ANALYSIS OF AVAILABLE PREVENTION EFFORTS (1 PAGE)
Primary Prevention
The most effective primary prevention effort to improve the health and wellbeing of pregnant women and their infants is through early and adequate prenatal health care (ODPHP, 2016). Early and adequate prenatal healthcare is proven to promote healthy pregnancies, to substantially reduce the number of preventable pregnancy complications, and to decrease the incidence of maternal and infant mortality (CDC, 2016). Prenatal care educates pregnant women about nutrition, appropriate weight gain for example, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports one out of five women are obese at the beginning of pregnancy, which increases the risk for developing pre-eclampsia,
Primary Prevention
The most effective primary prevention effort to improve the health and wellbeing of pregnant women and their infants is through early and adequate prenatal health care (ODPHP, 2016). Early and adequate prenatal healthcare is proven to promote healthy pregnancies, to substantially reduce the number of preventable pregnancy complications, and to decrease the incidence of maternal and infant mortality (CDC, 2016). Prenatal care educates pregnant women about nutrition, appropriate weight gain for example, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports one out of five women are obese at the beginning of pregnancy, which increases the risk for developing pre-eclampsia,