BACKGROUND Studies on prenatal care in China have focused on the timing and frequency of prenatal care and relatively little information can be found on how maternal care has been organized and funded or on the actual content of the visits, especially in the less developed rural areas. This study explored maternal care in a rural county from Anhui province in terms of care organization, provisi...

Cesarean deliveries are widely used in many high- and middle-income countries. This overuse both increases costs and lowers quality of care and is thus a major concern in the healthcare industry. The study first examines the impact of prenatal care utilization on cesarean delivery rates. It then determines whether socioeconomic status affects the use of prenatal care and thereby influences the ...

abstract background: pregnancy is associated with many physiological changes, which in some cases may cause serious risks such as preeclampsia, and fetal and maternal health threats. recent research has focused on the relationship between metabolic syndrome and preeclampsia. by identifying appropriate indicators for early diagnosis, maternal–fetal complications can be prevented. the present stu...

تعمج تانايبلا . ةيجهنم ةعجارم تناك ةساردلا هذه :هقیرطلا و ةصالخا تاملكلا لامعتساو تانايبلا ةدعاق يف ثحبلا للاخ نم زجالحا " :یتلاا تناك ةصالخا تاملكلا .ثحبلا یف قمعتلا ريياعلما . " ةطبثلما لماوعلا " و "ءاسنلل ةدلاولا لبق ةياعرلا " لوصو" ٬" یف قمعتلا وةساردلا دعب .OR ،AND تناك ةيقطنلما لماوعلا تلااقم تددحو تضفر ةطبارتم ريغ تلااقم ، هفلتخلما تلااقلما تلااقلما رايتخلاا رايعم .تلااقلما لذل اصخلم اها...

BACKGROUND Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a group of disorders caused by prenatal alcohol exposure. From this group, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is the only disorder coded in the International Classification of Diseases, version 10 (ICD-10). This coding was used to gain an understanding on the health care utilization and the mortality rate for individuals diagnosed with FAS, as well...

2 occur in developing countries . Prenatal care that a woman recieves during pregnancy, labor and in the post partum period is vital for the survival of both the mother as well as the baby. In the developing countries, there is low utilization of both antenatal and intrapartum care and many pregnant patients present to the hospital only as a last resort, and thus the opportunity to detect women...

Background: Prenatal care plays an important role in the reduction of the maternal and infant mortality rates. This study was conducted in order to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of prenatal care among women in Rafsanjan. Materials and Methods:  This descriptive and cross-sectional study was done in the year 2000.  The KAP eas determined by interviewing 642 women during t...