The Interconception Health Promotion Initiative: A Demonstration Project to Reduce the Incidence of Repeat LBW Deliveries in an Urban Safety Net Hospital

Intervention programs that focus on improving antepartum strategies to prevent low-birthweight (LBW) deliveries may miss women who have no or scant prenatal care, as well as women whose medical and social problems antedate pregnancy. The early evaluative reports of a demonstration home visitation and case management program at an urban safety net hospital suggest success in engaging a difficult population of women at high risk for a repeat poor pregnancy outcome by initiating services at the time of delivery of a LBW infant and continuing to provide service throughout the postpartum and interconception periods.