A Comparison of Health Behaviors of Women in Centering Pregnancy and Traditional Prenatal Care

Abstract

The results of this study suggest that Centering Pregnancy is not adequately aiding its patients in adopting healthy behaviors during pregnancy.

Excess Gestational Weight Gain in Low-Income Overweight and Obese Women: A Qualitative Study

“…Therefore, the group approach may best be used as an option, with traditional one-on-one care still offered for those women who prefer it. The desired approach is reminiscent of group prenatal care models such as CenteringPregnancy 33–35 which has been shown to decrease excessive gestational weight gain. 36 Future research should continue to examine whether this model of care is associated with healthy GWG.…”

The Effect of Centering Pregnancy versus Traditional Prenatal Care Models on Improved Adolescent Health Behaviors in the Perinatal Period

“…Selection bias has indeed been discussed as a limitation in a number of studies reporting on the outcome of CPPC. 5,8,11,12 Participants in the CPPC group were significantly older than individuals in the SPPC or MPPC groups, which may have also played in a role in them being more likely to participate in healthier behaviors. However, there were no significant differences in age between the SPPC and MPPC group, yet adolescents in the SPPC group were also more likely to participate in healthier behaviors such as better compliance to prenatal visits and increased breastfeeding than those in the MPPC model.…”

“…CenteringPregnancy prenatal care (CPPC) is a model of care developed by a certified nurse midwife in the early 1990s that unifies all components of prenatal care and exchanges the individual examination room for a group setting that provides risk assessment, health promotion, and support. 10,11 Currently, there are more than 100 sites nationally that offer this innovative model of prenatal care. 8 CPPC, while following the traditional prenatal care visit schedule, consists of group visits typically of 8-12 women at similar gestational ages offering guided education, group discussion, and social support for women both during pregnancy and immediately postpartum.…”

“…5,10,14 A number of studies have shown that CPPC may have favorable outcomes in maternal knowledge of pregnancy, social support, compliance, patient satisfaction, and incidence of preterm birth and low birth weight. 11,12,15,16 However, few studies have evaluated the CPPC model and effect on improvement in health behaviors. 8,14 Moreover, there is only 1 study to date evaluating CPPC in the adolescent population exclusively.…”

Parents' experiences and perceptions of group-based antenatal care in four clinics in Sweden

“…Satisfactions with care (Ickovics et al, 2007;Teate et al, 2009;Gaudion and Menka, 2010) and breastfeeding outcomes (Ickovics et al, 2007;Klima et al, 2009) have also been of concern to researchers. Although most studies favour group antenatal care, one study has compared group antenatal care unfavourably with individual care, noting that group antenatal care does not result in healthier behaviour during pregnancy (Shakespear et al, 2010). There also has been studies focused on mothers' experiences of group antenatal care, but research on fathers/partners experiences are lacking The aim of this study was to investigate parents' experiences and perceptions of group antenatal care in different antenatal clinics in Sweden.…”