Prenatal Care: Reaching Mothers, Reaching Infants

by National Research Council and Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Prenatal care programs have proven effective in improving birth outcomes and preventing low birthweight. Yet over one-fourth of all pregnant women in the United States do not begin prenatal care in the first 3 months of pregnancy, and for some groups--such as black teenagers--participation in prenatal care is declining. To find out why, the authors studied 30 prenatal care programs and analyzed surveys of mothers who did not seek prenatal care...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309038928
• ISBN13: 9780309038928
• Release Date: February 1988
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 264 Pages