Factors Associated with Not Receiving Adequate Prenatal Care in an Urban Black Population

Ahmed, Feroz; McRae, Jean A.; Ahmed, Nadera

doi:10.1300/j010v14n03_07

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“…In studies from Jamaica (McCaw Binns et al . 1995) and USA (Ahmed et al . 1990) it was also found that an adverse pregnancy outcome was associated with more antenatal visits in the following pregnancy.…”

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Characteristics of antenatal care attenders in a rural population in Tamil Nadu, South India: a community-based cross-sectional study

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Liljestrand

Thilsted³

et al. 2001

Health &Amp; Social Care in the Community

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The objectives of the study were to identify factors associated with utilisation of antenatal care facilities in a rural population in South India. A community-based, cross-sectional questionnaire study of 30 randomly selected areas was used. A total of 1254 women (95%) had at least one antenatal care visit. The median number of visits was four. High utilisation of antenatal care facilities was associated with low parity and adverse obstetrical history, short distance to healthcare facilities and literacy. It was concluded that antenatal care coverage was high. Information about the above few aspects can be used to target women who are at risk of getting inadequate antenatal care.

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Characteristics of antenatal care attenders in a rural population in Tamil Nadu, South India: a community-based cross-sectional study

Nielsen

Liljestrand

Thilsted³

et al. 2001

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“…The disparity is even greater in D.C. (67.1% and 90.9% respectively in 1999) [12]. Minority women from poor urban communities, such as D. C., enter prenatal care later and have fewer prenatal care visits than white women of higher socio-economic levels [13,14]. Women who make little or no use of prenatal care often are disenfranchised members of the community, such as homeless and substance abusing women [15,16].…”

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Perceptions about prenatal care: views of urban vulnerable groups

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Background: In the United States, infant mortality rates remain more than twice as high for African Americans as compared to other racial groups. Lack of adherence to prenatal care schedules in vulnerable, hard to reach, urban, poor women is associated with high infant mortality, particularly for women who abuse substances, are homeless, or live in communities having high poverty and high infant mortality. This issue is of concern to the women, their partners, and members of their communities. Because they are not part of the system, these womens' views are often not included in other studies.

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“…Even within a well-defined population group, individuals may represent a culturally heterogeneous population [77,89,131,159,160,167,[171][172][173][174][175][176][177]179,184,[187][188][189][190]195].…”

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“…Differences in medical care delivery [157][158][159][160][161][162][163][164][165][166][167][168][169][170] and health outcomes [171][172][173][174][175][176][177][178][179][180][181][182][183][184][185][186] have been reported across race, gender, and socioeconomic status. Yet similar differences have also been documented within these seemingly homogeneous ethnic or racial groups .…”

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Evaluation of quality of life for diverse patient populations

Yabroff

1996

Breast Cancer Res Tr

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Quality of life is used increasingly as a primary and secondary endpoint of clinical investigations of new therapies. Quality of life information may be especially useful for the assessment of cancer treatments, where increases in survival may be accompanied by detrimental side effects. The recognition of the importance of quality of life has led to the recent proliferation of cancer specific quality of life instruments. As more is understood about the heterogeneity of patient populations, however, we must assess how culturally defined factors may impact patient quality of life and its assessment. Quality of life instruments are diverse, ranging from those focusing on objective measures of functionality to those assessing subjective measures of patient preferences for their current health state. These instruments have been developed for use in the general population and for disease-specific populations. Assessment of the appropriateness of potential quality of life instruments in specific clinical settings, in addition to understanding the cultural diversity of the clinical population being studied, will guide the researcher in the choice of an appropriate quality of life instrument for cancer clinical trials.

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Factors Associated with Not Receiving Adequate Prenatal Care in an Urban Black Population

Cited by 25 publications

References 13 publications

Characteristics of antenatal care attenders in a rural population in Tamil Nadu, South India: a community-based cross-sectional study

Characteristics of antenatal care attenders in a rural population in Tamil Nadu, South India: a community-based cross-sectional study

Perceptions about prenatal care: views of urban vulnerable groups

Evaluation of quality of life for diverse patient populations

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