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Improving Access to Prenatal Care of High-Risk Pregnant Women in Houston, Texas: The Role of Nurse Driven Care Management Cover

Improving Access to Prenatal Care of High-Risk Pregnant Women in Houston, Texas: The Role of Nurse Driven Care Management

Open Access
|Jul 2025

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Care Management enrolment vs Doctors clinic visit.
Care Management enrolment vs Doctors clinic visit.

Figure 2.

Delivery Outcomes.
Delivery Outcomes.

Figure 3.

Satisfaction with the level of prenatal service.
Satisfaction with the level of prenatal service.

Race distribution of pregnant clients

RaceCount% Frequency
African-American3050%
Hispanic2338%
White712%

Grand Total60100%

Maternal age of enrolled clients

Age GroupCount% Frequency
13–19 (Teenage)2440%
20–26 (Young adults)2847%
27–3358%
35–40 (Geriatric)35%

Grand Total60100%

Gestation weeks at admission

TrimesterCount% Frequency
First trimester (1–12 weeks)1830%
Second trimester (13–26 weeks)2948%
Third trimester (27–40 weeks)1322%

Grand Total60100%

Identified pregnancy-associated risks

Medicaid RiskCount% Frequency
No Medicaid3253%
Wrong Medicaid2745%
Correct Medicaid12%

Grand total60100%

TRisk Distribution among Races

RaceMedicaid RiskMedical Complication RiskGestational age RiskPrenatal Registration Risk
African American30(51%)10(53%)3(30%)15(45%)
Hispanic22(37%)6(32%)5(50%)17(52%)
White7(12%)3(16%)2(20%)1(3%)

Grand Total59(100%)19(100%)10(100%)33(100%)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20252901.d-25-00002 | Journal eISSN: 2719-535X | Journal ISSN: 2719-6488
Language: English
Page range: 55 - 62
Submitted on: Dec 17, 2024
Accepted on: Apr 30, 2025
Published on: Jul 2, 2025
Published by: Institute of Mother and Child
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2025 Mattie Mason, Abayomi Joseph Afe, Jamesia Fransaw, published by Institute of Mother and Child
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.