Disparities and Barriers Encountered by Immigrant Dominican Mothers Accessing Prenatal Care Services in Puerto Rico

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 646-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. Colón-Burgos ◽  
H. M. Colón-Jordan ◽  
V. E. Reyes-Ortiz ◽  
H. A. Marin-Centeno ◽  
R. Rios-Mota
Birth ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Wendling ◽  
Valerie Taglione ◽  
Rachel Rezmer ◽  
Poe Lwin ◽  
Jessica Frost ◽  
...  
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1985 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 783-788 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. David Banta ◽  
Susanne Houd ◽  
Elbio Suarez Ojeda

Prenatal care is all of the care that a pregnant woman receives from organized health care services, as well as from family, relatives, and friends. It begins with planning for pregnancy, and should be seen by those who give it as part of a process that continues through labor and delivery and into the neonatal period. The primary aim of prenatal care is promotion of maternal and fetal health, viewed as a unit until the pregnancy reaches full term (3). This encompasses the goals of reducing maternal and infant mortality and morbidity, detecting early factors that heighten the perinatal risk in both individual pregnancies and vulnerable groups, intervening to improve outcomes, educating all who provide or receive prenatal care, and helping women make their pregnancies and birth a positive life experience.


2016 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 530
Author(s):  
Marcella Simões Timm ◽  
Lisie Alende Prates ◽  
Gabriela Oliveira ◽  
Luiza Cremonese ◽  
Andrêssa Batista Possati ◽  
...  

Aim:  to  know  the  meaning  of  humanization  in  prenatal  care for pregnant women. Method: Qualitative descriptive study, to be developed with pregnant women in prenatal care services linked to the Primary Care services of a city in Southern Brazil. For the production of data, the Almanac creativity and sensitivity technique will be used  associated  with  semi-structured  individual  interviews.  The  analysis  will  use  the operative proposal as reference. Expected results: to produce more knowledge about the subject  and  promote  discussions  and  reflections  that  allow  the qualification  of  prenatal care,  as  well  as  to  provide  support  for  health  professionals  and  make  them  agents  of change in the reality of prenatal care services humanization.


Author(s):  
Rachael Miranda dos Santos ◽  
Aparecida Helena de Souza ◽  
Kelly Dos Santos Silva ◽  
Karla Dala Paula Torres ◽  
Selma Petra Chaves de Sá

A gravidez e o parto são eventos fisiológicos na vida das mulheres. No entanto, trazem repercussões físicas e emocionais, que requerem cuidados a mulher e sua família por parte dos profissionais de saúde responsáveis pela assistência pré-natal. Diante desse contexto esse estudo tem como objetivos: realizar um levantamento bibliográfico sobre humanização da atenção ao pré-natal e puerpério na rede de atenção primária; Identificar as tecnologias do cuidado voltadas à humanização da atenção ao pré-natal e puerpério utilizadas pelos profissionais da atenção básica; e Verificar a presença de citações da recente Rede Cegonha nos estudos levantados. Realizou-se uma revisão de literatura, contudo 12 fizeram parte da amostra. Concluiu-se que embora existam estudos que abordem a humanização, são necessários mais estudos que explorem as práticas efetivas realizadas no pré-natal na atenção básica, ou seja, as tecnologias, utilizadas para humanizar a assistência.Descritores: Humanização, Tecnologias, Pré-natal. Care Technologies and Humanization of prenatal care in primary carePregnancy and childbirth are physiological events in women's lives. However, bring physical and emotional repercussions that require care to women and their families by the health professionals responsible for prenatal care. In this context this study aims to: Conduct a bibliographic review on humanization of pre-natal and postpartum in primary care services; Identify technologies of care aimed at the humanization of pre-natal and postpartum used by primary care professionals, and verify the presence of citations from the recent “Rede Cegonha” on raised studies. We conducted a literature review, however 12 were part of the sample. It was concluded that although there are studies that address the humanization, more studies are needed to explore the actual practices undertaken during prenatal primary care, ie the technologies used to humanize care.Descriptors: Humanization, Technologies, Prenatal. Tecnologías para el cuidado y la humanización de la atención prenatal en la atención primariaResumen: El embarazo y el parto son acontecimientos fisiológicos en la vida de las mujeres. Sin embargo, traen repercusiones físicas y emocionales que requieren atención a las mujeres y sus familias, y de los profesionales de la salud encargados de la atención prenatal. En este contexto, este estudio tiene como objetivo: llevar a cabo una investigación bibliográfica acerca de la humanización del prenatal y posparto en la red de atención primaria; identificación de las tecnologías del cuidado con enfoque en la atención al prenatal y puerperio utilizados por los profesionales de atención primaria; y además comprobar la citación de la reciente Red Cigüeña en los estudios planteados. Se realizó una revisión de la literatura, sin embargo, 12 formaban parte de la muestra. Se concluyó que, aunque hay estudios que abordan la humanización, se necesitan más estudios para explorar las prácticas reales llevadas a cabo en la atención prenatal en la atención primaria, es decir, las tecnologías utilizadas para humanizar la asistencia.Descriptores: Humanización, Tecnología, Prenatal.


2000 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Louise Ivanov ◽  
Victoria L. Champion

Patient satisfaction with health services is used as a measure of the quality of patient care received. The emphasis on accountability and patient as consumer has contributed to the growing interest in studying patient satisfaction. Patient satisfaction with prenatal care services has not been extensively studied including instrumentation to develop a satisfaction scale. The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable and valid scale to measure satisfaction with prenatal care services in St. Petersburg, Russia, using the 6 satisfaction dimensions in Aday and Andersen’s Theoretical Framework (1974). It was conducted under the auspices of the World Health Organization, Healthy Cities Project. Although the study was conducted internationally, it provides a basis for further testing of reliability and validity in the United States. A convenience sample of 397 women with uncomplicated pregnancies and normal deliveries was studied (86% response rate). Content, construct, and predictive validity, and reliability testing using Cronbach’s alpha was conducted. The scale was found to be an adequate and theoretically sound measure of satisfaction with prenatal care services in Russia. However, rather than the 6 hypothesized satisfaction dimensions, Russian women identified 2 satisfaction subscales or measures for quality of prenatal care received. One was, as hypothesized, convenience, and the other was the doctor’s behavior.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 158-173
Author(s):  
Lela Shengelia ◽  
Milena Pavlova ◽  
Wim Groot

Since 1991, the health system of the Republic of Georgia has passed through several phases of reform. Privatization and marketization of the healthcare system are among the major reforms. The aim of this study was to analyze the changes in the utilization of, and access to maternal care services during the period 1999–2010. Secondary analysis was done using data from three national reproductive health surveys (RHS). From three RHSs we selected 7,684 women who experienced childbirth/s during 5-years prior to each survey. We analyzed data on pregnancy outcome, type of childbirth, access and utilization of prenatal, natal and immediate postnatal care, and looked at associations with maternal age, ethnicity, educational level, employment status, residence, religion, and economic status. Binary and multinomial regressions were the main statistical models used along with descriptive statistics. We found that the overall utilization of prenatal care services was quite high; in the first wave, it was 92.1% then increased to 95.1% and 98.1% in the second wave and in the third wave respectively. However, utilization of postnatal services was quite low. According to RHS 1999–2000 only 10.7% of mothers utilized postnatal services, which increased to 23.3% in 2010. Women of age group 30–34 were more likely not to use prenatal care services than the other age groups. Rural dwellers, women with lower education level, and women with lower income were less likely to utilize prenatal check-ups. According to the findings from the survey, there were improvements in access to prenatal and natal care as well as utilization of maternal care services over the years. Overall, the use of maternal care has improved during the reforms.


2012 ◽  
Vol 206 (1) ◽  
pp. S299-S300
Author(s):  
Caroline Kelly ◽  
Brittany A. Verhelst ◽  
Sarah E. Gearhart ◽  
Joanna E. Adamczak ◽  
Sindhu K. Srinivas

1999 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 372-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Louise Ivanov ◽  
Beverly C. Flynn
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