Prenatal Health Care

Women who receive prenatal health care generally benefit from fewer medical complications during pregnancy, and their babies also tend to experience a lower risk of health problems during infancy and long-term benefits throughout their growth and development. RAND research related to prenatal health care includes studies on infant mortality, low birth weight, prenatal substance use, and prenatal care and nutrition for low-income women.

Research conducted by: RAND Health; RAND Labor and Population; RAND Drug Policy Research Center; RAND Child Policy

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Survey Examines Rural Guatemalan Attitudes toward Childhood Illness and Pregnancy — Sep 15, 2010

The Guatemalan Survey of Family Health was designed to examine the way in which rural Guatemalan families and individuals cope with childhood illness and pregnancy, and the role of ethnicity, poverty, social support, and health beliefs in this process.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Does WIC Work? The Effects of WIC on Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes — Dec 31, 2003

Support for WIC, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, is based on the belief that WIC works.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Reciprocal Obligations: Managing Policy Responses to Prenatal Substance Exposure — Dec 31, 2002

The policy debate over prenatal substance exposure (PSE) is highly contentious and polarized.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Effect of Legal and Hospital Policies on Physician Response to Prenatal Substance Exposure — Dec 31, 2002

Determine the influence of a state's legal environment and a hospital's Prenatal Substance Exposure (PSE) protocol on physicians' propensity to respond when prenatal substance exposure is suspected.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

A Search for Guidance: Examining Prenatal Substance Exposure Protocols — Dec 31, 2001

Only half of coded protocols included an implementation date; 37% lacked any goal or statement of purpose.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Women's Health and Pregnancy Outcomes: Do Services Make a Difference? — Dec 31, 2000

Provides an overview of the standardized measures that the Mental Health Care for Child Crime Victims Standards of Care Task Force thinks useful for assessing trauma in children and their families.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Effect of Medicaid Eligibility Expansions on Births — Dec 31, 1999

This study uses natality data from 1983 to 1996 to examine the relationship between a state's eligibility threshold for Medicaid and birth rates among various groups.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Prenatal Cocaine Exposure: Scientific Considerations and Policy Implications — Dec 31, 1999

This report presents an overview of the current state of knowledge regarding the effect of cocaine on the developing brain and offers policy considerations for addressing the issues that arise from cocaine use by pregnant women.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Communicable Disease Impact of Eliminating Publicly Funded Prenatal Care for Undocumented Immigrants — Dec 31, 1998

In 1996, California proposed regulations to eliminate publicly funded prenatal care for undocumented immigrants.

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Diverting Children from a Life of Crime: Measuring Costs and Benefits — Jan 1, 1998

In combating crime in America, little attention has been paid to keeping children from becoming criminals. What benefit might be realized from such an approach, and at what cost?

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Policy Implications of Better Structure and Process on Birth Outcomes in Jamaica — Dec 31, 1997

This report finds that prenatal care in Jamaica, while generally available, provides care to many women who are at particular risk because of parity, age and poverty.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Prenatal and Delivery Care and Childhood Immunization in Guatemala: Do Family and Community Matter? — Dec 31, 1995

Family and community membership are very important determinants of the use of health care, even in the presence of controls for a large number of observed characteristics of individuals, families, and communities.

REPORT

Prenatal and Obstetric Care in Los Angeles County, 1990-1992 — Dec 31, 1994

In Los Angeles County in the late 1980s, demand for public-sector prenatal and delivery services far exceeded supply. The authors evaluate the effectiveness of the Prenatal and OB Access Project, the intervention designed to address this problem.

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