Prenatal Care Program: an Important Intervention that Needs to be Evaluated

Stamatios Petousis

doi:10.19080/gjorm.2018.04.555634

Abstract

The preparation of both women and men for parenting, known as prenatal care, has an important role in information and treatment about pregnancy, labor, postpartum and neonatal care. Currently, despite the technological advancements, the wide use of the Internet, the constant flow of information and the high level of education in women, a lack of knowledge has been observed of future parents about prenatal care. Hence, there is a need to educate and inform prospective parents about prenatal care. Therefore, a need of creating a program of prenatal care classes has been observed, consisting of specialized professionals, to inform prospective parents, in accordance with the corresponding international standards. There are Prenatal care Programs throughout the world.

Highlights

; Email: Keywords: Women; Parenting; Pregnancy; Neonatal care; Prenatal counseling program; Female reproductive system; Male reproductive system; Umbilical cord blood; Normal delivery; Vaginal delivery; Cesarean section; Epidural analgesia; Breastfeeding; Umbilical blood donation; Low socioeconomic layers
The Prenatal Counseling Program (PCP) for future parents was established in 2006 at Ippokrateion General Hospital of Thessaloniki and it was created by midwives from different departments of the Hospital
The women participate in the program, enter in groups according of the age of pregnancy and are advised to attend the classes usually after the 25th week of pregnancy

Summary

Introduction

; Email: Keywords: Women; Parenting; Pregnancy; Neonatal care; Prenatal counseling program; Female reproductive system; Male reproductive system; Umbilical cord blood; Normal delivery; Vaginal delivery; Cesarean section; Epidural analgesia; Breastfeeding; Umbilical blood donation; Low socioeconomic layers. The preparation of both women and men for parenting, known as prenatal care, has an important role in information and treatment about pregnancy, labor, postpartum and neonatal care. Despite the technological advancements, the wide use of the Internet, the constant flow of information and the high level of education in women, a lack of knowledge has been observed of future parents about prenatal care.

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