TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of prenatal education curriculum on mother’s prenatal examination utilization, delivery mode and recovery status
T2 - a cross-sectional survey in China
AU - Shi, Yuhui
AU - Wang, Dongxu
AU - Yuan, Yanfei
AU - Jiang, Ying
AU - Zeng, Qingqi
AU - Chang, Chun
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, The Japanese Society for Hygiene.
PY - 2015/7/23
Y1 - 2015/7/23
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - China
KW - Curriculum
KW - Effect
KW - Prenatal education
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U2 - 10.1007/s12199-015-0480-4
DO - 10.1007/s12199-015-0480-4
M3 - Article
SN - 1342-078X
VL - 20
SP - 397
EP - 403
JO - Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
JF - Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
IS - 6
ER -