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Birth Alternatives: How Women Select Childbirth Care (Chap. 3 "In the Beginning: Prenatal Care") » Read Now
by Sandra Howell-White. 170 pgs.

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A woman's childbirth care choices have a profound effect on her pregnancy and childbirth experience. Today, some pregnant women have three different options to choose from: obstetrical care and a hospital birth, a midwife-assisted birth in a hospital, and a midwife-assisted birth at an...
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A woman's childbirth care choices have a profound effect on her pregnancy and childbirth experience. Today, some pregnant women have three different options to choose from: obstetrical care and a hospital birth, a midwife-assisted birth in a hospital, and a midwife-assisted birth at an out-of-hospital birthing center. By using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, this volume examines how and why 200 women made their choices, how satisfied they were with the care they received, and the impact of their choices on the availability of options in the future. Although most women in the U.S. still choose an obstetrician and a hospital setting, the number of women who choose to be assisted by a Certified Nurse Midwife is growing with the result that this profession is acquiring new strength and jurisdiction over childbirth care.
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Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting: Findings from a Racially Diverse Sample (Chap. 2 "Prenatal Care and Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes") » Read Now
by Patricia L. East, Marianne E. Felice. 155 pgs.

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...Chapters 12 2 Prenatal Care and Maternal and Infant Health...following five domains: adolescent prenatal care and postpartum maternal and infant...factors related to...
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Health and Medical Care of African-Americans ("Prenatal Care" begins on p. 22) » Read Now
by Wornie L. Reed, William Darity Sr., Noma L. Roberson, William L. Monroe, Wornie L. Reed. 162 pgs.

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Reed and his colleagues consider the health status of African-Americans and the medical care available to them. In their study, they clearly link the economic condition of black Americans to the care they receive. Indeed, the disadvantaged position in which most African-Americans are locked...
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Reed and his colleagues consider the health status of African-Americans and the medical care available to them. In their study, they clearly link the economic condition of black Americans to the care they receive. Indeed, the disadvantaged position in which most African-Americans are locked correlates to their level of illness and medical care deprivation. Drawing attention to the high percentage of adverse birth outcomes, increasing cancer rates, homicide trends and the special problem of Sickle Cell Anemia, the authors call for social and economic policy changes that will result in an adequate level of care. This important research brings new attention to not only the often noted issues of AIDS and substance abuse but to the "invisible epidemic," lead poisoning. The book is a call to national conscience.
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Pregnancy for Older Women: Assessing the Medical Risks (Discussion of prenatal care begins on p. 124) » Read Now
by Phyllis Kernoff Mansfield. 224 pgs.

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Preface Medical Risks and Medical Beliefs Assessing the Medical Literature Important Issues for Older Women: Down's Syndrome, Infertility and More The Circumstances Surrounding Later-Life Pregnancy Past and Present Pregnancy for Older Women Appendixes: Studies of Advanced Maternal Age and Eight...
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Preface Medical Risks and Medical Beliefs Assessing the Medical Literature Important Issues for Older Women: Down's Syndrome, Infertility and More The Circumstances Surrounding Later-Life Pregnancy Past and Present Pregnancy for Older Women Appendixes: Studies of Advanced Maternal Age and Eight Pregnancy Outcomes, United States, 1917-January 1983; Percentage of Studies Falling into Each Rating Category According to Pregnancy Outcomes Studied and Findings Concerning the Effects of Advanced Maternal Age; Selected Medical Views Concerning Pregnancy at Advanced Maternal Age; Incidence of Down's Syndrome by Mother's Age: Four Samples; Selected Etiological Studies of Down's Syndrome References Index
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When the Bough Breaks: The Cost of Neglecting Our Children (Discussion of prenatal care begins on p. 169) » Read Now
by Sylvia Ann Hewlett. 337 pgs.

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...getting into the business of prenatal care. The catalyst was a tiny baby...infants and children through better prenatal care and early childhood education...school...
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Birthweight Productivity of Prenatal Care, in Southern Economic Journal » Read Now
by Geoffrey Warner. 18 pgs.

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...Birthweight productivity of prenatal care. by Geoffrey Warner...interaction term into the measure of prenatal care and including measures of maternal...obtain consistent...
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Nonuse of Prenatal Care: Implications for Social Work Involvement, in Health and Social Work » Read Now
by Bonnie C. Bedics. 9 pgs.

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...Nonuse of prenatal care: implications for social work involvement...qualitative study of reasons for nonuse of prenatal care was conducted over a 10-month...
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The Role of Perceived Stress on Prenatal Care Utilization: Implications for Social Work Practice, in Health and Social Work » Read Now
by Marjorie R. Sable, Deborah Schild Wilkinson. 9 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...The role of perceived stress on prenatal care utilization: implications for...documented the positive effect of prenatal care on birth outcome (Institute of...who receive...
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Recipient and Provider Perspectives of Barriers to Rural Prenatal Care, in Journal of Community Health Nursing » Read Now
by Mildred A. Omar, Patricia Bauer. 13 pgs.

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...Perspectives of Barriers to Rural Prenatal Care Mildred A. Omar, PhD, RNC...Honor, Michigan Barriers to prenatal care have been linked to inappropriate...This study...
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Prenatal Care for Low-Income Women and the Health Belief Model: A New Beginning, in Journal of Community Health Nursing » Read Now
by Anne E. Stout. 12 pgs.

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...Prenatal Care for Low-Income Women and the Health Belief...Niebyl, 1990). These women tend to use prenatal care less often, perceive more barriers to...of the problem of...
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The Influence of Proximity of Prenatal Services on Small-for-Gestational-Age Birth, in Journal of Community Health » Read Now
by Katherine E. Heck, Kenneth C. Schoendorf, Gilberto F. Chavez. 17 pgs.

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...poor weight gain, late or no prenatal care, and pre-eclampsia, are also associated...importance of prenatal services, both prenatal care and services such as the...
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New Approaches to Human Reproduction: Social and Ethical Dimensions (Chap. 3 "Ethical Issues in the Delivery of Quality Care to Pregnant Indigent Women") » Read Now
by Linda M. Whiteford, Marilyn L. Poland. 224 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...infertility, the inability to obtain prenatal care or to choose a birth method, and...data on sociocultural barriers to prenatal care experienced by indigent women...social...
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Prenatal Testing: A Sociological Perspective » Read Now
by Aliza Kolker, B. Meredith Burke, Arthur L. Caplan. 250 pgs.

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Testing for genetic abnormalities has transformed pregnancy and motherhood, and the recent discoveries by the Human Genome Project affect us all. In this updated version of their important book with its new Afterword, the authors have incorporated the most recent prenatal testing information. Using...
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Testing for genetic abnormalities has transformed pregnancy and motherhood, and the recent discoveries by the Human Genome Project affect us all. In this updated version of their important book with its new Afterword, the authors have incorporated the most recent prenatal testing information. Using their own research, the authors analyze the psycho-social and ethical implications of genetic testing. Among the issues discussed in the new Afterword are the spread of prenatal testing, the changing meanings of pregnancy, and the perils and promises of the Human Genome Project.
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Infant Mortality: A Reflection of the Quality of Health, in Health and Social Work » Read Now
by Candyce S. Berger. 6 pgs.

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...the assessment and delivery of prenatal care is needed, particularly for women...need for services early in the prenatal care process. Assessment needs to be...Access to...
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Mother and Fetus: Changing Notions of Maternal Responsibility (Chap. 2 "The Fetus in the Womb") » Read Now
by Robert H. Blank. 208 pgs.

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No single area of medicine promises more acrimonious and intense debate in the coming decades than the implications of new medical technologies on the maternal-fetal relationships. This is the only book to combine comprehensive coverage of the legal and social issues raised as a result of both...
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No single area of medicine promises more acrimonious and intense debate in the coming decades than the implications of new medical technologies on the maternal-fetal relationships. This is the only book to combine comprehensive coverage of the legal and social issues raised as a result of both emerging technologies for fetal intervention and increasing knowledge of fetal development. It examines such issues as the effects of maternal behavior on the fetus's health, hazards in the workplace, teenage pregnancy, and the use of therapeutic and diagnostic techniques. The volume also summarizes the legal/political context of policies regarding the mother's responsibility for the welfare of the fetus and describes the current status of these issues in public law.
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