Title |
Comparing CenteringPregnancy® to standard prenatal care plus prenatal education
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Published in |
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, January 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2393-13-s1-s5 |
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Authors |
Ingunn Benediktsson, Sheila W McDonald, Monica Vekved, Deborah A McNeil, Siobhan M Dolan, Suzanne C Tough |
Abstract |
There is significant evidence to support the importance of prenatal care in preventing adverse outcomes such as preterm birth and low infant birth weight. Previous studies have indicated that the benefits of prenatal care are not evenly distributed throughout the social strata. In addition, emerging evidence suggests that among particular populations, rates of preterm birth are unchanged or increasing. This suggests that an alternate care model is necessary, one that seeks to addresses some of the myriad of social factors that also contribute to adverse birth outcomes. In previous studies, the group prenatal care model CenteringPregnancy® had been shown to reduce adverse birth outcomes, but to date, no comparison had been made with a model that included prenatal education. This study sought to investigate whether any significant difference remained within the comparison groups when both models accounted for social factors. |
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Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
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Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 5% |
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Psychology | 12 | 6% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 5% |
Other | 15 | 7% |
Unknown | 62 | 29% |