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Maternal health is the health of people during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.In most cases, maternal health encompasses the health care dimensions of family planning, preconception, prenatal, and postnatal care in order to ensure a positive and fulfilling experience.
"The geography and politics of maternal care in the USA: introduction". Death in childbirth: an international study of maternal care and maternal mortality, 1800–1950. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 274– 280. ISBN 978-0-19-822997-1. Meckel, Richard (1990). Save the Babies: American Public Health Reform and the Prevention of Infant Mortality.
Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021 This bill provides authority to the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants to support care networks for maternal health in rural areas. [39] [41] Protecting Moms Who Served This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to implement the maternity care coordination program.
The information health care providers share and how that information is presented affects the autonomy and decision-making of birthing women. [12] Proposed interventions to reduce racial disparities in maternal health outcomes target changes at individual, health care system, and health care policy levels. [1]
In the late 1900s, the importance of family planning services captured the attention of healthcare professionals and policy makers. The recognition that unintentional pregnancies had adverse health outcomes for mothers and increased costs of maternal and infant care coupled with ethical considerations led to the passage of Title X in 1970 and the creation of federal- and state-funded family ...
It is sponsored by, among other organizations, the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, the Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health, and CityMatCH. The editor-in-chief is Timothy Dye (University of Rochester School of Medicine). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 1.788. [1]
Obstetrical nursing, also called perinatal nursing, is a nursing specialty that works with patients who are attempting to become pregnant, are currently pregnant, or have recently delivered. Obstetrical nurses help provide prenatal care and testing, care of patients experiencing pregnancy complications, care during labor and delivery, and care ...
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