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Volume 4, Issue 3 (Suppl) Health Care: Current Reviews
ISSN: 2375-4273 HCCR, an open access journal
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Primary Care Congress 2016
September 19-20, 2016
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September 19-20, 2016 Phoenix, USA
2nd Annual Congress and Medicare Expo on
Primary Care & General Pediatrics
Perceived prenatal care benefits in late adolescent latinas born in the United States
Rosamar Torres
UCLA School of Nursing, USA
In an effort to understand latinas’ inadequate use of prenatal care (PNC) services, research has centered on exploring perceived
barriers to access/utilization and has focused on latinas overall without accounting for age or birth country. Therefore, little is
known about the perceived benefits of PNC utilization in late adolescent latinas. This retrospective study included 54 latinas that
were recruited from online blogs, discussion forums, and groups geared towards pregnant teens and/or latinas. Eligibility criteria
were: Born in the U.S.; between 18-21 years; ≤12 months postpartum and; uncomplicated pregnancy and delivery. Perceived PNC
benefits were measured by the Better Babies Survey (BBS). A majority (95%) of participants perceived timely (1st trimester) and
adequate (≥12 visits) PNC as important. However, only 56% of the sample entered PNC in the 1st trimester, and over 90% of the
sample obtained inadequate PNC. There were no statistically significant differences in BBS scores between participants with timely
or late PNC or with adequate or inadequate PNC. A logistic regression determined that BBS scores predicted timely entry into PNC,
χ2(3)=13.38, p=.004. A multinomial regression determined that BBS scores did not predicted adequate, intermediate or inadequate
PNC utilization (p=.51). This study reveals that late adolescent latinas have positive opinions of PNC and they believe that it is
important for healthy pregnancy/delivery outcomes, and are aware of the appropriate timing and utilization of care. However, this
population likely faces multiple access and utilization barriers beyond their control.
Biography
Rosamar Torres completed her PhD in Nursing from The University of Texas at Austin. She competed her Post-doctoral training at University of California, San
Francisco, School of Nursing. She is currently an Assistant Professor at University of California, Los Angeles, School of Nursing. Her clinical background is in
Pediatric and Neonatal ICU nursing.
Rosamar Torres, Health Care: Current Reviews 2016, 4:3(Suppl)