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Showing 1 to 20 of 112 for “"Prenatal care"”.
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Identifying community specific barriers to prenatal care services
… this community when a woman attempts to access prenatal care. A concern for the well being of the children in the community and a belief in the importance of early intervention to enhance outcomes inspired the idea for this project.</p>
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Perceptions of Dental Hygienists' role on the prenatal care team
… hygienists’ perceptions of their role on the prenatal care team and perceptions of obstetricians towards the role of dental hygienists as part of the prenatal care team. Methods: Data was collected from an anonymous electronic Likert-style survey sent to obstetricians at Denver Health and …
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Determinants of Prenatal Care and Supplement Use: The Case of Honduras
Context: Literature suggests that prenatal care and prenatal supplement use improves pregnancy outcomes. However, we do not know the factors associated with prenatal care and supplement use in Honduras.Objective: To identify characteristics of Honduran women who are the least and most likely to use …
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Prenatal care utilization and its effect on pregnancy outcome in West Virginia
… of this study was to determine the impact of prenatal care utilization and maternal dietary intake on pregnancy outcome among West Virginia WIC participants. The sample size (102--155) used in this study varied, due to the number of subjects that provided complete information for specific …
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The Evolution of Prenatal Care in the United States : The Formative Years
<p>In the early decades of the twentieth century prenatal care became an accepted part of routine obstetrical care. This thesis is a description of the evolution of the prenatal care idea in the United States during these years. Two approaches are used in this description. An internal approach to …
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Proximity and Prenatal Care: Geographic Accessibility to Healthcare Facilities in N’Djamena, Chad
Access to prenatal care is critical for reducing maternal and neonatal mortality rates. Yet, accessibility to healthcare facilities remains an understudied challenge in many sub-Saharan African countries. This study examines the spatial accessibility to healthcare facilities in N’Djamena, Chad, …
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Weight Gain Counselling in Prenatal Care: Assessing and Improving Patient-Healthcare Provider Interactions
… body mass index. Objectives: Given that not all prenatal healthcare providers (HCPs) are aware of these guidelines nor discuss them with their patients, this thesis sought to examine counselling practices and evaluate a pilot knowledge translation tool for the improvement of such counselling. …
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Constrained Spaces of Prenatal Care: South Asian Immigrant Women in New York City
The aim of this research is to examine use of prenatal care by South Asian immigrant women in New York City, focusing not only on barriers to care but also women's reliance on multi-scalar, place-based social networks and resources. Recently, public health analysts have raised concern about low …
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Constrained spaces of prenatal care: South Asian immigrant women in New York City
… The aim of this research is to examine use of prenatal care by South Asian immigrant women in New York City, focusing not only on barriers to care but also women’s reliance on multi-scalar, place-based social networks and resources. Recently, public health analysts have raised concern about low …
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Prenatal care and pregnancy-related health beliefs among American Indians on Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
… from the American Indians and their health care providers on the Wind River Indian Reservation regarding their perceptions of pregnancy-related health beliefs. A second purpose was to examine the relationship between American Indian and health care provider perceptions about available …
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Clinical Practice in Prenatal Care: Perspectives of Latina Mothers, Healthcare Providers, and Scientists on Male Circumcision
… influenced circumcision decision-making during prenatal care: little is known about how neonatal male circumcision (MC) is understood at local clinics; about what patients and providers know regarding circumcision benefits; and the reasoning behind the choices made regarding MC among Latinos. …
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Enhancing the Patient-Provider Relationship in the Provision of Prenatal Care to Women with Low Income
Prenatal care is valuable for women who are at risk of poor birth outcomes due to psychosocial vulnerabilities, including poverty. It is, however, well established that women with low income receive less prenatal care than women of higher socioeconomic status. The patient-provider relationship is …
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Selected Cultural, Organizational, and Economic Factors Related to Prenatal Care Utilization by Middle-Income Hispanic Women (Indiana)
Studies on health care utilization by Hispanics, which have been conducted during the past three decades, show that Hispanics do not fully utilize health resources, particularly preventive services. This research tries to clarify the extent to which selected cultural, organizational, and economic …
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Patterns of delay and non-use of prenatal care services among underclass women: a social psychological analysis
… level of satisfaction, and their utilization of prenatal care services in the public assistance setting. One-hundred twenty-six women completed a battery of questionnaires during an initial clinic visit. Measures of patient datisfaction were completed after a minimum of four clinic visits. …
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Perceptions and Experiences of Prenatal Care Providers in Communicating about the HIV Test with Pregnant Latinas in South Carolina
… interviews, and document reviews) with prenatal care givers from seven sites that serve pregnant Latinas in five predominately rural counties in South Carolina.</p> <p>Results: Although significant progress has been made in providing cultural and language appropriate services to the …
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Availability Of & Access to Prenatal Care & The Effects On Maternal & Infant Mortality Rates: A Comparison of Central American Countries, Costa Rica & Guatemala
… despite these superficial parallels, access to prenatal care between the two countries is shockingly disparate. Costa Rican women have better access to prenatal care and both the maternal and infant mortality rates are comparable to more developed countries with significantly higher rates of …
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Gestational Diabetes: the Role of Prenatal Care On Excessive Fetal Growth Outcomes and Postpartum Screening For Diabetes Among South Carolina Women (2004-2007)
… health. This study examined aspects of both prenatal and postnatal care for women with GDM. Study one focused on examining the impact of prenatal care on LGA/Macrosomia outcomes by gestational diabetes status among a retrospective cohort of singleton live births to South Carolina women …
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