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1. Full Text Why do women invest in pre-pregnancy health and care? A qualitative investigation with women attending maternity services
by Barrett, Geraldine and Shawe, Jill and Howden, Beth and Patel, Dilisha and Ojukwu, Obiamaka and Pandya, Pranav and Stephenson, Judith
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, ISSN 1471-2393, 10/2015, Volume 15, Issue 1, p. 236
Background: Despite the importance attributed to good pre-pregnancy care and its potential to improve pregnancy and child health outcomes, relatively little is... 
Pregnancy | Micronutrient supplementation | Qualitative | Folic acid | Preconception care | Pre-pregnancy | UNITED-STATES | SUPPLEMENT USERS | NEURAL-TUBE | FOLIC-ACID | PREGNANCY INTENTION | OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY | LIFE-STYLE | RECOMMENDATIONS | DIETARY | FOLATE INTAKE | Family Planning Services - methods | Folic Acid - therapeutic use | Vitamin B Complex - therapeutic use | Humans | Family Planning Services - statistics & numerical data | Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice | Reproductive Behavior - psychology | Young Adult | Preconception Care - statistics & numerical data | London | Adult | Female | Preconception Care - methods | Qualitative Research | Dietary Supplements | Pregnant women | Health behavior | Hospital maternity services | Health care | Qualitative research | Childrens health | Dietary supplements | Alcohol | Defects | Studies | Nutrition research | Prescription drugs | Maternal child nursing | Acids | Diet | Womens health | Vitamin B | Lifestyles | Interviews | Public health | Caffeine | Sociodemographics
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2. Full Text Preconception care policy, guidelines, recommendations and services across six European countries: Belgium (Flanders), Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom
by Shawe, Jill and Delbaere, Ilse and Ekstrand, Maria and Hegaard, Hanne Kristine and Larsson, Margareta and Mastroiacovo, Pierpaolo and Stern, Jenny and Steegers, Eric and Stephenson, Judith and Tyden, Tanja and Faculty of Health and Society and Malmö University and Care Science (VV)
European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care, ISSN 1362-5187, 2015, Volume 20, Issue 2
Objectives Preconception care is important for the screening, prevention and management of risk factors that affect pregnancy outcomes. We aimed to investigate... 
Pregnancy | Policy | Pre-pregnancy health and care | MEDICIN | Europe | MEDICINE | Preconception care | Guidelines
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3. Full Text Preconception care policy, guidelines, recommendations and services across six European countries: Belgium (Flanders), Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom
by Shawe, Jill and Delbaere, Ilse and Ekstrand, Maria and Hegaard, Hanne Kristine and Larsson, Margareta and Mastroiacovo, Pierpaolo and Stern, Jenny and Steegers, Eric and Stephenson, Judith and Tydén, Tanja and Medicinska fakulteten and Vårdvetenskap and Medicinska och farmaceutiska vetenskapsområdet and Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa and Obstetrik & gynekologi and Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH) and Uppsala universitet and Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap
The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care, ISSN 1362-5187, 04/2015, Volume 20, Issue 2, pp. 77 - 87
Abstract Objectives Preconception care is important for the screening, prevention and management of risk factors that affect pregnancy outcomes. We aimed to... 
Pregnancy | Policy | Pre-pregnancy health and care | Europe | Preconception care | Guidelines | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | NEURAL-TUBE DEFECTS | FOLIC-ACID | PROGRAM | FORTIFICATION | OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY | Practice Guidelines as Topic - standards | Humans | Male | United Kingdom | Preconception Care - organization & administration | Netherlands | Sweden | Preconception Care - standards | Belgium | Health Services Accessibility | Denmark | Female | Italy | Preconception Care - methods | Nursing | Medical and Health Sciences | Medicin och hälsovetenskap | Hälsovetenskaper | Omvårdnad | Health Sciences
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4. Full Text Primary health care nursing students’ knowledge of and attitude towards the provision of preconception care in KwaZulu-Natal
by Ukoha, Winifred C and Dube, Makhosi
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, ISSN 2071-2928, 11/2019, Volume 11, Issue 1, pp. e1 - e8
Background: Sub-Saharan African countries have been the worst affected by the high incidence of maternal and child mortality rates and HIV/AIDS (human... 
Health care | Medical personnel | Industrialized nations | Childrens health | Teenage pregnancy | Knowledge | Primary care | Risk factors | Morbidity | Children & youth | Studies | Maternal mortality | Maternal & child health | Acquired immune deficiency syndrome--AIDS | Womens health | Human immunodeficiency virus--HIV | Child mortality | Diabetes | Public health | primary health care | preconception care | pre-pregnancy counselling | nurses | knowledge | attitude
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5. Full Text How do women prepare for pregnancy? Preconception experiences of women attending antenatal services and views of health professionals
by Stephenson, Judith and Patel, Dilisha and Barrett, Geraldine and Howden, Beth and Copas, Andrew and Ojukwu, Obiamaka and Pandya, Pranav and Shawe, Jill
PLoS ONE, ISSN 1932-6203, 07/2014, Volume 9, Issue 7, p. e103085
Main objective: To determine the extent to which women plan and prepare for pregnancy. Methods: Cross-sectional questionnaire survey of pregnant women... 
UNPLANNED PREGNANCY | COHORT | UNINTENDED PREGNANCY | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | CARE | BEHAVIORS | Attitude of Health Personnel | Prenatal Care - methods | Cross-Sectional Studies | Prenatal Care - statistics & numerical data | Humans | Maternal Health Services - statistics & numerical data | Health Behavior | Preconception Care - manpower | Pregnancy | Young Adult | Preconception Care - statistics & numerical data | Adult | Female | Perception | Surveys and Questionnaires | Health Occupations - statistics & numerical data | Maternal Health Services - manpower | Medical personnel | Surveys | Women | Pregnant women | Health aspects | Folic acid | Health care | Reproductive health | Health services | Professionals | Alcohol | Epidemiology | Confidence intervals | Ethics | Maternal child nursing | Consent | Vitamin B | Research methodology | Questionnaires | Behavior | Public health | Chronic illnesses | Drinking behavior | Preventive medicine | Disease prevention | Nutrition research | Birth control | Hospitals | Acids | Womens health | Epigenetics | Alcoholic beverages | Diabetes | Planning | Smoking
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6. Full Text Associations of maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and excess pregnancy weight gains with adverse pregnancy outcomes and length of hospital stay
by Mamun, Abdullah A and Callaway, Leonie K and O'Callaghan, Michael J and Williams, Gail M and Najman, Jake M and Alati, Rosa and Clavarino, Alexandra and Lawlor, Debbie A
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, ISSN 1471-2393, 09/2011, Volume 11, Issue 1, pp. 62 - 62
Background: It is relatively less known whether pre-pregnancy obesity and excess gestational weight gain (GWG) are associated with caesarean delivery,... 
Health care | Pre-pregnancy obesity | Gestational weight gain | Pregnancy outcomes | pregnancy outcomes | PREVALENCE | gestational weight gain | TRENDS | CHILDREN | OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY | WOMEN | IMPACT | pre-pregnancy obesity | OVERWEIGHT | BODY-MASS INDEX | COMPLICATIONS | BIRTH | HEALTH | health care | Body Mass Index | Pre-Eclampsia - epidemiology | Confidence Intervals | Maternal Welfare - statistics & numerical data | Comorbidity | Humans | Risk Factors | Cesarean Section - statistics & numerical data | Queensland - epidemiology | Pregnancy Outcome - epidemiology | Pregnancy | Young Adult | Obesity - epidemiology | Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced - epidemiology | Adult | Female | Odds Ratio | Weight Gain | Prenatal Care - organization & administration | Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data | Pregnancy Complications - epidemiology | Cohort Studies
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7. Full Text Overweight and obese pre-pregnancy BMI is associated with higher hospital costs of childbirth in England
by Solmi, Francesca and Morris, Stephen
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, ISSN 1471-2393, 06/2018, Volume 18, Issue 1, pp. 253 - 10
Background: Women who have an overweight or obese BMI are more likely to experience pregnancy complications. However, little is known on the cost of childbirth... 
Pregnancy | Obesity | Hospital costs | Pre-pregnancy BMI | Pregnancy complications | Length of stay | METAANALYSIS | MATERNAL OBESITY | LENGTH-OF-STAY | DELIVERY | OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY | GESTATIONAL WEIGHT-GAIN | BODY-MASS INDEX | COHORT | COMPLICATIONS | PREGNANCY OUTCOMES | BIRTH | Body Mass Index | Hospital Costs - statistics & numerical data | Parturition | Premature Birth - economics | Length of Stay - economics | Obesity - complications | Humans | England | Delivery, Obstetric - economics | Young Adult | Delivery, Obstetric - methods | Adult | Female | Obesity - economics | Studies | Body mass index | Health care expenditures | Womens health | Health risk assessment | Childbirth & labor
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8. Full Text The Challenges and Future Considerations Regarding Pregnancy-Related Outcomes in Women with Pre-Existing Diabetes
by Singh, Harsimran and Murphy, Helen R and Hendrieckx, Christel and Ritterband, Lee and Speight, Jane
Current Diabetes Reports, ISSN 1534-4827, 12/2013, Volume 13, Issue 6, pp. 869 - 876
Ineffective management of blood glucose levels during preconception and pregnancy has been associated with severe maternal and fetal complications in women... 
Glycemic control | Stillbirth | Contraception | Distress | Preconception counseling | High-risk pregnancy | Neonatal death | Prepregnancy care | Pregnancy | Newborn | Medicine & Public Health | Gestational | Pre-existing diabetes | Fetal outcomes | Diabetes | Motherhood | Congenital malformations | RISK | MELLITUS | CONGENITAL-ANOMALIES | PRECONCEPTION CARE | INSULIN | PREDICTORS | ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM | HYPOGLYCEMIA | TYPE-1 | Female | Pregnancy in Diabetics - epidemiology | Humans | Pregnancy Outcome | Diabetics | Medical colleges | Behavioral health care | Blood sugar | Patient outcomes | Birth defects | Infants | Glucose metabolism | Pregnant women | Analysis | Resveratrol | distress | glycemic control | pregnancy | stillbirth | congenital malformations | newborn | pre-pregnancy care | contraception | motherhood | gestational | preconception counseling | fetal outcomes | pre-existing diabetes | neonatal death | high-risk pregnancy
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9. Full Text The Effect of Race/Ethnicity on Gestational Weight Gain
by Pawlak, Mary T and Alvarez, Bryan T and Jones, David M and Lezotte, Dennis C
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, ISSN 1557-1912, 03/2015, Volume 17, Issue 2, pp. 325 - 332
Minority women are gaining more weight than recommended during pregnancy. This study aimed to determine the risk of excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) in... 
Pre-pregnancy weight | Gestational weight gain | Minority women | Hispanic women | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | RISK-FACTORS | GUIDELINES | BODY-MASS INDEX | OUTCOMES | Body Mass Index | Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data | Prenatal Care - statistics & numerical data | Humans | Risk Factors | Obesity - ethnology | European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data | Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data | Socioeconomic Factors | Weight Gain - ethnology | Pregnancy | Birth Weight | African Americans - statistics & numerical data | Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology | Smoking - epidemiology | Adult | Female | Pregnancy Complications - ethnology | Overweight - ethnology | Retrospective Studies | Colorado - epidemiology | Parity | Obesity | Health care industry | Pregnant women | Analysis | Smoking | Studies | Women | Health risk assessment | Weight | Hispanics
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10. Full Text Preconception care: Closing the gap in the continuum of care to accelerate improvements in maternal, newborn and child health
by Dean, Sohni V and Lassi, Zohra S and Imam, Ayesha M and Bhutta, Zulfiqar A
Reproductive Health, ISSN 1742-4755, 09/2014, Volume 11, Issue Suppl 3, pp. S1 - S1
Introduction: Preconception care includes any intervention to optimize a woman's health before pregnancy with the aim to improve maternal, newborn and child... 
women of reproduction age | preconception | continuum of care | adolescents | pre-pregnancy | MORTALITY | IMPACT | INTERVENTIONS | OBESITY | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | RANDOMIZED-TRIAL | RISK | BANGLADESH | WOMENS GROUPS | DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES | DELIVERY | Pregnancy | Child Welfare | Continuity of Patient Care - organization & administration | Evidence-Based Medicine - methods | Women's Health | Humans | Female | Preconception Care - organization & administration | Child | Infant, Newborn | Pregnancy Outcome
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11. Full Text General practitioners' knowledge, attitudes and views of providing preconception care: a qualitative investigation
by Ojukwu, Obiamaka and Patel, Dilisha and Stephenson, Judith and Howden, Beth and Shawe, Jill
Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, ISSN 0300-9734, 10/2016, Volume 121, Issue 4, pp. 256 - 263
Background: Preconception health and care aims to reduce parental risk factors before pregnancy through health promotion and intervention. Little is known... 
General practice | preconception care | qualitative | pregnancy | pre-pregnancy | SERVICES | HEALTH-PROMOTION | CHALLENGES | WOMEN | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | CHRONIC DISEASE | MALE REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION | MODELS | MEN | BEHAVIORS | Womens health | Original
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12. Full Text Associations of pre-pregnancy body mass index, middle-upper arm circumference, and gestational weight gain
by Ng, C.M and Badon, S.E and Dhivyalosini, M and Hamid, J.J.M and Rohana, A.J and Teoh, A.N and Satvinder, K
Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, ISSN 1877-5756, 06/2019, Volume 20, pp. 60 - 65
An optimal gestational weight gain is essential for maternal health and to reduce adverse birth outcomes. Current guidelines to monitor gestational weight gain... 
Gestational weight gain | Malaysia | Middle-upper arm circumference | Pre-pregnancy body mass index | Pregnant women | Nutritional status | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | PREGNANT-WOMEN | BIRTH-WEIGHT
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13. Full Text Governing Risk, Governing Women
by Waggoner, Miranda R
09/2017, ISBN 0520288068
This concluding chapter revisits the social and medical trends that have intersected with recent knowledge shifts in understanding pregnancy health risk,... 
medical trends | reproductive politics | health risk | anticipation | women’s health care | women’s health policy | Gender and Sexuality | pre-pregnancy care
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14. Full Text Community-based pre-pregnancy care programme improves pregnancy preparation in women with pregestational diabetes
by Yamamoto, Jennifer M and Hughes, Deborah J. F and Evans, Mark L and Karunakaran, Vithian and Clark, John D. A and Morrish, Nicholas J and Rayman, Gerry A and Winocour, Peter H and Hambling, Clare and Harries, Amanda W and Sampson, Michael J and Murphy, Helen R
Diabetologia, ISSN 0012-186X, 7/2018, Volume 61, Issue 7, pp. 1528 - 1537
Women with diabetes remain at increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes associated with poor pregnancy preparation. However, women with type 2 diabetes are... 
Human Physiology | Metabolic Diseases | Antenatal | Internal Medicine | Pre-pregnancy care | Glucose | Primary care | Community-based | Folic acid | Pregnancy | Medicine & Public Health | Diabetes | Glycaemic control | GLYCEMIC CONTROL | KNOWLEDGE | MELLITUS | Pre-pregnancycare | EXPERIENCES | ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM | Glycaemiccontrol | OUTCOMES | TYPE-1 | Pregnant women | Diabetes therapy | Diabetes mellitus | Diabetes mellitus (insulin dependent) | Supplementation | Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent) | Gestational age
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15. Full Text Development of an integrated, district-wide approach to pre-pregnancy management for women with pre-existing diabetes in a multi-ethnic population
by Sina, Maryam and Sina, Maryam and MacMillan, Freya and MacMillan, Freya and Dune, Tinashe and Dune, Tinashe and Balasuriya, Navodya and Balasuriya, Navodya and Khouri, Nouran and Khouri, Nouran and Nguyen, Ngan and Nguyen, Ngan and Jongvisal, Vasyngpong and Jongvisal, Vasyngpong and Lay, Xiang Hui and Lay, Xiang Hui and Simmons, David and Simmons, David
BMC pregnancy and childbirth, ISSN 1471-2393, 10/2018, Volume 18, Issue 1, pp. 402 - 14
BackgroundPoor diabetes management prior to conception, results in increased rates of fetal malformations and other adverse pregnancy outcomes. We describe the... 
Malformations | Type 2 diabetes | Pre-pregnancy care | Contraception | Type 1 diabetes | Intervention programs | GLYCEMIC CONTROL | KNOWLEDGE | BARRIERS | CONGENITAL-ANOMALIES | ATTITUDES | OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY | EXPERIENCES | IMPACT | PREGNANCY OUTCOMES | TYPE-1 | CARE PROGRAM | Humans | Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - complications | Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - therapy | Young Adult | Delphi Technique | Fetal Macrosomia - etiology | Review Literature as Topic | Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - therapy | Pregnancy in Diabetics - therapy | Adult | Female | Interviews as Topic | Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications | Patient Education as Topic | Congenital Abnormalities - prevention & control | Pregnancy Complications - etiology | Focus Groups | Pregnancy in Diabetics - ethnology | Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice | Consensus Development Conferences as Topic | Fetal Macrosomia - prevention & control | Pregnancy | Health Personnel - education | Preconception Care - methods | Pregnancy Complications - prevention & control | Literature reviews | Qualitative research | Intervention | Birth control | Integrated approach | Family planning | Clinics | Womens health | Professionals | Focus groups | Diabetes | Minority & ethnic groups
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16. Full Text The experiences of prepregnancy care for women with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A meta-synthesis
by Forde, Rita and Patelarou, Evridiki E and Forbes, Angus
International Journal of Women's Health, ISSN 1179-1411, 12/2016, Volume 8, pp. 691 - 703
Diabetes is one of the most common medical conditions affecting pregnancy and is associated with a number of adverse fetal, infant, and maternal outcomes.... 
Systematic literature | Patient education | Meta-ethnography | Lived-experience | Contraception | Women’s health | Pre-conception counseling | Type 2 diabetes | Diabetes therapy | Pregnancy | Qualitative research | Studies | Researchers | Womens health | Education | Diabetes | Drug dosages | women’s health | meta-ethnography | qualitative synthesis | pre-pregnancy care
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17. Substance use and preconception care: A review of the literature
by Ricks, Nila and Comer, Louise and Liu, Fuqin and DeGrande, Heather and Adeniran, Olusola
International Journal of Women's Health and Reproduction Sciences, 01/2017, Volume 5, Issue 1, pp. 3 - 10
Substance use | Pre-pregnancy health | Preconception care
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