ReviewRevista de saude publica2019
Group prenatal care: effectiveness and challenges to implementation.
Review in Revista de saude publica, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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14 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effects of Two Group Prenatal Care Interventions on Mental Health: An RCT.American journal of preventive medicine · 2024Trial
- Improving health literacy through group antenatal care: results from a cluster randomized controlled trial in Ghana.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Trial
- Scheduling Group Care in Routine Perinatal Care: Identifying Implementation Modifications Across Belgium, Kosovo, and the UK.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Implementation of centering-based antenatal group care in flanders (Belgium): experiences of women and health care providers; modalities for sustainable integration into the health care system.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Innovation in prenatal care: a global review of implementing group prenatal care and impacts on women, children, and health care providers.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Review
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- Implementing group care in Dutch and Surinamese maternity and child care services: the vital importance of addressing outer context barriers.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Maternal satisfaction with group care: a systematic review.AJOG global reports · 2024Review
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- Anticipated benefits and challenges of implementing group care in Suriname's maternity and child care sector: a contextual analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Proximal determinants of suboptimal early child development during the first three years of life in socially deprived Mexican contexts.PloS one · 2023Article
- Group Antenatal Care: A Paradigm Shift to Explore for Positive Impacts in Resource-poor Settings.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2021Article
- Evaluating process fidelity during the implementation of Group Antenatal Care in Mexico.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- Group Prenatal Care in Mexico: perspectives and experiences of health personnel.Revista de saude publica · 2020Article
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7 authors.
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Abstract
Group prenatal care is an alternative model of care during pregnancy, replacing standard individual prenatal care. The model has shown maternal benefits and has been implemented in different contexts. We conducted a narrative review of the literature in relation to its effectiveness, using databases such as PubMed, EBSCO, Science Direct, Wiley Online and Springer for the period 2002 to 2018. In addition, we discussed the challenges and solutions of its implementation based on our experience in Mexico. Group prenatal care may improve prenatal knowledge and use of family planning services in the postpartum period. The model has been implemented in more than 22 countries and there are challenges to its implementation related to both supply and demand. Supply-side challenges include staff, material resources and organizational issues; demand-side challenges include recruitment and retention of participants, adaptation of material, and perceived privacy. We highlight specific solutions that can be applied in diverse health systems.
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