Reducing Inequalities in Timing of Antenatal Care Initiation: A Hypothetical Intervention in the Generation R Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Much research has focused on identifying predictors of late antenatal care initiation. Many of these predictors (e.g., young age, migration background, socioeconomic position) are impossible to modify, illustrating the need to explore other interventions.

Objectives

This study aims to investigate inequalities in antenatal care initiation and assess whether early pregnancy recognition may reduce these inequalities.

Methods

Data from Generation R were used (N = 4196), a population-based birth cohort study in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The association of gestational age at pregnancy recognition with the timing of antenatal care initiation and associations of individual and socioeconomic factors with the timing of antenatal care initiation were assessed using

SUBMITTER: Enthoven CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12391855 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature