Mothers with children taken into out-of-home care at risk of poor prenatal care in next pregnancies

(Canadian Medical Association Journal) Mothers whose first child was taken into care were found to have inadequate or no prenatal care during subsequent pregnancies, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).The study was conducted in the province of Manitoba, which has one of the highest rates of children in out-of-home care in developed countries. About 3 percent of children live in homes without parental caregivers compared with a rate of 1 percent of children in most developed countries.

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