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Health professionals’ beliefs and attitudes towards preconception care: a systematic review [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research
Background Health professionals have previously identified various barriers and factors that would help facilitate preconception care services in healthcare settings.
Cherie Caut, Danielle Schoenaker, Erica McIntyre, Amie Steel   +3 more
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Iranian men’s Perception toward Preconception Care: A Qualitative Content Analysis [PDF]

International Journal of Community Based Nursing and Midwifery
Background: Preconception care for men is a relatively new and neglected concept. Preconceptioncare has focused on women, even though there is evidence of the value of preconception care for men.This study aimed to explore men’s perceptions of ...
Zohreh Yeganeh, Mozhgan Javadnoori, Azam Moridi   +2 more
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Knowledge of healthcare providers on preconception care in east Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

SAGE Open Medicine
Introduction: Preconception care involves measures to enhance a woman’s physical, psychological, and nutritional health before pregnancy. Despite various observational studies assessing healthcare practitioners’ knowledge of preconception care in East ...
Birhan Ambachew Taye, Belyu Yehualashet Weldearegay, Muluemebet Kassa Mezen, Bantie Getnet Yirsaw, Fasiledes Fetene Asfaw, Shumye Tamrie Yerie, Aychew Kassa Belete   +6 more
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Healthcare providers' preconception care practice and associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

Frontiers in Health Services
IntroductionProviding preconception care through good practice by healthcare providers is very important in reducing maternal and child mortality and morbidity. However, there are no available detailed review articles in Ethiopia.
Agerie Mengistie Zeleke, Worku Chekol Tassew, Getaw Wubie Assefa, Yeshiwas Ayale Ferede   +3 more
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An exploratory study on midwives' perceptions of the availability of preconception care in health facilities in the Kpandai District of Northern Ghana. [PDF]

PLOS Global Public Health
BackgroundPreconception care is a critical component of reproductive health that significantly influences the well-being of individuals and couples prior to conception.
Richard Kwaku Bawah, Gilbert Abotisem Abiiro, Gifty Apiung Aninanya, Barnabas Sackeyuah   +3 more
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Training in preconception care focused on primary health care providers: Effects on preconception care knowledge and provision [PDF]

Heliyon
Objective: To assess the effect of a rapid training intervention on the knowledge of health providers and the provision of preconception care in primary health care services.
Natália de Castro Nascimento, Ana Luiza Vilela Borges, Elizabeth Fujimori, Belarmina Reis-Muleva   +3 more
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Association between preconception care and family planning and previous adverse birth outcomes in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

BMJ Open
Objectives Inconsistent findings on the associations of preconception care with the utilisation of family planning and previous adverse birth outcomes have not been systematically reviewed in Ethiopia.
Birye Dessalegn Mekonnen, Sintayehu Simie Tsega   +1 more
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Utilization of preconception care and its impacts on health behavior changes among expectant couples in Shanghai, China

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background Preconception care is an opportunity for detecting potential health risks in future parents and providing health behavior education to reduce morbidity and mortality for women and their offspring.
Li Du, Xuena La, Liping Zhu, Hong Jiang, Biao Xu, An Chen, Mu Li   +6 more
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Knowledge and utilisation of preconception care and associated factors among women in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis

Reproductive Health, 2021
Background Preconception care is the provision of biomedical, behavioural, and social health interventions provided to women and couples before conception. However, in Ethiopia, little is known and practised to support preconception care. Therefore, this
Alemu Degu Ayele, Habtamu Gebrehana Belay, Bekalu Getnet Kassa, Mulugeta Dile Worke   +3 more
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Preconception care in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence and its correlation with knowledge level among women in the reproductive age group

SAGE Open Medicine, 2023
Objective: Preconception care is aimed to promote optimal health in women before conception to reduce or prevent poor pregnancy outcomes. Although there are several published primary studies from sub-Saharan African countries on preconception care, they ...
Demelash Woldeyohannes, Yohannes Tekalegn, Biniyam Sahiledengle, Zeleke Hailemariam, Desta Erkalo, Abraham Zegeye, Habtamu Tamrat, Akililu Habte, Aiggan Tamene, Fitsum Endale, Biruk Ertiban, Tekle Ejajo, Lolamo Kelbiso, Lombamo Liranso, Fikreab Desta, Dejene Ermias, Lillian Mwanri, Joanne C. Enticott   +17 more
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