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Rethinking the role of the risk approach and antenatal care in maternal mortality reduction
Author(s) -
Yuster E.A.
Publication year - 1995
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(95)02488-x
Subject(s) - medicine , referral , maternal morbidity , developing country , maternal health , prenatal care , health care , pregnancy , obstetrics , family medicine , medical emergency , population , environmental health , health services , economic growth , genetics , economics , biology
In developing countries where most women are not delivered in health facilities, screening for obstetric risk is neither a cost‐effective nor efficient strategy for maternal mortality reduction. Antenatal care can contribute to preventing such deaths when used for identifying early obstetric complications, educating women to identify obstetric danger signs, and motivating them and their families to seek appropriate referral care.