The mean birthweight of 373 fullterm, singleton infants born to those women who had been attending antenatal clinics was recorded. The results were compared with the findings from another group of 373 infants born to women who did not receive any antenatal care but who were properly matched with those in the 1st group according to age, parity, height, previous obstetric history, socioeconomic ...

OBJECTIVE To identify determinants of utilisation for antenatal care (ANC) and skilled attendance at birth after a substantial reduction in user fees. METHODS The study was conducted in the Nouna Health District in north-western Burkina Faso in early 2009. Data was collected by means of a representative survey on a sample of 435 women who reported a pregnancy in the prior 12 months. Two indep...

Reducing the prevalence of smoking in pregnancy is a priority target for health care. We administered a semi-structured questionnaire to mothers in an inner city general practice who were given brief anti-smoking advice during routine antenatal care. Of a cohort of 113 mothers, 52(46%) reported smoking at the start of pregnancy. Six(12%) of these 52 smokers reported no change in smoking habit d...

THE QUALITY OF PRENATAL CARE FROM PERSPECTIVE SERVICE RECIPIENTS USING SERVQUAL PATTERN DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN SANANDAJ COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTERS

Prenatal Care is an educational booklet written by Mary Mills West of the US Children?s Bureau and published by the US Government Printing Office in 1913. The Bureau distributed West?s booklets in response to their field studies on infant mortality, which found that lack of access to accurate health and hygiene information put women and infants at greater than normal risk of death or disease. I...

Many elements of routine prenatal care are based on tradition and lack a firm evidence base; however, some elements are supported by more rigorous studies. Correct dating of the pregnancy is critical to prevent unnecessary inductions and to allow for accurate treatment of preterm labor. Physicians should recommend folic acid supplementation to all women as early as possible, preferably before c...

The rapid increase in Latinos in South Carolina that has occurred within the past 15 years is associated with both in-migration and high birth rates. Limited ethnic-specific data and communication barriers between Latinas with limited English proficiency have contributed to difficulties in assessing the provision of recommended routine prenatal HIV screening among this vulnerable population. Th...

OBJECTIVE to determine the risk factors for premature birth. METHODS retrospective case-control study of 600 pregnant women assisted in a hospital, with 298 pregnant women in the case group (who gave birth prematurely <37 weeks) and 302 pregnant women who gave birth to a full-term newborn in the control group. Stata software version 12.2 was used. The Chi-square test was used in bivariate ana...