title: Center of attention: new pregnancy program improves prenatal care.
abstract: New models of delivering health care to groups of pregnant women are catching on at hospitals and clinics throughout Texas. In Centering Pregnancy programs, expectant mothers with roughly the same due dates attend appointments together. An obstetrician, nurse practitioner, or certified nurse-midwife facilitates the visit, along with a registered nurse, social worker, nursing assistant, or licensed vocational nurse. Facilitators lead discussions on the women's pregnancy and parenting concerns.
authors.forename: Crystal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Conde
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D013781:Texas