Risk Factors and Birth Outcomes of a High-Risk Cohort of Women Served by a Community-Based Prenatal Home Visiting Program

Candace Tannis, Jean Sale-Shaw, Susanne Lachapelle, Elizabeth Garland

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Abstract

Our study explored risk factors and birth outcomes of a community maternal and child outreach program for high poverty mothers in East and Central Harlem. We conducted a retrospective chart review of 75 mother–infant dyads, with singleton pregnancies, receiving antepartum and postpartum home visits. Inexperienced parenting was associated with increased odds of giving birth to an infant weighing <2,700 g compared to experienced parenting after adjustment for race/ethnicity and preeclampsia diagnosis (odds ratio (OR) 4.9, p = 0.04). Mothers had comparatively lower depression risk in the postpartum period compared to antepartum (p = 0.006).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-10
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Community Health Nursing
Volume36
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jan 2019

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