Estimating the Effect of Prenatal Care on Birth Outcomes

2018 ◽  
pp. 127-133
Author(s):  
Emiliano Sironi ◽  
Massimo Cannas ◽  
Francesco Mola
Keyword(s):  
Prenatal Care ◽  
Birth Outcomes

Does increasing access to prenatal care reduce racial disparities in birth outcomes?

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 96-102
Author(s):  
Holly Thurston ◽  
Bronwyn E. Fields ◽  
Jamie White
Keyword(s):  
Prenatal Care ◽  
Racial Disparities ◽  
Birth Outcomes

The Effects of Prenatal Care on Birth Outcomes: Reconciling a Messy Literature

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hope Corman ◽  
Dhaval Dave ◽  
Nancy E. Reichman
Keyword(s):  
Prenatal Care ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Birth Outcomes ◽  
Low Birthweight ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
The United States ◽  
Long Term Effects

Prenatal care, one of the most frequently used forms of healthcare in the United States, involves a series of encounters during the gestational period, educates women about pregnancy, monitors existing medical conditions, tests for gestational health conditions, and refers expectant mothers to services such as support groups and social services. However, an increasingly methodologically rigorous literature suggests that the effects of prenatal care timing and quantity on birth outcomes, particularly low birthweight, are modest at the population level. A review and synthesis of the literature suggests that the questions typically being asked may be too narrow and that more attention should be paid to the characterization of infant health, characterization of the content and quality of prenatal care, potential heterogeneous effects, potential indirect effects on health behaviors that may benefit offspring, potential long-term effects, potential spillover effects (i.e., on mothers and their subsequent children), effects of preconceptional and lifetime care, and intergenerational effects.

scholarly journals Variations by Education Status in Relationships Between Alcohol/Pregnancy Policies and Birth Outcomes and Prenatal Care Utilization

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. S71-S83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah C. M. Roberts ◽  
Amy A. Mericle ◽  
Meenakshi S. Subbaraman ◽  
Sue Thomas ◽  
William Kerr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prenatal Care ◽  
Birth Outcomes ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Prenatal Care Utilization ◽  
Education Status

Effects of a Multi-site Expansion of Group Prenatal Care on Birth Outcomes

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 1424-1433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy H. Crockett ◽  
Emily C. Heberlein ◽  
Jessica C. Smith ◽  
Pelin Ozluk ◽  
Sarah Covington-Kolb ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prenatal Care ◽  
Birth Outcomes ◽  
Group Prenatal Care

Population Changes, Racial/Ethnic Disparities, and Birth Outcomes in Louisiana After Hurricane Katrina

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (S1) ◽  
pp. S39-S45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily W. Harville ◽  
Tri Tran ◽  
Xu Xiong ◽  
Pierre Buekens
Keyword(s):  
Preterm Birth ◽  
Prenatal Care ◽  
Cesarean Section ◽  
Racial Disparities ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
Birth Outcomes ◽  
The State ◽  
Obstetric Outcomes ◽  
Population Changes ◽  
Inadequate Prenatal Care

ABSTRACTObjective: To examine how the demographic and other population changes affected birth and obstetric outcomes in Louisiana, and the effect of the hurricane on racial disparities in these outcomes.Methods: Vital statistics data were used to compare the incidence of low birth weight (LBW) (<2500 g), preterm birth (PTB) (37 weeks' gestation), cesarean section, and inadequate prenatal care (as measured by the Kotelchuck index), in the 2 years after Katrina compared to the 2 years before, for the state as a whole, region 1 (the area around New Orleans), and Orleans Parish (New Orleans). Logistic models were used to adjust for covariates.Results: After adjustment, rates of LBW rose for the state, but preterm birth did not. In region 1 and Orleans Parish, rates of LBW and PTB remained constant or fell. These patterns were all strongest in African American women. Rates of cesarean section and inadequate prenatal care rose. Racial disparities in birth outcomes remained constant or were reduced.Conclusions: Although risk of LBW/PTB remained higher in African Americans, the storm does not appear to have exacerbated health disparities, nor did population shifts explain the changes in birth and obstetric outcomes.(Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2010;4:S39-S45)

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