Use of Care, Outcomes and Costs of a Culturally-based Perinatal Program for Asian American and Pacific Islander Women in Hawaii.

PURPOSE. This study examines whether psychosocial perinatal care services developed through community partnerships and cultural deference with attention to individual women's health issues, had an assocaited impact on use of prenatal care, birth outcomes and perinatal care costs for the three participating Asian Pacific Islander American ethinc groups. METHODS.

Associations of the Use of Prenatal Care with Low Birthweight in Asian Pacific Women in Hawaii.

PURPOSE. This study examines ethnic-specific differences in associations of inadequate use of prenatal care with poor birthweight outcomes to determine whether ethnic specific improvements in the use of prenatal care in a rural district could potentially reduce infant morbidity or mortality there. METHODS.