BookArden Handler, Joan Kennelly, Nadine Peacock, editors.
Contents:
Introduction: challenges in reducing disparities in reproductive and perinatal outcomes through evidence-based public health
Methodological approach to assessing the evidence
Evidence-based public health: origins, assumptions, and cautions
Access to family planning and induced abortion
Preconceptional health promotion
Infertility status and infertility treatment: racial and ethnic disparities
Public health interventions for perinatal HIV and STI screening in pregnancy
What is the role of prenatal care in reducing racial and ethnic disparities in pregnancy outcomes?
Current approaches to reducing premature births and implications for disparity elimination
Prenatal case management of pregnant women: what is the evidence for its contribution to a reduction of disparities in perinatal outcomes?
Behavioral treatment methods for pregnant smokers: the evidence base for prenatal care programs and professional practice
Substance abuse in pregnancy: the impact of screening and treatment on improving perinatal outcomes and reducing racial and ethnic disparities
The evidence for perinatal depression screening and treatment
Supplemental nutrition programs during pregnancy and the early postnatal period
Group prenatal care and doula care for pregnant women
Contemporary childbirth in the United States: interventions and disparities
Regionalized perinatal care: an evidence-based intervention in development.