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Reducing racial/ethnic disparities in reproductive and perinatal outcomes：the evidence from population-based interventions

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Group Author: Handler Arden.; Kennelly Joan.; Peacock Nadine Ruth.
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: New York
Publication Dates: 2011.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Maternal Health Services.
Maternal and infant welfare
Discrimination in medical care > Prevention.
Maternal Behavior > ethnology.
Prenatal care.
Health Status Disparities.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Ethnic Groups > ethnology.
Delivery of Health Care.
Public health
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1499-6
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xvi, 461 p.): tabs., figs. (some col.)
ISBN: 9781441914996 (electronic bk.)
1441914994 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: R19
CLC: R19
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: challenges in reducing disparities in reproductive and perinatal outcomes through evidence-based public health -- Methodological approach to assessing the evidence -- Evidence-based public health: origins, assumptions, and cautions -- Access to family planning and induced abortion -- Preconceptional health promotion -- Infertility status and infertility treatment: racial and ethnic disparities -- Public health interventions for perinatal HIV and STI screening in pregnancy -- What is the role of prenatal care in reducing racial and ethnic disparities in pregnancy outcomes? -- Current approaches to reducing premature births and implications for disparity elimination -- Prenatal case management of pregnant women: what is the evidence for its contribution to a reduction of disparities in perinatal outcomes? -- Behavioral treatment methods for pregnant smokers: the evidence base for prenatal care programs and professional practice -- Substance abuse in pregnancy: the impact of screening and treatment on improving perinatal outcomes and reducing racial and ethnic disparities -- The evidence for perinatal depression screening and treatment -- Supplemental nutrition programs during pregnancy and the early postnatal period -- Group prenatal care and doula care for pregnant women -- Contemporary childbirth in the United States: interventions and disparities -- Regionalized perinatal care: an evidence-based intervention in development.

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