Prenatal care : effectiveness and implementation / edited by Marie C. McCormick and Joanna E. Siegel.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Prenatal care and complications of pregnancy. Effect of prenatal care upon medical conditions in pregnancy / Phillip G. Stubblefield -- Health behaviors during pregnancy : risks and interventions / Lisa L. Paine, Lisa M. Garceau -- pt. 2. Preventing prematurity. Causes of prematurity / David A. Savitz, Lisa M. Pastore -- Interventions to prevent prematurity / Robert L. Goldenberg, Dwight J. Rouse -- Long-term outcomes of prematurity / Marie C. McCormick -- pt. 3. New findings and long-term evidence on intrauterine growth restriction. Causes of intrauterine growth restriction / Kathleen Maher Rasmussen -- Impact of prenatal care on intrauterine growth restriction / Linda J. Heffner -- Short- and long-term outcomes of intrauterine growth restriction / Kathleen G. Nelson -- pt. 4. Preventing and treating birth defects. Prevalence and etiology of birth defects / Joan M. Stoler -- Developing fetal diagnostic technologies / Richard C. Parad -- Options following the diagnosis of a fetal anomaly / Mark I. Evans, Yuval Yaron, Ralph L. Kramer, Mark P. Johnson -- pt. 5. Prenatal care as an integral component of women's health care. Opportunities for improving maternal and infant health through prenatal oral health care / James J. Crall -- Family planning : need and opportunities / Lorraine V. Klerman -- Maternal-fetal conflict is not a useful construct / Wendy Chavkin, Peter Bernstein -- Linking prenatal care with women's health care / Paul H. Wise, Marisa Brett -- A European perspective on prenatal care : an integrated system / Jacques Milliez -- Epilogue. A commentary on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of prenatal care / Joanna E. Siegel, Marie C. McCormick.