and traditional Primary Care Units (PCU) in Greater Metropolitan Vitória, Espírito Santo State, Brazil. In a cross-sectional study, 1,006 prenatal car...

I Introduction II Populations targeted by public health genetics interventions III Ethical, legal, and social implications of public health genetic interventions III 1. Use of genetic information: confidentiality and discrimination III 2. DNA banks III 3. Prenatal diagnosis, assisted reproduction and embryo selection IV Examples of the role of public health in genetics IV 1. Folic acid and neur...

BACKGROUND The reasons why women do not obtain prenatal care even when it is available and accessible are complex. Despite Canada's universally funded health care system, use of prenatal care varies widely across neighborhoods in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with the highest rates of inadequate prenatal care found in eight inner-city neighborhoods. The purpose of this study was to identify barriers, mot...

Chronic stress contributes to preterm birth (PTB), through direct physiological mechanisms or behavioral pathways. This review identified interventions to prevent PTB through decreased maternal stress. Studies were grouped according to intervention: group prenatal care (11 studies), care coordination (8 studies), health insurance expansion (4 studies), expanded prenatal education/support in the...

This study analyzes the determinants of the use of prenatal care and child immunization in rural India relying primarily on the 1993/94 National Family Health Survey. The key question addressed is whether learning-by-doing is an important feature of the health care system. More specifically, are women who use prenatal care as a result more likely to immunize their children? We conclude that imp...

introduction: unwanted pregnancies are one of the major problems in developing countries. this research aimed to answer the question whether women with unwanted pregnancies seek the health care they need. methods: in this descriptive-analytical study, 270 pregnant women referring to shahroud hospitals to terminate their pregnancies were studied through the census method and were divided into tw...

Prenatal substance abuse continues to be a significant problem in this country and poses important health risks for the developing fetus. The primary care pediatrician's role in addressing prenatal substance exposure includes prevention, identification of exposure, recognition of medical issues for the exposed newborn infant, protection of the infant, and follow-up of the exposed infant. This r...

This article presents an analysis of prenatal care provided in a micro-regional health system in the State of Ceará, Brazil. The objectives were to analyze the population covered by the Family Health Program (FHP) teams; to evaluate data from the Basic Health Care Information System and the Live Birth Information System; and to establish a profile of medical and nursing services provided during...