Reducing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Reproductive and Perinatal Outcomes

by Handler, Arden; Kennelly, Joan; Peacock, Nadine

• ISBN13: 9781441914989
• ISBN10: 1441914986
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-30
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

The core of evidenced-based maternal and child health is about using the best research about the safety and effectiveness of specific tests, treatments, and other interventions to help guide MCH decisions. Females of child-bearing age especially need to be informed about the best strategies to ensure and protect their health. Evidenced-Based Maternal and Child Health: Reproductive and Perinatal Health takes several key topics on reproductive outcomes and approaches them from a population-based standpoint. Chapters include sexually transmitted infections (STIs), infertility, pregnancy and birth, and maternal morbidity, among others. Authors will focus on overall strategies for prevention, reduction, and/or promotion and would address particular strategies to reduce disparities in the selected outcome.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Challenges in Reducing Disparities in Reproductive and Perinatal Outcomes Through Evidence-Based Public Health	p. 1
Methodological Approach to Assessing the Evidence	p. 7
Evidence-Based Public Health: Origins, Assumptions, and Cautions	p. 21
Access to Family Planning and Induced Abortion	p. 39
Preconceptional Health Promotion	p. 65
Infertility Status and Infertility Treatment: Racial and Ethnic Disparities	p. 93
Public Health Interventions for Perinatal HIV and STI Screening in Pregnancy	p. 119
What is the Role of Prenatal Care in Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pregnancy Outcomes?	p. 151
Current Approaches to Reducing Premature Births and Implications for Disparity Elimination	p. 181
Prenatal Case Management of Pregnant Women: What Is the Evidence for Its Contribution to a Reduction of Disparities in Perinatal Outcomes?	p. 209
Behavioral Treatment Methods for Pregnant Smokers: The Evidence Base for Prenatal Care Programs and Professional Practice	p. 239
Substance Use in Pregnancy: The Impact of Screening and Treatment on Improving Perinatal Outcomes and Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities	p. 265
The Evidence for Perinatal Depression Screening and Treatment	p. 301
Supplemental Nutrition Programs During Pregnancy and the Early Postnatal Period	p. 329
Group Prenatal Care and Doula Care for Pregnant Women	p. 369
Contemporary Childbirth in the United States: Interventions and Disparities	p. 401
Regionalized Perinatal Care: An Evidence-Based Intervention in Development	p. 429
Index	p. 457
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