Prenatal care

  1. Brazilian planned home birth care lacks national regulation
    Scoping review of planned home birth care in Brazil provided by nurse-midwives and midwives, identifying barriers to regulation and integration into public health systems.
  2. Online health education improved COVID-19 knowledge and reduced anxiety
    Online health education delivered during prenatal care significantly improves COVID-19 knowledge and reduces pregnancy anxiety in first-time pregnant women during the post-pandemic period.
  3. Individual factors had limited ability to explain antenatal care access
    Analysis of individual-level socioeconomic predictors of antenatal care access reveals limited explanatory capacity, highlighting importance of structural determinants.
  4. Prenatal acid-suppressive drugs were not linked to child neuropsychiatric risk in sibling analyses
    Sibling-control analysis of South Korean health data found no association between prenatal acid-suppressive medication exposure and neuropsychiatric disorders in children.