Family medicine and prenatal care in an urban medically underserved community.
Women in communities with a high rate of adverse birth outcomes benefit from early prenatal care. The Montefiore Medical Center Department of Family Medicine has developed a Low Birth-weight Prevention Program at a community health center, which encourages early prenatal care, surveillance of all pregnancies for existing or emergent risk factors, and case management of high-risk pregnancies by family medicine faculty, residents, and nurse practitioners.
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Family Health Center, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
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D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D009518:New York; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014504:Urban Health