| Title | The effect of prenatal education curriculum on mother's prenatal examination utilization, delivery mode and recovery status: a cross-sectional survey in China |
| Authors | Shi, Yuhui Wang, Dongxu Yuan, Yanfei Jiang, Ying Zeng, Qingqi Chang, Chun |
| Affiliation | Peking Univ, Dept Social Med & Hlth Educ, Sch Publ Hlth, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China. Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Populat Hlth, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. Chinese Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Ctr Policy Res & Hlth Commun, Beijing 102206, Peoples R China. |
| Keywords | Effect Prenatal education Curriculum China CARE BARRIERS |
| Issue Date | 2015 |
| Publisher | Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine |
| Citation | Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine.2015,20,(6),397-403. |
| Abstract | Objectives To examine the participation, implementation, and effect of the prenatal education curriculum provided by hospitals in China, and to provide evidence for the improvement of prenatal education. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the hospitals in Hunan Province, China. Mothers aged 20-45 years who had given birth between 1 May 2011 and 1 May 2012 and not diagnosed with pregnancy-related complications were invited to participate in the study. A self-administered, structured questionnaire was used to examine the effect of prenatal education curriculum on prenatal examination utilization, delivery mode, and recovery status from delivery. Results Among the total 604 respondents, only 175 (29.1 %) surveyed mothers participated in prenatal education curriculum provided by hospitals during their latest delivery. These mothers had a higher rate of attending all the required prenatal examinations (57.9 vs. 48.3 %), and a higher rate of recovering very well and well (80 vs. 73.7 %) from the latest delivery, than those who did not participate in prenatal education curriculum (P < 0.05). However, there was no statistical difference in the delivery mode between mothers who participated and those who did not participate in the prenatal education curriculum provided by hospitals. Conclusions Prenatal education is indispensable for the improvement of maternal and child health, and thus should be advocated. In China, a standard and convenient specification prenatal education curriculum provided by hospitals and their doctors is appropriated for providing prenatal education to pregnant women. |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/418658 |
| ISSN | 1342-078X |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12199-015-0480-4 |
| Indexed | SCI(E) PubMed SSCI |
| Appears in Collections: | 公共卫生学院 |
