Group Prenatal Care Attendance: Determinants and Relationship with Care Satisfaction.

ABSTRACT: Objectives Group prenatal care results in improved birth outcomes in randomized controlled trials, and better attendance at group prenatal care visits is associated with stronger clinical effects. This paper's objectives are to identify determinants of group prenatal care attendance, and to examine the association between proportion of prenatal care received in a group context and satisfaction with care. Methods We conducted a secondary data analysis of pregnant adolescents (n = 547) receiving group prenatal care in New York City (2008-2012). Multivariable linear regression models were used to test associations between patient characteristics and percent of group care sessions attended, and between the proportion of prenatal care visits that occurred in a group context and care satisfactio

SUBMITTER: Cunningham SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5290265 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature