Talk:Maternal health

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title: Scope of article

message: 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)
thread_title:  Maternal Health Care Center 

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--58.38.41.238 (talk) 10:14, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two terms (red links) are added, which are based on the following.... 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Expanding this page 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Peer Review  

message: 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)
thread_title:  Peer Review 1 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Article Review 

message: 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)
thread_title: Updating article

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message: 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)
thread_title: 2018 student review 

message: 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)
thread_title:  2019 Edits for Student Project  

message: 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)
thread_title:  Possible Edits 

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message: 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)
thread_title:  2022 Edits for Student Project 

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