New models identify pregnant women at risk of missing crucial prenatal care
Socioeconomic factors, like education and location, can affect access to life-saving prenatal care services.
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Socioeconomic factors, like education and location, can affect access to life-saving prenatal care services.
<p>Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital, led by <a href="https://www.childrenshospital.org/research/researchers/grace-chan">Grace Chan, M.D., Ph.D</a>., are taking steps towards implementing strategies that improve access to prenatal care: estimating how many pregnant people attend the recommended number of visits and identifying pregnant people who are at high risk of failing to attend. This could help policymakers allocate resources to populations not getting enough prenatal care and could, in turn, improve health outcomes for mothers and b...
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