Development and Testing of the Comprehensive Prenatal Care Index: Relationship With Preterm Birth and Small for Gestational Age Across Racial and Ethnic Groups
Sueny P. Lima dos Santos, Eric E. Calloway, Ilana R. A. Chertok, Zelalem T. Haile · 2024
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Sueny Lima dos Santos and co-authors build and test a new index of prenatal care quality. Early birth and small babies remain major public health problems in the United States, with sharp racial and ethnic gaps. Older adequacy indices capture visit timing and counts but miss counseling and health promotion. The new Comprehensive Prenatal Care Index folds in the content of care as well. Data come from a national monitoring system covering 2016 to 2021.
The index covers 139,181 pregnant women and shows strong internal consistency. A measurement analysis confirms it captures real variation in care quality. Scores link clearly to safer outcomes: adequate care ties to far lower odds of preterm birth in white, Hispanic, and Asian women alike. Protection against small babies appears in several groups too. The authors offer the index as a fuller yardstick for prenatal care.
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| CREATOR | Sueny P. Lima dos Santos, Eric E. Calloway, Ilana R. A. Chertok, Zelalem T. Haile |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 55 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |