Pediatric Group Care: A Systematic Review.

Objective: To describe characteristics and outcomes of Group Well-Child Care programs and provide recommendations for future research.

Methods: Informed by Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, an electronic references database, manual search of bibliographies and peer-reviewed journals, and general Internet search were conducted including research published up to July 2019. English language, peer-reviewed research, with provision of medical care were included.

Pregnancy and Parenting Partners (P3): A Comprehensive Group-Based Prenatal, Postnatal, and Pediatric Care Program Serving Socially Disadvantaged Families.

Pregnancy and Parenting Partners (P3) is a group-based prenatal care program developed to provide access to comprehensive medical care, education, and social support during pregnancy and early parenting. P3 innovatively combines positive elements of existing evidence-based programs to address needs specific to socially disadvantaged women and their families.

Intention to Participate in Group Prenatal Care: Moving Beyond Yes or No.

Group prenatal care (GPNC) is an alternative model to traditional individual care and may improve public health outcomes. Prior studies suggest that interest in GPNC varies widely and few studies have examined characteristics predictive of interest in this model. The purpose of this study was to inform GPNC recruitment efforts by examining likelihood of participation delineated by characteristics and GPNC perceptions.

Which Pregnant Adolescents Would be Interested in Group-Based Care, and Why?

Study Objective: To determine if pregnant adolescents interested in group-based prenatal care have different demographic and psychosocial characteristics than those interested in individual prenatal care. Factors that influence the preferred model of prenatal care patients were assessed.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Prospective comparison of demographic and psychosocial characteristics of 153 pregnant adolescents enrolled in an adolescent-oriented prenatal and pediatric program at Children's Hospital Colorado.

A review of prenatal group care literature: the need for a structured theoretical framework and systematic evaluation.

The purpose of this article is to systematically review the literature on group-based prenatal care related to patient participation, attendance, satisfaction, knowledge, pregnancy and birth outcomes, and program cost. MEDLINE, CINAHL, and PsycINFO sources were searched for English-language articles published any time prior to June 2010. Manual searches of bibliographies were conducted and experts were consulted to identify possible sources.