Health Care

Maternal Health Services

Organized services to provide health care to expectant and nursing mothers.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Organized services to provide health care to expectant and nursing mothers.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Health Services, Maternal
  • Services, Maternal Health
  • Health Service, Maternal
  • Maternal Health Service

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

check also tags HUMAN; FEMALE & PREGNANCY; specify geographic location if pertinent

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History Note

68

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Previous Indexing

  • Maternal Welfare (1966-1967)
  • Prenatal Care (1966-1967)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. N02.421.143.620
  2. N02.421.800.500

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NLM Classification

WA 310

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Maternal Health Services. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008427. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008427
  2. Maternal Health Services. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67184598