Prenatal Care - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052166196X ISBN 13: 9780521661966

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

This key clinical resource evaluates the effectiveness of prenatal care interventions and provides a framework for prenatal care that looks beyond the limited perspective of immediate neonatal outcomes. Ultimately, the book improves the content and implementation of prenatal care by shifting the focus away from short-term technocentric medical advances to concentrate on the broader public health issues. A unique aspect of this work is its focus on the effectiveness of prenatal care interventions in promoting the long-term health of women and children. Chapters review traditional medical interventions, as well as social support and behavioral interventions during prenatal care. Effectiveness is considered within the context of their implications for public policy and service delivery. An important resource for clinicians, policy makers and health care managers, the book provides important evidence of the prenatal care services that improve long-term maternal and child health.

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Book Description

This book synthesizes existing data on the effectiveness of prenatal care interventions and provides a framework for prenatal care that looks beyond the limited perspective of immediate neonatal outcomes. Ultimately, this book seeks to improve the content and the implementation of prenatal care. A unique aspect of this book is its focus on the effectiveness of prenatal care interventions on longer-term benefits for women and children's health. Traditional medical interventions, as well as social support and behavioral interventions during prenatal care are reviewed.

Review

"This unique book is an exploration of important topics for public health professionals." Doody's Review Service ®

"McCormick and Siegel's well-written book on prenatal care summarizes the benefits and limitations of modern prenatal care in the United States...Prenatal Care: Effectiveness and Implementation is both a readable summation of the current state of health care during pregnancy and a stimulus toward consideration of a broader definition of prenatal care." Birth

"McCormick and Siegel have produced a wide-ranging and hugely informative interpretation and analysis of prenatal care - an interpretation which sets it firmly, as promised, within the wide context of the continuum of women's health." The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052166196X
• ISBN 13: 9780521661966
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 364
• Editor: McCormick Marie C.