Table 2.
Prenatal care services and characterize, Healthy Start + prenatal care vs Traditional prenatal care only, New Orleans, 2010-2012
| Healthy Start + PNC | Traditional PNC | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start of prenatal care | N | % | N | % | |
| 1st trimester | 85 | 72.0 | 238 | 85.6 | <0.01 |
| 2nd trimester | 24 | 20.3 | 35 | 12.6 | |
| 3rd trimester | 9 | 7.6 | 5 | 1.8 | |
| Reported problems starting PNC (N, % saying yes) | |||||
| Couldn't get appointment | 26 | 21.9 | 46 | 16.4 | 0.20 |
| Money | 10 | 8.4 | 32 | 11.4 | 0.37 |
| Transportation | 26 | 21.9 | 36 | 12.9 | 0.02 |
| Time off | 10 | 8.4 | 18 | 6.4 | 0.48 |
| Not as early start as liked | 13 | 10.9 | 19 | 6.8 | 0.16 |
| No Medicaid card | 14 | 11.9 | 61 | 21.9 | 0.02 |
| No child care | 6 | 5.0 | 19 | 6.8 | 0.51 |
| Too many other things | 11 | 9.2 | 29 | 10.4 | 0.74 |
| Didn't want people to know pregnant | 25 | 21.2 | 38 | 13.6 | 0.06 |
| Learned about in PNC (N,% saying yes) | |||||
| Smoking | 93 | 77.5 | 167 | 59.9 | <0.01 |
| Breastfeeding | 97 | 80.8 | 188 | 67.4 | <0.01 |
| Alcohol | 94 | 78.3 | 169 | 60.6 | <0.01 |
| Seat belt | 76 | 63.9 | 103 | 36.9 | <0.01 |
| Birth control | 76 | 63.3 | 121 | 43.4 | <0.01 |
| Medications to avoid | 109 | 90.8 | 232 | 83.2 | 0.05 |
| Illegal drugs | 98 | 81.7 | 155 | 55.6 | <0.01 |
| Screening | 104 | 86.7 | 219 | 78.5 | 0.06 |
| Early labor | 90 | 75.0 | 184 | 66.0 | 0.07 |
| HIV test | 102 | 85.0 | 207 | 74.5 | 0.02 |
| Abuse | 72 | 60.5 | 110 | 39.4 | <0.01 |
| <9 of above | 46 | 38.3 | 172 | 61.7 | <0.01 |
| PNC satisfaction (N, % saying yes) | |||||
| Time waiting | 80 | 66.7 | 207 | 74.5 | 0.11 |
| Time with doctor | 92 | 76.7 | 239 | 86.0 | 0.02 |
| Advice given | 106 | 88.3 | 252 | 90.3 | 0.55 |
| Understanding of staff | 108 | 90.8 | 265 | 95.0 | 0.11 |
PNC, prenatal care