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Maternal Care Coordination for Migrant Farmworker Women: Program Structure and Evaluation of Effects on Use of Prenatal Care and Birth Outcomes

Author: Larson, Kim;
Date Published: 1992


Journal article that examines how nearly three-fourths of the migrant farmworkers in the U.S. are Hispanic. Cultural and social barriers along with constant travel, make coordination of care a significant concern for migrant health center providing perinatal services to female farmworkers. As part of a demonstration project, a migrant specific maternal care coordination program was developed that used bilingual staff, outreach services, lay health advisers, and a multistate tracking system. Following the initiation of the project, first-trimester entry into prenatal care and number of prenatal visits increased over a five-year period among the target population. Successful tracking methods provided otucome data on more than 80 percent of participants during the project period.

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Number of Pages: 24