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Improved Infant Outcomes with Group Prenatal Care in Puerto Rico.

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: OBJECTIVES: ) if they fell in the category of poverty, and had at least one risk for PTB according to known risk factors for low birth weight or PTB. METHODS: Mother's age, parity, risk factors, prenatal/delivery complications, infants' Gestational Age (GA), birth weight, Apgar scores, delivery route, indications for delivery, and use of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) were abstracted from charts of mothers who received group or traditional care at the University Hospital in San Juan, PR. RESULTS: also had lower rates of preterm birth (27.7% vs. 34.1%) and births earlier than 31 weeks (2.8% vs. 9.9%). All were statistically significant (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: had better outcomes. In an environment of adverse determinants of health, the program was effective in reducing the odds for adverse infant outcomes early in life and demonstrating that innovative models of health care can improve such outcomes.

Source: PubMed