Clinical inquiries: Does group prenatal care improve pregnancy outcomes?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Yes, it may decrease preterm births, especially among higher-risk women-minority women, women of low socioeconomic status, and adolescents.
Williams
Kia J
KJ
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Zolotor
Adam
A
Kaufmann
Lee
L
D000293:Adolescent; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008423:Maternal Age; D008913:Minority Groups; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D018566:Pregnancy, High-Risk; D047928:Premature Birth / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000379:methods*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors