Title: Increased Infant Mortality Due to Lack of Prenatal Care
Headings: Increased Infant Mortality Due to Lack of Prenatal Care
Increased Infant Mortality Due to Lack of Prenatal Care
How does prenatal care decrease the risk of infant mortality?
Increased infant mortality due to lack of prenatal care
Infant mortality and prenatal care study

Content: Additional value comes from the education that a health care provider may provide including: nutritional and exercise advice in relation to weight gain
Immunizations
Abstaining from drugs and alcohol
Benefits of breastfeeding for both mother and infant
Preparation for the emotional challenges and risk of postpartum depression that can accompany the birth of an infant
Increased infant mortality due to lack of prenatal care
Mothers who receive late prenatal care are more likely to have babies with health problems. Mothers who do not receive any prenatal care are three times as likely to give birth to a low-weight baby and their baby has an infant mortality rate five times that of infants whose mother’s received prenatal care beginning before the third trimester. Adequacy of prenatal care – defined by the timing and frequency of care visits – is an important factor in the success of prenatal care. Adequacy has been correlated with positive birth outcomes and other benefits such as reduced risk of postpartum depression and infant injuries. It should be noted that some health researchers are not comfortable using a lack of prenatal care as a direct cause of increased infant mortality. They point out that women who seek prenatal care are more likely to have higher incomes and intended pregnancies. In addition, prenatal care sometimes fails to address the needs of some women with specific social and medical risks. Infant mortality and prenatal care study
A study published in July, 2012 by the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health released data on the increased risk of infant mortality due to lack of prenatal care. Researchers studied the results of 32,206,417 births over an eight-year period.