Routine Prenatal Care

Abstract

The one-size-fits-all model of prenatal care has remained largely unchanged since 1930. New models of prenatal care delivery can improve its efficacy, equity, and experience through tailoring prenatal care to meet pregnant people's medical and social needs. Key aspects of recently developed prenatal care models include visit schedules based on needed services, telemedicine, home measurement of routine pregnancy parameters, and interventions that address social and structural drivers of health. Several barriers that affect the individual, provider, health system, and policy levels must be addressed to facilitate implementation of new prenatal care delivery models.

Keywords: Antenatal care; Blood pressure monitoring; Prenatal care; Prenatal visits; Social determinants of health; Social drivers of health; Telemedicine.