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November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines prenatal ultrasound use in the United States between 1995 and 2006. There is no professional consensus on the appropriate use of ultrasounds during pregnancies considered low-risk, and little is known about national trends of prenatal ultrasound use.
May 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the relationship between hospital practices and rates of exclusive breast-feeding among mothers one week after delivery. The study aims to provide information to policy-makers about practices in hospitals that influence breast-feeding rates.
September 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Racial disadvantages in health can begin even before birth. Focusing on health care during pregnancy, the author investigated the mechanisms behind racial inequalities in the use of medical services by comparing two countries, Brazil and South Afric ...
April 30, 2012 | Story
Study by RWJF scholar finds big increases in women on opiate drugs while pregnant, and newborns suffering withdrawal.
May 1, 2001 | Program Result
The Urban Institute documented trends in the medical malpractice environment and demonstrated how the malpractice environment affects defensive medicine in obstetrics practice.
March 1, 2003 | Program Result
Between 1997 and 2001 Investigators at the Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth Medical Center, Hanover, N.H, conducted two research projects that examined how the increasing availability of health care technology and specialist physicians influence the delivery of health care and health outcomes.
July 1, 2002 | Program Result
From 1997 to 2000, the Research Foundation of the State University of New York (SUNY), Albany, created a computer-based distance-learning program designed to train clinical preceptors who work with student nurse midwives.
May 1, 2001 | Program Result
Between 1993 and 1999, the American Association for World Health, Washington, organized three annual meetings.
November 1, 2001 | Program Result
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, Bethesda, Md., convened a panel to recommend ways to promote universal hearing screening programs for newborns.
June 1, 2000 | Program Result
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention developed strategies for dissemination of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research's Clinical Practice Guideline on Smoking Cessation to health care providers.