The Homeless Prenatal Program
January 1, 2004 | Book
This chapter of the Anthology focuses on the Homeless Prenatal Program in San Francisco dedicated to working with pregnant women who are homeless.
Poor and Economically Disadvantaged
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Prenatal Care Helps At-Risk Pregnant Adolescents Deliver Healthy Babies
January 28, 2002 | Program Result Report
AD House addressed the special barriers to access to health and social services faced by inner-city pregnant teens.
Pebbles in a Pond
May 3, 2012 | Story
The timely intervention of a specially trained nurse held the potential to change the lives of poor young mothers and their babies for the better ... not just in the near term, but for many years to come.
New Jersey Family Health Group Develops and Disseminates Protocol to Screen Pregnant Women for Drug and Alcohol Use
June 3, 2010 | Program Result Report
Family Health Initiatives implemented a uniform statewide screening process to identify pregnant women who use alcohol and other drugs and then disseminated it through a conference.
Helping Mothers and Children with a Families Center in Washington, D.C.
March 24, 2010 | Program Result Report
The Developing Families Center in Washington, D.C., provides health and social support services to young women and their families in the city's low-income, Black neighborhoods.
Reducing Maternal Intimate Partner Violence After the Birth of a Child
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The Hawaii Healthy Start home visitation program sends paraprofessionals into the homes of children at risk of abuse to teach families about child development, parenting and problem-solving strategies.
Pilot Program of Research to Integrate Substance Abuse Issues into Mainstream Medicine (PRISM)
October 15, 2009 | Program Result Report
PRISM sought to encourage physicians and health care researchers to address the effects of alcohol and drug abuse on serious chronic illnesses.
CASAWORKS for Families Helps Women Get Off Drugs and Into Jobs
October 1, 2009 | Program Result Report
Columbia University planned and carried out a demonstration project to help substance-abusing women on welfare reduce drug and alcohol use and secure and retain jobs.
The Role of Mental Health Factors, Behavioral Factors, and Past Experience in the Prediction of Rapid Repeat Pregnancy in Adolescence
January 28, 2009 | Journal Article
Rapid repeat pregnancies (RRPs) in adolescents are poorly understood, even though they are some of the pregnancies at highest risk for poor outcomes. This study showed that aggression was associated with higher risk of an RRP, but life history factors such as abuse and depression were not.
Increased Access to Medicaid Had Little Effect on Pregnancy Care or Outcome
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
From 1991 to 1996, investigators at Harvard Medical School examined the effects of Medicaid eligibility expansions on a range of maternal and neonatal outcomes in California and South Carolina.