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Exploring preconception health beliefs amongst adults of childbearing age in the UK: a qualitative analysis

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background ‘Preconception health’ or ‘pre-pregnancy health’ are terms used to describe the health status of males and females prior to pregnancy. The goal of preconception health strategies is to optimise the health of future offspring via improved ...
Laura McGowan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Models of preconception care implementation in selected countries. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Globally, maternal and child health faces diverse challenges depending on the status of the development of the country. Some countries have introduced or explored preconception care for various reasons.
Delvoye, Pierre   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Systematic development of an evidence-based website on preconception care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Introduction: In February 2015, the Flemish Minister of Welfare, Public Health and Family launched a website on preconception care: gezondzwangerworden.be'. The website was developed in response to the lack of comprehensive communication on preconception
Beeckman, Dimitri   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

The prevalence and nature of the use of preconception services by women with chronic health conditions: An integrative review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
© 2015 Steel et al. Background: There is growing evidence that preconception care may have an important role in preventing short and long term adverse health consequences for women and their offspring. This is particularly the case for women with chronic
Adams, J, Lucke, J, Steel, A
core   +1 more source

Antenatal atazanavir: a retrospective analysis of pregnancies exposed to atazanavir. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
INTRODUCTION: There are few data regarding the tolerability, safety, or efficacy of antenatal atazanavir. We report our clinical experience of atazanavir use in pregnancy.
Anderson, J   +24 more
core   +2 more sources

Preconception care: it’s never too early [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The preconception window has been recognized as one of the earliest sensitive windows of human development, and interventions that focus on this period have the potential to affect not only pregnancy but long term outcomes as well.
Belizán, José M.   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Maternal and paternal preconception exposure to phenols and preterm birth

open access: yesEnvironment International, 2020
Background: Phenol exposure during pregnancy has been associated with preterm birth, but the potential effect of preconception exposure in either parent is unknown.
Vicente Mustieles   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Management of diabetes from preconception to the postnatal period: summary of NICE guidance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Diabetes in pregnancy is associated with risks to the woman (for example, higher rates of miscarriage, preeclampsia, and preterm labour) and to the developing fetus and baby (for example, higher rates of congenital malformations, macrosomia, birth ...
Guideline Development Group, NICE   +1 more
core   +3 more sources

Knowledge and perceptions of preconception care among health workers and women of reproductive age in Mzuzu City, Malawi: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesReproductive Health, 2021
Plain Language summary World health organization defines preconception care as the provision of biomedical, behavioral and social interventions to women and couples before the occurrence of conception.
Mtondera Munthali   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pre-pregnancy obesity and non-adherence to multivitamin use: findings from the National Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (2009–2011) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background Although adequate folic acid or multivitamins can prevent up to 70 % of neural tube defects, the majority of U.S. non-pregnant women of childbearing age do not use multivitamins every day.
Bassyouni, Amani   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

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