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Health Education by Professionals During Pregnancy: Assessing Needs and Effectiveness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

H. David Banta  and
Susanne Houd
H. David Banta
Affiliation:
World Health Organization
Susanne Houd
Affiliation:
World Health Organization
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Pregnancy care is undergoing an evolution. The trend toward professional control and technological intervention begun decades ago is under challenge by some women's groups and health professionals, who seek to make the pregnant woman herself the locus of control. In the same period, a developing literature concerning the relation of health to psychological and social factors has demonstrated their importance (3) and raised the issue of the place of social support and social action in health care (24).

Type
The Technology of Prenatal Care
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , October 1985 , pp. 855 - 862
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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