First-time mothers' perceptions of prenatal care services
| Autor: | Barbara M. Sylvia, Linda Bucher, Karen H. Morin, Sara Williams, Evelyn R. Hayes |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Birth weight media_common.quotation_subject Mothers Prenatal care Health Services Accessibility Birth control Patient satisfaction Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Birth Weight Humans Predictor variable Infant feeding reproductive and urinary physiology General Nursing media_common Health Services Needs and Demand Obstetrics business.industry Infant Newborn Prenatal Care Infant Low Birth Weight Delaware Prognosis Infant mortality Parity Low birth weight Patient Satisfaction Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Applied Nursing Research. 10:64-71 |
| ISSN: | 0897-1897 |
| Popis: | This study sought to uncover information regarding prenatal care services as reported by primiparas. Inadequate prenatal care has been linked with the delivery of low birth weight (LBW) infants and infant mortality. This secondary analysis of a larger study (N = 426) examined the need for and availability, accessibility, and use of prenatal care services by primiparas (n = 141). Results indicated that primiparas delivering LBW infants reported less satisfaction with information on birth control and less information on infant feeding. In addition, mothers of LBW infants reported more often than mothers of normal birthweight infants that transportation and finances were barriers to prenatal care. Childbirth preparation class was the only predictor variable for birth weight in this study. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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