Sentences with phrase «more antenatal visits»

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).

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Support provided in a single visit or only in the antenatal period may not meet the needs of women breastfeeding more than one infant.

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.