title: Family medicine and prenatal care in an urban medically underserved community.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Family Health Center, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Younge
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: 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