Background: Understanding the physiological and psycho-social effects of pregnancy through Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) will enable health care providers to identify and treat any adverse outcomes, and provide support to women seeking fertility treatments. The aim of this paper was to review studies describing prenatal care in pregnancy through ARTs. Methods: A systematic search o...

background: preterm birth is one of the most remarkable reasons for neonatal and infant mortality and morbidity across the world. this study aimed to determine risk factors of premature infants in the rural area of azadshahr city, iran. materials and methods: acase-control study was conducted on all premature and low birth neonates (less than 37 weeks and weight less than 2500 grams). data were...

background: low birth weight considered as an important indicator of health of each country and identifying of its causative factors is necessary. the aim of present study was to determine the relationship between the biological, psychological-cognitive and social - cultural characteristics of parents and infant’s birth weight in isfahan province. methods: in this study 910 recently delivered m...

. 12.00 background: prenatal care is a comprehensive antepartum care program involving a coordinated approach to medical care and psychosocial support that is optimally offered before conception. inadequate care during pregnancy can lead to undesirable outcomes, including preterm labor and low birth weight. one of these new, accurate, and comprehensive indicator measurements is adequacy of pren...

BACKGROUND The need to provide high quality prenatal care services, which take account of women's views and specifically address their need for information, support and communication, has been advocated and group prenatal care, had been suggested as one of the ways to achieve this objective. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of group versus individual prenatal care on satisfac...