Reducing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Reproductive and Perinatal Outcomes : The Evidence From Population-Based Interventions

Reducing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Reproductive and Perinatal Outcomes: The Evidence from Population-Based Interventions Arden Handler, Joan Kennelly, Nadine Peacock, editors Among women’s health concerns, reproductive issues, both prenatal and postpartum, hold particular prominence. Yet despite the many programs dedicated to improving women’s reproductive health, maternal and infant morbidity and mortality rates in minority communities remain unchanged—or have increased. Confronting this alarming statistic head-on, __Reducing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Reproductive and Perinatal Outcomes__ is the first book systematically examining public health interventions designed toward meeting this important and elusive goal. Its contributors offer the best thinking and practice on this complicated topic, clarifying the relationship between evidence-based medicine and evidence-based public health and its potential for increasing parity, considering interventions in the multiple contexts of women’s lives, reviewing the evidence base for each program or initiative featured, and describing methodologies for evaluating interventions. The resulting volume advocates for an integrative lifespan approach, including topics related to: * Family planning * STI and HIV/AIDS screening and treatment * Smoking cessation and reducing exposure to environmental smoke * Preconceptional well-woman care * Depression screening and treatment * Labor/delivery approaches and intrapartum care * Emerging prenatal care interventions, from centering pregnancy to doula support For professionals and graduate students in psychiatry, psychology, sociology, women’s health, and public health, __Reducing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Reproductive and Perinatal Outcomes__ reframes a set of ongoing issues and guides the reader toward state-of-the-art solutions. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Introduction: Challenges in Reducing Disparities in Reproductive and Perinatal Outcomes Through Evidence-Based Public Health....Pages 1-5 Methodological Approach to Assessing the Evidence....Pages 7-19 Evidence-Based Public Health: Origins, Assumptions, and Cautions....Pages 21-37 Access to Family Planning and Induced Abortion....Pages 39-63 Preconceptional Health Promotion....Pages 65-92 Infertility Status and Infertility Treatment: Racial and Ethnic Disparities....Pages 93-117 Public Health Interventions for Perinatal HIV and STI Screening in Pregnancy....Pages 119-149 What is the Role of Prenatal Care in Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pregnancy Outcomes?....Pages 151-179 Current Approaches to Reducing Premature Births and Implications for Disparity Elimination....Pages 181-207 Prenatal Case Management of Pregnant Women: What Is the Evidence for Its Contribution to a Reduction of Disparities in Perinatal Outcomes?....Pages 209-238 Behavioral Treatment Methods for Pregnant Smokers: The Evidence Base for Prenatal Care Programs and Professional Practice....Pages 239-263 Substance Use in Pregnancy: The Impact of Screening and Treatment on Improving Perinatal Outcomes and Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities....Pages 265-299 The Evidence for Perinatal Depression Screening and Treatment....Pages 301-327 Supplemental Nutrition Programs During Pregnancy and the Early Postnatal Period....Pages 329-367 Group Prenatal Care and Doula Care for Pregnant Women....Pages 369-399 Contemporary Childbirth in the United States: Interventions and Disparities....Pages 401-427 Regionalized Perinatal Care: An Evidence-Based Intervention in Development....Pages 429-455 Back Matter....Pages 457-461