Prenatal category: 298 books
Prenatal and Postnatal Care
A Woman-Centered Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
The second edition of the comprehensive and award-winning text on prenatal and postnatal care
The updated edition of Prenatal and Postnatal Care offers a comprehensive text for the care of the woman during the childbearing year. The expert author team presents information needed to master foundational...
Prenatal Massage - E-Book
A Textbook of Pregnancy, Labor, and Postpartum Bodywork
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2007
Authored by a well-known expert on prenatal massage, this comprehensive text helps you understand the intricate physiology of pregnancy so you can confidently apply appropriate massage techniques for each trimester, and throughout labor and postpartum. You'll find clear, colorfully illustrated explanations...
by Linda E. May
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
This new SpringerBrief in Physiology explores the newest research findings on how exercise influences the fetus in utero and beyond. Physiology of Prenatal Exercise and Fetal Development reviews the current findings of how maternal exercise throughout gestation influences fetal development of key...
by Nataisha Hill
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
Congratulations on Your Bundle of Joy!
Here are some tips and helpful information along the way.
Discovering that you’re pregnant can be a very exciting and scary feeling. You wonder if you’re going to be a good parent or if you’re able to handle such a responsibility. Luckily,...
Reducing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Reproductive and Perinatal Outcomes
The Evidence from Population-Based Interventions
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2010
Among women’s health concerns, reproductive issues, both prenatal and postpartum, hold particular prominence. Yet despite the many programs dedicated to improving women’s reproductive health, maternal and infant morbidity and mortality rates in minority communities remain unchanged—or have increased....
by Nancy J. Cibulka, PhD, WHNP
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2017
Praise for the First Edition:
"This is a concise, yet comprehensive book. I would recommend that any advanced practice nurse working in obstetrics have it on the bookshelf. It could also be used as a protocol manual for small practices." Score: 100, 5 Stars --Doody's Medical Reviews
The...
by Nancy J. Cibulka, PhD, WHNP
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
ìThe authors have crafted a very user-friendly set of guidelines, identifying the steps in assessment of patients for risks, outlining the objectives for care from preconception through postpartum, and addressing care for pregnant HIV positive womenÖ[the book] includes avenues to electronic resources...
by Richard A. Blinn
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2012
This book recounts the author’s vivid memory of life in his mother's womb. It recreates the experiences of prenatal life and compares them to our postnatal adult lives. The author examines the ongoing relationship between these two radically different pre and postnatal experiences of life.
International Handbook of Adolescent Pregnancy
Medical, Psychosocial, and Public Health Responses
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2014
The rates are on the decline worldwide. But adolescent pregnancies still occur, placing millions of girls each year at risk for medical complications and social isolation and their babies for severe health problems-especially when prenatal care is inadequate or nonexistent.
But as the opportunity...
Health Literacy and Child Health Outcomes
Promoting Effective Health Communication Strategies to Improve Quality of Care
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
This compact resource presents current data on health literacy as it affects child health outcomes, with a sharp focus on improving communication between healthcare providers and pediatric patients and their families. A frequently overlooked social determinant of health in children, health literacy...
by Joann M O'Leary, Jane Warland
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
Despite research which highlights parents’ increased anxiety and risk of attachment issues with the pregnancy that follows a perinatal loss, there is often little understanding that bereaved families may need different care in their subsequent pregnancies. This book explores the lived experience...
Maternity Nursing - E-Book
An Introductory Text
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2013
From prenatal through postpartum care, Gloria Leifer's Maternity Nursing: An Introductory Text provides an essential foundation for promoting the health and wellness of mothers and newborns. This edition includes the latest advances and practice standards in maternity nursing care, highlighting Healthy...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
This stimulating volume addresses vital questions about gene/environment interactions as they affect cell health from the prenatal period through later life. Beginning with a tour of epigenetic processes in the human body, the book assembles current theoretical and empirical developments across the...
Prepare To Push
What your pelvic floor and abdomen want you to know about pregnancy and birth.
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2015
This book is designed to inform and empower women with an honest look at how pregnancy and birth change the body and how women can best support their body through these changes. Written by Kim Vopni - The Fitness Doula, Prepare To Push™ highlights the need to prepare the body for birth and recover...