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Scope of article
This article is entirely about a lack of maternal health care in developing countries and provides very little information about what exactly constitutes maternal health care other than generalised access to medical care. I can't possibly be the only person who thinks this is insufficient. 64.211.50.218 (talk) 13:39, 21 July 2008 (UTC)Tiktok


 * I completely agree... it seems that maternal health in developing countries is incredibly over represented, along with oral health during pregnancy. Not saying the information isn't good, but there are so many different health needs during pregnancy that are not discussed. Maia.bomar (talk) 22:54, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Maternal Health Care Center
Pregnancy is one of the most exciting times in a women’s life. During the development of a fetus within the womb everything a woman does effects the growth and development of her unborn baby. The numbers of complications in pregnancy are startling and well documented around the world. Many organizations help women to make healthy choice during pregnancy including www.4woman.gov/pregnancy  one of the first government agency to support  pregnancy health while  www.wombsview.com is the first private Maternal Health Care Center developed to promote the pregnancy health concept. www.healthystartassoc.org Healthy Start promotes maternal health with the goal of educating its members, the public at large, federal, state and local policymakers and elected officials on the need for and effectiveness of community-based programs to reduce infant mortality, low birthweight, and racial disparities in perinatal outcomes. This grass root effort has sprung the organizational concept of maternal health and the development of the first maternal  health center in the US. Womb’s View Center for Prenatal and Postpartum women is forming partnerships to improve the quality and efficiency of care delivered to pregnant patients  by bridging the gap between patient and ambulatory prenatal care. The project H.O.A.P (Healthy Outcomes for All Pregnancies) efforts primary focus is to increase client’s knowledge, promote early bonding and positive change in client behavior. Patient education is an important aspect of healthcare in general and particularly in perinatal care. Many physicians and hospital staff lack the time necessary to fully educate patients prior to giving birth. Patients are discharged early requiring a need for self-care maintenance education. A body of literature supports the value of patient teaching in ambulatory care. The HOAP program developed by Womb’s View Center links inpatient and outpatient client education by forming partnerships. Working together building bridges. The H.O.A.P program consists of broad-based maternal health information and incorporates informational and education services that address nutrition, exercise, warning signs of complications of pregnancy, expectations during labor and delivery, postpartum care, becoming a father, lactation, postpartum depression and infant care. Service includes a breastfeeding helpline and support groups, pregnancy help and support group, new mother support group. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.3.196.9 (talk) 15:57, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Two terms (red links) are added, which are based on the following....

 * http://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_q=maternal+intelligence&num=10&btnG=Search+Scholar&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_occt=title&as_sauthors=&as_publication=&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&as_allsubj=all&hl=en

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 * http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=allintitle%3A+maternal+education&btnG=Search

Expanding this page
This page needs to be reorganized and expanded in order to give a more thorough description of the importance of maternal health and what is encompassed in the topic. The current page only encompasses the issue of maternal morbidity for the most part, so I would like to add some new sections. Some changes I would like to make to the existing page include:

(1) adding a section on the factors affecting maternal health (i.e. poverty, prenatal care) -I would also merge the section on oral health with this section since the oral health section is a little out of place at the moment (2) adding a section on the effects of maternal health on child health and development (3) renaming the "Problems" section to "Problems for mother" and adding information on the effects of poor maternal health on long term health for the mother (in addition to morbidity) (4) switching "Proposed solutions" section and "Global situation" section for better organization (5) revising the introduction to make it more general and encompass all the new issues introduced

The mentioned changes were proposed as part of a class assignment for Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities at Rice University. If anybody has any other suggestions for changes or criticisms, I'd be happy to hear about them! Kiarasanchez12 (talk) 01:24, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

Peer Review
As a peer from the same course, I will be reviewing this article. The changes made from the original contribution are noticed, and I can tell you expanded areas that were considered for improvement. This article is solid, and very cohesive. The format changes were done nicely. The added example within the section of poverty was a great addition. The statistics presented add validity. My major criticism is some of the sentences can be rephrased. The article can seem a little too choppy within the section of poverty/access to healthcare. The section on HIV/AIDS provides insightful information, but my suggestion would be to elaborate the last sentence. The short section on the long-term benefits of breastfeeding was a great addition. My suggestion for it would be to rephrase the latter half of it. It gets a bit confusing. All in all, the expanded contribution was a great improvement.

Cristell24 (talk) 23:05, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

Peer Review 1
Overall, I appreciate the changes that you made to the article. You greatly expand the depth of the article and touch on areas that were previously lacking. Generally, greater specificity of language should be used so that the reader has a better understanding of what you're talking about. "Common" for instance, is a very broadly defined term that depends greatly on the context. Some areas of the article could also be expanded by asking yourself the questions "why" or "such as?" I think these will help to increase the comprehensiveness of your contribution. There are some times when you slip into the passive tense. A quick, easy change to the active voice will improve the overall readability. Also, consider trying to add more parallel structure throughout. Formatting could be improved by adding links to other Wikipedia entries so that interested readers could find out more information about related topics. Adding related images to your contribution could be helpful as well! Good job, and I'm excited to continue to see how this article grows and improves.

Hihappy21 (talk) 00:01, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Article Review
This article is well-researched and comprehensive, providing the reader with a clear idea of what maternal health is and how it can be improved. The sources are reliable, neutral, and the statistics are recent (2010 - 2016). Sources include WHO, UNFPA, World Bank, as well as journals such as the European Journal of Epidemiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology. I believe, however, that the scope of the article could be improved. In the Poverty/Access to Healthcare area, Sub-Saharan Africa serves as the primary example of a developing country with barriers to maternal care, but similar statistics can be found in other regions of Africa and Asia. I believe expanding the number of examples could strengthen the argument that maternal health remains to be a pressing issue in different areas. There are also issues that are not touched upon that are significant and more related to the cultural makeup of a nation, including but not limited to fistulas, mental health of a woman (ie. postpartum depression), as well as conditions in which women are becoming pregnant and delivering (ie. trafficking victims, domestic abuse victims, etc) that often affect childbirth. Maternal health in the US could also be touched on more, since in areas such as Texas, the resources are almost equivalent to those of a third world nation. I support the content of the article and hope that these suggestions help and attract more readers.

SBanda (talk) 22:35, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Updating article
I have just updated Maternal death and this article concurrently based on the December 2017 ProPublica and NPR series. At this time the content I added and references are identical. This will change over time.Oceanflynn (talk) 19:17, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

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2018 student review
This article is a very interesting idea, but needs a lot of work. The introduction, to start is one sentence. That is not sufficient enough information to give readers, especially those new to the concept and idea of what is going to be talked about. I also noticed, there seems to include a lot of opinion based ideas throughout the article. One example is when such was stated, "Pregnancy is one of the most exciting times during a woman's life." This is completely opinion based and not a strong attention catching introduction.It needs to be strictly fact based with strong sources, especially considering Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Sentences throughout the first paragraph just have no flow to them. Since it is a fairly vague topic, I would recommend narrowing it down by choosing specific topics relating to maternal health to focus on. Some examples include using different countries/regions. The topic is a great idea and with the help of some reliable sources, I'm sure it can be drastically improved. Smajlovic1237 (talk) 23:11, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

2019 Edits for Student Project
I edited this article for a school project. I made formatting changes, grammar fixes, and added sub-headings for the paragraph "Oral Hygiene" because it was marked as being "too long." I also removed some emotionally charged language and opinion-based information. Lastly, I added a sentence in the paragraph "MMR in Developed Countries" about statistics for WOC and MMR as well as a citation for the article from which the information was taken. Thank you! AlyssaMDuran62 (talk) 23:50, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

Possible Edits
Hello! I am a student interested in working on this article for a class project. One idea I have is to develop some of the information surrounding 'Developed Nations', either by adding information beyond maternal mortality, or adding in sections that could discuss maternal health by region. I am also potentially interested in discussing other aspects of maternal health, such as health insurance or lack of transparency concerning procedures. Thanks!Amymu123 (talk) 08:36, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Cate, Stephanie, and I (Lyric) plan to add the following subsections to the existing article: religion and maternal health, race and maternal health, and recommended maternal health practices. We plan to cite the World Health Organization, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and published journals including Global Health Action.

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2022 Edits for Student Project
Hello! We are students who are currently working on adding to this page for a class project. We were hoping to further develop the “Race and Ethnicity” section and add subsections to organize the section (statistics, history of racism in maternal health, global perspective, etc). Additionally, we were hoping to add a section about maternal health policy both in the U.S. and internationally. This section would include past initiatives to reduce maternal mortality as well as current legislation. KatherineModrall (talk) 21:20, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * "WHO has indicated that even though motherhood has been considered as a fulfilling natural experience that is emotional to the mother, a high percentage of women develop health problems and sometimes even die (WHO n.p). Because of this, there is a need to invest in the health of women (Amiri and Ulf-G 13)."
 * - Can remove (in-text citations) since references are already there.
 * "Maternal morbidity and mortality particularly affects women of color and women living in low and lower-middle income countries."
 * - Last sentence needs citation Aml007 (talk) 18:19, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
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 * -a definition of macrosomia should be included for reader digestion of passage containing macrosomia information
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"Pregestational Diabetes Pre-existing (pregestational) maternal Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes is a known factor that increases the risk of adverse outcomes, including pre-term birth, preeclampsia, and congenital birth defects.[19] Studies from the United States and Australia indicate that the prevalence of pregestational diabetes is around 1% of pregnancies.[19][20] Even healthy pregnancy causes a state of hyperglycemia. As a result, mothers with pregestational diabetes are at an increased risk for hyperglycemia. Please see the sub-section on prenatal health for the impact of diabetes during gestation."
 * - Could clarify in last sentence whether the prevalence is for US and Australia alone, an average for developed nations, or something else.
 * - Could specify some of the congenital birth defects if relevant for remainder of article and/or if these birth defects can be grouped into specific entities. Penfield21 (talk) 18:26, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Peer Review (9/12/22) Hello, I am peer reviewing the postpartum depression and prenatal health sections. I really liked that a longitudinal study was included to evaluate postpartum depression since it wasn't discussed earlier before this edit was made. I am curious if there is any recommended treatment for postpartum depression.

In addition, for the prenatal care section, I think it's great that you included studies about prenatal care in other countries and highlighted the disparities that exist. I am wondering whether or not there are any statistics available regarding maternal morbidity/mortality.

Peer Review (9/18/22) I appreciated the section with proposed solutions to improving rates in maternal mortality, as it reflects current movements in public health to remedy this. However, with the wealth of information that is proposed here, I wonder if this section would benefit organizationally from having different sub-sections, which might allow the reader to more easily digest the content. Similarly, I noticed some redundancies/overlaps from other sections of this page, including a discussion of prenatal care that already has its own dedicated section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Achang27 (talk • contribs) 00:30, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

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