Prenatal care [[electronic resource] ] : reaching mothers, reaching infants / / Sarah S. Brown, editor ; Committee to Study Outreach for Prenatal Care, Division of Health Promotion and Diseases Prevention, Institute of Medicine |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1988 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.1/982 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BrownSarah S |
Soggetto topico |
Prenatal care
Women's health services |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-21467-8
9786610214679 0-309-54289-8 0-585-14286-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455417003321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1988 | ||
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Prenatal care : reaching mothers, reaching infants / / Sarah S. Brown, editor ; Committee to Study Outreach for Prenatal Care, Division of Health Promotion and Diseases Prevention, Institute of Medicine |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1988 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 pages) |
Disciplina | 362.1/982 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BrownSarah S |
Soggetto topico |
Prenatal care
Women's health services |
ISBN |
1-280-21467-8
9786610214679 0-309-54289-8 0-585-14286-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778707203321 |
Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1988 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Prenatal care : reaching mothers, reaching infants / / Sarah S. Brown, editor ; Committee to Study Outreach for Prenatal Care, Division of Health Promotion and Diseases Prevention, Institute of Medicine |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1988 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 pages) |
Disciplina | 362.1/982 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BrownSarah S |
Soggetto topico |
Prenatal care
Women's health services |
ISBN |
1-280-21467-8
9786610214679 0-309-54289-8 0-585-14286-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Prenatal Care -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- STUDY FOCUS -- DEMOGRAPHIC RISK FACTORS -- Minority Status -- Age -- Education -- Birth order -- Marital status -- Income -- Geographic location -- BARRIERS TO THE USE OF PRENATAL CARE -- Financial Barriers -- Inadequate System Capacity -- Organization, Practices, and Atmosphere of Prenatal Services -- Cultural and Personal Barriers -- BARRIERS TO CARE: WOMEN'S AND PROVIDERS' PERSPECTIVES -- MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS -- IMPROVING THE USE OF PRENATAL CARE: PROGRAM EXPERIENCE -- Program Implementation and Evaluation -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS -- Introduction -- STUDY FOCUS -- STUDY METHOD -- ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- THE VALUE OF PRENATAL CARE: AN UNDERLYING ASSUMPTION -- REFERENCES AND NOTES -- Chapter 1 Who Obtains Insufficient Prenatal Care? -- TERMINOLOGY AND MEASURES -- CURRENT PATTERNS OF USE -- Racial and Ethnic Subgroups -- Age -- Education -- Birth Order -- Marital Status -- Income -- RELATIONSHIPS AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC RISK FACTORS -- GEOGRAPHIC POCKETS OF NEED -- TRENDS IN THE USE OF PRENATAL CARE -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES AND NOTES -- Chapter 2 Barriers to the Use of Prenatal Care -- FINANCIAL BARRIERS -- Private Insurance -- Eligibility for Coverage -- Scope and Depth of Coverage -- Patient Cost-Sharing -- Medicaid -- Uninsured Women -- INADEQUATE SYSTEM CAPACITY -- Services in Organized Settings -- Maternity Care Providers -- Malpractice -- ORGANIZATION, PRACTICES, AND ATMOSPHERE OF PRENATAL SERVICES -- Links Among Services -- Medicaid Application Procedures -- Classic Barriers to Access -- CULTURAL AND PERSONAL BARRIERS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES AND NOTES -- Chapter 3 Women's Perceptions of Barriers to Care -- SELECTION AND SYNTHESIS OF STUDIES -- Studies of Women with Insufficient Prenatal Care.
Studies of Women with No Prenatal Care -- Studies of Adolescents -- Limitations -- PROVIDER PERSPECTIVES -- MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 Improving the Use of Prenatal Care: Program Experience -- SELECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF PROGRAMS -- THE PROGRAMS STUDIED -- Programs That Reduce Financial Barriers -- Programs That Increase System Capacity -- Programs That Improve Institutional Practices -- Programs That Conduct Casefinding -- Programs That Provide Social Support -- OBSERVATIONS ON PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS -- PROGRAM DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT -- COMMON DIFFICULTIES IN PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE -- Finding Financial and Community Support -- Recruiting and Keeping Personnel -- Dealing with Bureaucracies -- Planning and Sustaining Programs -- Other Problems -- PROGRAM EVALUATION -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES AND NOTES -- Chapter 5 Conclusions and Recommendations -- REVISING THE NATION'S MATERNITY CARE SYSTEM: A LONG-TERM GOAL -- DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE, MULTIFACTED PROGRAM: A SHORT-TERM GOAL -- FINANCIAL BARRIERS -- INADEQUATE SYSTEM CAPACITY -- INSTITUTIONAL ORGANIZATION, PRACTICES, AND ATMOSPHERE -- PUBLIC INFORMATION AND EDUCATION -- THE ROLE OF OUTREACH: A GENERAL FRAMEWORK -- CASEFINDING -- SOCIAL SUPPORT -- MANAGEMENT AND EVALUATION -- RESEARCH -- A NOTE TO FUNDERS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES AND NOTES -- Appendix A Summaries of the 31 Programs Studied -- TYPE 1: PROGRAMS TO REDUCE FINANCIAL BARRIERS -- Healthy Start Program-Massachusetts -- Prenatal-Postpartum Care Program-Michigan -- TYPE 2: PROGRAMS TO INCREASE SYSTEM CAPACITY -- Obstetrical Access Pilot Project-California -- Perinatal Program-Lea County, New Mexico -- Prenatal Care Assistance Program-New York State -- Prevention of Low Birthweight Program-Onondaga County, New York -- TYPE 3: PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICES. Maternity and Infant Care Projects-Ohio and North Carolina -- Improved Pregnancy Outcome Project-Two Counties in North Carolina -- Improved Child Health Project-Two Areas of Mississippi -- Child Survival Project, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center-New York City -- Development of a Perinatal System in Shelby County, Tennessee -- TYPE 4: PROGRAMS THAT CONDUCT CASEFINDING -- Central Harlem Outreach Program-New York City -- Community Health Advocacy Program-New York City -- The Better Babies Project-Washington, D.C. -- The Maternity and Infant Outreach Project-Hartford, Connecticut -- Pregnancy Healthline-New York City -- The 961-BABY Telephone Information and Referral Service-Detroit, Michigan -- Concern for Health Options: Information, Care and Education (CHOICE)-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- The Free Pregnancy Testing and Prenatal Care Advocate Program-Tulsa, Oklahoma -- The Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)-Six Studies -- Baby Showers-Seven Counties in Michigan -- TYPE 5: PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SOCIAL SUPPORT -- Resource Mothers-Three Counties in South Carolina -- Comprehensive Service Programs for Pregnant Adolescents-A Summary of Six Programs -- Improving Institutional Arrangements -- Casefinding -- Social Support -- Evaluation -- The Prenatal and Infancy Home Visiting Program-Elmira, New York -- The Grannies Program-Bibb County, Georgia -- REFERENCES AND NOTES -- Appendix B Prenatal Care Outreach: An International Perspective -- STUDY COUNTRIES -- ADEQUACY OF DATA -- CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDY COUNTRIES -- Demographics -- Teenage Childbearing -- Household Income -- National Finances -- Health Care Financing and Delivery -- MATERNITY-RELATED SERVICES -- Public Clinics -- Number of Prenatal Visits -- Home Visiting -- Incentives to Participate in Prenatal Care -- Home Deliveries -- Hospital Deliveries. Continuity of Care -- MATERNITY-RELATED BENEFITS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Appendix C The Medical Malpractice Crisis and Poor Women -- CAUSES OF THE INCREASE IN MALPRACTICE INSURANCE COSTS -- Medical Advances and the Demise of the Locality Rule -- Large Awards -- Substandard Physicians -- Contingency Fees -- Insurance Companies -- Underfinancing of Maternity Care -- RESPONSE BY PROVIDERS OF OBSTETRICAL CARE -- Cessation of Obstetrical Practice -- Impact on Providers of Maternity Care to the Poor -- Rejection of High-Risk Women -- Rejection of Underfinanced Women -- STATE RESPONSES -- CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES AND NOTES -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812221403321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1988 | ||
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Summary [[electronic resource] /] / Committee to Study the Prevention of Low Birthweight, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1985 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (43 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.1/982 |
Collana | Preventing low birthweight |
Soggetto topico |
Birth weight, Low - United States
Premature infants - United States - Growth Prenatal care - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-22230-1
9786610222308 0-309-58149-4 0-585-14488-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455990303321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1985 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Summary [[electronic resource] /] / Committee to Study the Prevention of Low Birthweight, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1985 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (43 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.1/982 |
Collana | Preventing low birthweight |
Soggetto topico |
Birth weight, Low - United States
Premature infants - United States - Growth Prenatal care - United States |
ISBN |
1-280-22230-1
9786610222308 0-309-58149-4 0-585-14488-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778608203321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1985 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Summary / / Committee to Study the Prevention of Low Birthweight, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1985 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (43 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.1/982 |
Collana | Preventing low birthweight |
Soggetto topico |
Birth weight, Low - United States
Premature infants - United States - Growth Prenatal care - United States |
ISBN |
1-280-22230-1
9786610222308 0-309-58149-4 0-585-14488-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preventing Low Birthweight -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Low Birthweight Problem -- CURRENT TRENDS -- LOW BIRTHWEIGHT AND MORBIDITY. -- Decreasing Mortality: The Effect on Morbidity -- Causes of Low Birthweight -- RISK FACTORS -- Demographic Risks -- Medical and Obstetric Risks -- Nutrition. -- BEHAVIORAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS -- Iatrogenic Risks -- Evolving Concepts of Risk -- RISK ASSESSMENT -- RESEARCH -- Opportunities for Prevention. -- Planning for Pregnancy -- PREPREGNANCY RISK IDENTIFICATION AND REDUCTION -- ENLARGING THE CONTENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION -- THE ROLE OF FAMILY PLANNING -- Unmet Need for Family Planning -- The Impact of Prenatal Care -- PRENATAL CARE STUDIES -- EFFECT OF PRENATAL CARE ON HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES -- Ensuring Access to Prenatal Care -- DEFINING THE PROBLEM -- FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS -- Maternity Care Providers. -- Insufficient Prenatal Care Services -- Women's Experiences, Attitudes, and Beliefs -- Transportation and Child Care -- Increasing the Capacity for Outreach -- A SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTABILITY -- Government Actions. -- System Development -- Improving the Content of Prenatal Care -- REVISIONS IN CARE FOR ALL PREGNANT WOMEN -- PRENATAL CARE FOR WOMEN AT HIGH RISK OF PRETERM DELIVERY -- PRENATAL CARE FOR WOMEN AT HIGH RISK OF INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION -- PROGRAMS COMPLEMENTARY TO PRENATAL CARE. -- Smoking Reduction -- Nutritional Intervention: WIC -- Stress and Fatigue Reduction -- ENCOURAGING CHANGE IN PRENATAL CARE -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- Current Prenatal Care. -- Individual Components of Care -- Combinations of Interventions -- A Public Information Program -- PUBLIC AWARENESS -- AN INFORMATION CAMPAIGN -- References. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825655603321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1985 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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