Prenatal care : effectiveness and implementation /
edited by Marie C. McCormick and Joanna E. Siegel.
- Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
- xiv, 349 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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.