this is a field study, done with the purpose of detecting awareness rate of midwifery students about the prenatal, intrapartal, post partal care of women suffering from aids in the nursing and midwifery faculties in medical university science ministry of heath and medical teaching in tehran city (iran, 1993).   in this research multi stage random sampling method was used, and 124 of third and f...

In recent years increasing stress lias been laid by speakers and writers 011 the importance of ante-natal care in the preventive aspect of obstetrics, and it has come to be believed that by such means the great majority of obstetric emergencies can be avoided. That this is not fact has been the cause of many discussions on such subjects as " Why are we dissatisfied with the results of ante-nata...

Pregnant women living in urban slums are a vulnerable group having limited access to urban healthcare facilities. Slums in the same city may differ from each other in their characteristics and health indicators. Hazardous maternal health practices are also common in the slums. Barriers to avail of healthcare services are well documented. This cross-sectional study was carried out in two urban s...

BACKGROUND Post-natal depression is a common condition that can result in distress for the mother and deleterious effects on the development of the infant. AIMS To estimate the economic costs of post-natal depression in a geographically defined cohort of women at high risk of developing the condition. METHOD Unit costs were applied to estimates of health and social care resource use made by...

OBJECTIVES to evaluate the quality of the pre-natal care delivered in primary care, comparing the traditional model and the Family Health Strategy. METHOD a service evaluation study, grounded in the public health policies. The data was obtained from interviews with managers, observation in the health centers, and analysis of patient records of pregnant women, selected at random. Differences i...

The paper evaluates an Indian maternal conditional cash transfer scheme. Launched in 2005, the program gives women cash transfers for receiving maternal and child health care services. This paper uses data from India’s District Level Household Survey to evaluate the program’s impact. Results indicate that the program had a limited overall effect: relative to the broader population, the targeted...

BACKGROUND Although ante natal care and institutional delivery is effective means for reducing maternal morbidity and mortality, the probability of giving birth at health institutions among ante natal care attendants has not been modeled in Ethiopia. Therefore, the objective of this study was to model predictors of giving birth at health institutions among expectant mothers following antenatal ...

A transversal study was carried out to verify the importance of dialogue and of listening in the care provided to pregnant women, participants of the pre-natal program in four basic Health Units: two of them, using a traditional model and two using the Family Health Program (PSF) model, located at the Subprefeitura (administrative region) of Capela do Socorro, Sao Paulo. The objective was to id...

The increasing rates of maternal morbidity and mortality has reached an alarming situation despite numerous antenatal care attendances by the pregnant mothers before end their pregnancy period. This tragedy posed questions on authenticity quality ante-natal services provided to at various primary health facilities in LGA. Earlier, Ante Natal Care flow declined due poor access, attitude provider...