Faster access than browser!
28 relations: Abortion, Bleeding, Cervical screening, Combined injectable birth control, Diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, Drug overdose, Family planning, Intrauterine device, Long-acting reversible contraception, Maternal death, Maternal health, Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force, Maternal Mortality Ratio, Medicaid, Opioid, Planned Parenthood, Postpartum period, Pregnancy, Prenatal development, Sepsis, Smoking, Stillbirth, Suicide, Texas, Texas Department of State Health Services, Title X, World Health Organization, 340B Drug Pricing Program.
Abortion
Abortion is the ending of pregnancy by removing an embryo or fetus before it can survive outside the uterus.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Abortion · See more »
Bleeding
Bleeding, also known as hemorrhaging or haemorrhaging, is blood escaping from the circulatory system.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Bleeding · See more »
Cervical screening
Cervical screening is the process of detecting and removing abnormal tissue or cells in the cervix before cervical cancer develops.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Cervical screening · See more »
Combined injectable birth control
Combined injectable contraceptives (CICs) are a form of hormonal birth control for women.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Combined injectable birth control · See more »
Diagnosis of HIV/AIDS
HIV tests are used to detect the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), in serum, saliva, or urine.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Diagnosis of HIV/AIDS · See more »
Drug overdose
The term drug overdose (or simply overdose or OD) describes the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities greater than are recommended or generally practiced.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Drug overdose · See more »
Family planning
Family planning services are defined as "educational, comprehensive medical or social activities which enable individuals, including minors, to determine freely the number and spacing of their children and to select the means by which this may be achieved".
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Family planning · See more »
Intrauterine device
An intrauterine device (IUD), also known as intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD or ICD) or coil, is a small, often T-shaped birth control device that is inserted into a woman's uterus to prevent pregnancy.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Intrauterine device · See more »
Long-acting reversible contraception
Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) are methods of birth control that provide effective contraception for an extended period without requiring user action.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Long-acting reversible contraception · See more »
Maternal death
Maternal death or maternal mortality is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes." There are two performance indicators that are sometimes used interchangeably: maternal mortality ratio and maternal mortality rate, which confusingly both are abbreviated "MMR".
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Maternal death · See more »
Maternal health
Maternal health is the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Maternal health · See more »
Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force
The Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force was started by the Department of State in 2013 to help reduce maternal death in Texas.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force · See more »
Maternal Mortality Ratio
The Maternal Mortality Ratio is a key performance indicator for efforts to improve the health and safety of mothers before, during, and after childbirth per country worldwide.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Maternal Mortality Ratio · See more »
Medicaid
Medicaid in the United States is a joint federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people with limited income and resources.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Medicaid · See more »
Opioid
Opioids are substances that act on opioid receptors to produce morphine-like effects.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Opioid · See more »
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA), or Planned Parenthood, is a nonprofit organization that provides reproductive health care in the United States and globally.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Planned Parenthood · See more »
Postpartum period
A postpartum (or postnatal) period begins immediately after the birth of a child as the mother's body, including hormone levels and uterus size, returns to a non-pregnant state.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Postpartum period · See more »
Pregnancy
Pregnancy, also known as gestation, is the time during which one or more offspring develops inside a woman.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Pregnancy · See more »
Prenatal development
Prenatal development is the process in which an embryo and later fetus develops during gestation.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Prenatal development · See more »
Sepsis
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that arises when the body's response to infection causes injury to its own tissues and organs.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Sepsis · See more »
Smoking
Smoking is a practice in which a substance is burned and the resulting smoke breathed in to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Smoking · See more »
Stillbirth
Stillbirth is typically defined as fetal death at or after 20 to 28 weeks of pregnancy.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Stillbirth · See more »
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Suicide · See more »
Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Texas · See more »
Texas Department of State Health Services
Texas Department of State Health Services is a state agency of Texas.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Texas Department of State Health Services · See more »
Title X
The Title X Family Planning Program, officially known as Public Law 91-572 or “Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs”, was enacted under President Richard Nixon in 1970 as part of the Public Health Service Act.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and Title X · See more »
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO; French: Organisation mondiale de la santé) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and World Health Organization · See more »
340B Drug Pricing Program
The 340B Drug Discount Program is a US federal government program created in 1992 that requires drug manufacturers to provide outpatient drugs to eligible health care organizations and covered entities at significantly reduced prices.
New!!: Maternal healthcare in Texas and 340B Drug Pricing Program · See more »
Redirects here:
Maternal Healthcare System in Texas.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternal_healthcare_in_Texas
