caa a22 4500 469048794 CHVBK 20180323132824.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01321654 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01321654 Effects of a home visiting program on prenatal care and birthweight: A case comparison study [Elektronische Daten] [Marilyn Poland, Paul Giblin, John Waller Jr., Janet Hankin] Recent reports have stressed the importance of social support services to the health and well being of pregnant women and their newborns. The impact of paraprofessional support services on the amount of prenatal care received and birthweight was studied in a sample of 111 low-income women. Paraprofessionals were women who had been on public assistance and successfully attained health and human services for themselves and their infants. They were similar to the patients they served in educational background and ethnicity. A six-week training program prepared them to counsel and assist pregnant women with health and social services, housing, food, transportation and other basic necessities. Women attending a publically-funded prenatal clinic were randomly assigned to a paraprofessional. A comparison group matched for ethnicity, parity and trimester entering prenatal care was also selected. Women followed by a paraprofessional had significantly more prenatal appointments (8.0 vs 6.5 visits) and infants with average higher birthweight (3125 grams) over the matched comparison group (3273 grams). While intensity of contact with a paraprofessional contributed significantly to the amount of prenatal care received by patients of paraprofessionals, the mechanism for improvement in birthweight is unknown. Human Sciences Press, Inc., 1992 Poland Marilyn Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hutzel, Hospital, 48201, Detroit, Michigan aut Giblin Paul aut Waller Jr. John aut Hankin Janet aut Journal of Community Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 17/4(1992-08-01), 221-229 0094-5145 17:4<221 1992 17 10900 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01321654 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01321654 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Poland Marilyn Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hutzel, Hospital, 48201, Detroit, Michigan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Giblin Paul aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Waller Jr John aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hankin Janet aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Community Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 17/4(1992-08-01), 221-229 0094-5145 17:4<221 1992 17 10900 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer