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  • Medicaid prenatal care : testing the effectiveness of a prenatal intervention model

    Creator:
    Buffa, Jan L.
    Abstract:
    The study evaluates the effectiveness of a pregnancy intervention model (PIM) developed to improve first trimester prenatal care utilization in a population of 2,694 low-income Medicaid women. Engagement in prenatal care is critical before prenatal care can occur. Early initiation of prenatal care is important for low income pregnant women...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    and delimitations, operational definitions, and historical state, and local context for the study

  • Shattered lives : understanding obstetric fistula in Uganda

    Creator:
    Ruder, Bonnie J.
    Abstract:
    In Uganda, there are an estimated 200,000 women suffering from obstetric fistula, with 1,900 new cases expected annually. These figures, combined with a persistently high maternal mortality rate, have led to an international discourse that claims the solution to improving maternal health outcomes is facility-based delivery with a skilled birth...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    affected by them. Keys to improving maternal and infant health in this area of the world, I argue, lie in

  • Welfare distribution effects of US rice policies

    Creator:
    De Silva, G. A. Canute
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    than lump-sum transfers and are associated with net welfare losses. One can speculate that farm