Publications by authors named "Anca Maria Balasoiu"

The aim of the study was to identify the impact of prenatal lectures in breastfeeding and neonatal care in Romania. We distributed a questionnaire to mothers who gave birth at the Bucur Maternity, Bucharest, Romania. A study group was constituted from women who attended prenatal lectures and their answers were compared with those from women who did not have prenatal education.

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Prenatal and postnatal education is an essential compound of prenatal care that prepares and facilitates the acquisition of women's skills, necessary for positive experiences during pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal period. We conducted a prospective study that included pregnant women who attended prenatal courses. They were asked to fulfil a questionnaire about course topics, utility and impact on birth preparations.

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Prenatal education represents an important part of maternal prenatal care in Western countries. In Romania, prenatal education is of recent interest but there is no official information about prenatal courses and their impact on prenatal care and patients in Romania. A prospective study based on the STROBE statement was designed in order to assess the prenatal education delivered in our unit.

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