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The prevention of preterm delivery through prenatal care: An intervention study in Martinique
Author(s) -
Goujon H.,
Papiernik E.,
Maine D.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(84)90063-8
Subject(s) - medicine , prenatal care , martinique , pregnancy , public health , family medicine , obstetrics , population , environmental health , nursing , ethnology , genetics , west indies , biology , history
During 1976–1978, improvements were made in the free prenatal care provided by the maternal and child health authority (PMI) of Martinique. Central to these changes was implementation of a program of preventive prenatal care developed in France by one of the authors (EP). Data on all births during 1980–1982 show no significant difference in pregnancy outcomes between women receiving free prenatal care from the government and women receiving private care from obstetricians.