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1624718

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-8-12
pubmed:abstractText
A public health programme was instituted on the island of Martinique (in the Carribean archipelago) between 1977 and 1984. Its aim was to reduce the perinatal death rate in Martinique which was 25.7 per thousand in 1977 to the level found in France in the same year, namely 14 per thousand. The measures taken to improve the safety of deliveries included closing small maternity homes and improving the hospitals both public and private. The chief measure however, was to improve the availability of specialised antenatal care chiefly administered by midwives (free care consultations near the homes) for the poor and the less well educated women. The results showed that perinatal deaths in the island dropped to 14.9 per thousand in 1984. The major improvement was that women who had been attended by midwives had 10 per thousand perinatal deaths. This involved half the population of the island and the same results were found as to the wealthier and more educated women who were attended by private obstetricians. It was found to be possible to reduce the difference in the perinatal death rate between an African population in Martinique and an European population in European France.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0368-2315
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
347-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
[Evaluation of a public health measure for the amelioration of birth safety in Martinique: 1977-1984].
pubmed:affiliation
Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital Cochin, Clinique Universitaire Baudelocque, Paris.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract