| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 349 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Prenatal care and complications of pregnancy. Effect of prenatal care upon medical conditions in pregnancy / Phillip G. Stubblefield -- Health behaviors during pregnancy : risks and interventions / Lisa L. Paine, Lisa M. Garceau -- part 2. Preventing prematurity. Causes of prematurity / David A. Savitz, Lisa M. Pastore -- Interventions to prevent prematurity / Robert L. Goldenberg, Dwight J. Rouse -- Long-term outcomes of prematurity / Marie C. McCormick -- part 3. New findings and long-term evidence on intrauterine growth restriction. Causes of intrauterine growth restriction / Kathleen Maher Rasmussen -- Impact of prenatal care on intrauterine growth restriction / Linda J. Heffner -- Short- and long-term outcomes of intrauterine growth restriction / Kathleen G. Nelson -- part 4. Preventing and treating birth defects. Prevalence and etiology of birth defects / Joan M. Stoler -- Developing fetal diagnostic technologies / Richard C. Parad -- Options following the diagnosis of a fetal anomaly / Mark I. Evans, Yuval Yaron, Ralph L. Kramer, Mark P. Johnson -- part 5. Prenatal care as an integral component of women's health care. Opportunities for improving maternal and infant health through prenatal oral health care / James J. Crall -- Family planning : need and opportunities / Lorraine V. Klerman -- Maternal-fetal conflict is not a useful construct / Wendy Chavkin, Peter Bernstein -- Linking prenatal care with women's health care / Paul H. Wise, Marisa Brett -- A European perspective on prenatal care : an integrated system / Jacques Milliez -- Epilogue. A commentary on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of prenatal care / Joanna E. Siegel, Marie C. McCormick. |
| Summary |
This book evaluates the effectiveness of prenatal care interventions and provides a framework for improving prenatal care that looks beyond the limited perspective of immediate neonatal outcomes. This book is an important resource for maternal and child health professionals, policy makers and health care managers. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Prenatal care.
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Prenatal Care.
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Prenatal Diagnosis.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Pregnancy & Childbirth.
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Prenatal care. (OCoLC)fst01075446
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| Added Author |
McCormick, Marie C.
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Siegel, Joanna E.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Prenatal care. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1999 052166196X (DLC) 00698571 (OCoLC)43543855 |
| ISBN |
0511066503 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511066504 (electronic bk.) |
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0511118112 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511118111 (electronic bk.) |
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