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March 8, 2026Open Access

The Effects of CenteringPregnancy: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation

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CPChul Hyun ParkNDNichola DriverRRRobert C. Richards

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Quasi-experimental evaluation shows CenteringPregnancy improves prenatal care access and reduces preterm birth rates in women, indicating better infant health outcomes.

Key Points

  • Evaluate the effectiveness of CenteringPregnancy compared to traditional prenatal care on maternal and infant health outcomes.
  • Quasi-experimental design used
  • Data collected from hospital birth records (2018-2020)
  • Participants included both CenteringPregnancy and traditional prenatal care groups
  • Various treatment effect models for observational data were employed
  • Improved women's access to prenatal care
  • Reduced rates of preterm birth and perinatal death compared to traditional care
  • Longer gestation periods and better infant birth weight outcomes
  • No significant differences in delivery type or breastfeeding between groups

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Park et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69acc58f32b0ef16a404ff8bhttps://doi.org/10.13016/m2zynx-jwsg
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