Risk Factors and Birth Outcomes of a High-Risk Cohort of Women Served by a Community-Based Prenatal Home Visiting Program.

Risk Factors and Birth Outcomes of a High-Risk Cohort of Women Served by a Community-Based Prenatal Home Visiting Program. J Community Health Nurs. 2019 Jan-Mar;36(1):1-10 Authors: Tannis C, Sale-Shaw J, Lachapelle S, Garland E Abstract Our study explored risk factors and birth outcomes of a community maternal and child outreach program for high poverty mothers in East and Central Harlem. We conducted a retrospective chart review of 75 mother-infant dyads, with singleton pregnancies, receiving antepartum and postpartum home visits. Inexperienced parenting was associated with increased odds of giving birth to an infant weighing <2,700 g compared to experienced parenting after adjustment for race/ethnicity and preeclampsia diagnosis (odds ratio (OR) 4.9, p = 0.04). Mothers had comparatively lower depression risk in the postpartum period compared to antepartum (p = 0.006). PMID: 30793959 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Community Health Nursing - Category: Nursing Tags: J Community Health Nurs Source Type: research