Sentences with phrase «at antenatal visits»

You will see your own experienced midwife at each antenatal visit, usually in your home.

Of the 66 women who were non-smokers at the antenatal visit, 23 (35 %; 95 % CI, 23 % — 47 %) were smoking by the time their baby reached 7 months of age.

Of the 66 women who were non-smokers at the antenatal visit, 16 (24 %; 95 % CI, 14 % — 35 %) reported smoking at 2 months postpartum, and 23 (35 %; 95 % CI, 23 % — 47 %) were smokers by the time their baby reached 7 months of age (Box 3).

Not exact matches

Continuity of carer (seeing the same doctor / midwife at each visit) is not guaranteed in the public antenatal clinic.

Ensuring that pregnant women have access to at least four antenatal visits and improving access to emergency services when needed have been identified as key areas of focus in the fight to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes in the targeted countries.

For all women included in the study, we collected data on their age, height, weight before pregnancy, body mass index, income quintile, drug and alcohol use (v. no use) during pregnancy, smoking status, status of parenthood (single v. other), parity, gestational age at first prenatal visit, number of antenatal visits and history of ultrasonography before 20 weeks» gestation.

At our hospital, this included optional antenatal classes, which did address infant feeding, and postnatal visits by a lactation consultant should any problems with breast feeding arise.

When each woman returned for her first visit to the doctor at the antenatal clinic she was approached in the waiting room by a program midwife, reminded about the research and asked to sign a consent form.

Control clusters: existing staff at the hospitals will be encouraged to set up their own systems to continue counselling of women during the antenatal period, at delivery and during immunisation visits.

Intervention (n = 337): 5 or 6 home visits from a specifically trained research nurse delivering a staged home — based intervention in the antenatal period and at 1, 3, 5, 9 and 12 months.

A difference of least 25 % in access to antenatal care (of at least four visits) between the most and least educated and between the richest and poorest.

«First Nations mothers were less likely to have early ultrasonography, less likely to have at least 4 antenatal visits and less likely to undergo induction for indications of post-dates gestation and prelabour rupture of membranes.

Of these, 66 heavy drinkers and 37 non-drinkers were interviewed about their alcohol, cigarette smoking, and drug use at three antenatal visits.

Of the 302 pregnant Indigenous women, 71.9 % identified as Aboriginal, 17.2 % as Torres Strait Islanders and 10.9 % as both, and 201 (66.6 %) self - reported current tobacco use at their first antenatal care visit.

Design, participants and setting: Cross-sectional study of 201 consecutive women who self - reported tobacco use at their first antenatal visit to Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service (TAIHS) between 1 November 2005 and 31 October 2007.

Thirty - six (36) per cent of Indigenous women presented within the first trimester, compared with 21 % at Nepean and 26 % at Blacktown Hospitals» antenatal clinics; and women attended more antenatal visits (an average of 10 at Daruk compared to 6 at Nepean and 9 at Blacktown).

A 2014 evaluation of the programme noted that at a relatively small cost of $ 874 per participant, the programme was resulting in a higher proportion of women making antenatal visits, that the women involved were less likely to be iron deficient, and they were more likely to be making healthy choices such as eating fruit and vegetables and quitting smoking.