Antenatal village stay and pregnancy outcome in rural Zimbabwe.
METHODS
Comparative study of pregnancy outcome for parturients who had stayed in an antenatal village and for those admitted directly from the community.


METHODS
A rural hospital in Zimbabwe.


METHODS
Birthweight, perinatal mortality and degree of obstetrical intervention.


RESULTS
Women who stayed in the antenatal village experienced better pregnancy outcome than women admitted directly from the community. Birthweight was greater, perinatal mortality lower, and obstetrical intervention less often required in the antenatal village group.


CONCLUSIONS
Lack of randomisation, differences between the two groups in antenatal risk factors, and lack of information relating to socio-economic status suggest that generalisations beyond the specific case be made cautiously.
Millard
P
P
Dept. of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7240.
Bailey
J
J
Hanson
J
J
D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population; D015030:Zimbabwe / Q000453:epidemiology