Journal of Pregnancy and Child Health
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Vila-Candel R

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hospital Universitario de la Ribera, Spain.

Biography

Rafael Vila-Candel current role as a Manager of Women´s Area in La Ribera health department and Lecturer at Universitat de València. My research interest is related to pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding. I am part of a multidisciplinary research group, which has focused on investigating the relationship between health literacy and different processes such as, rejection of vaccination during pregnancy or the abandonment of breastfeeding.

Publications

Can We Improve The Birth Weight Prediction? The Effect of Normal BMI Using A Multivariate Model

Objective: The construction of a predictive model that improves the estimation of the fetal weight (EFW). Study Design: A comparative, descriptive study. One hundred forty pregnant women were recruited at two-stage sample in health department in Spain. They were classified in four groups depending on the pre-gestational BMI. Fetal weight was estima... Read More»

Vila-Candel R, Martin-Moreno JM, Alamar S, Soriano-Vidal FJ and Naranjo de la Puerta FG

Research Article: J Preg Child Health 2015, 2:154

DOI: 10.4172/2376-127X.1000154

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