Trial reportMaternal and child health journal2009
Design of the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS) strong healthy women intervention: improving preconceptional health.
Trial report in Maternal and child health journal, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Directed preconception health programs and interventions for improving pregnancy outcomes for women who are overweight or obese.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Routine pre-pregnancy health promotion for improving pregnancy outcomes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2009Pooled it
- Acceptability and feasibility of a planned preconception weight loss intervention in women with long-acting reversible contraception: the Plan-it mixed-methods study.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2023Trial
- Adaptive, behavioral intervention impact on weight gain, physical activity, energy intake, and motivational determinants: results of a feasibility trial in pregnant women with overweight/obesity.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2021Trial
- Improving women's preconceptional health: long-term effects of the Strong Healthy Women behavior change intervention in the central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthTrial
- Improving women's preconceptional health: findings from a randomized trial of the Strong Healthy Women intervention in the Central Pennsylvania women's health study.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthTrial
- Pregnant Adults' Interest in Physical and Mental Health Behavior Change Interventions Using Mobile Technology.Journal of technology in behavioral science · 2025Article
- Healthy Mom Zone Adaptive Intervention With a Novel Control System and Digital Platform to Manage Gestational Weight Gain in Pregnant Women With Overweight or Obesity: Study Design and Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
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- The Preconception Period analysis of Risks and Exposures Influencing health and Development (PrePARED) consortium.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2019Article
- Individually Tailored, Adaptive Intervention to Manage Gestational Weight Gain: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial in Women With Overweight and Obesity.JMIR research protocols · 2018Article
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- Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms Throughout the Peri- and Postpartum Period: Results from the First Baby Study.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2016Article
- The Scope of Pre-Pregnancy Care Conducted at Health Centers of Tabriz, Iran: Women's Viewpoints.Journal of caring sciences · 2013Article
- Women's perceived internal control of future pregnancy outcomes and its related factors.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research · 2013Article
- Strategies to Promote Physical Activity During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review of Intervention Evidence.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2013Article
- Physical activity and pregnancy: past and present evidence and future recommendations.Research quarterly for exercise and sport · 2012Review
- The contribution of maternal stress to preterm birth: issues and considerations.Clinics in perinatology · 2011Review
- Towards an Understanding of Change in Physical Activity from Pregnancy Through Postpartum.Psychology of sport and exercise · 2011Article
- Correlates of pre-pregnancy physical inactivity: results from the pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system.Maternal and child health journal · 2010Article
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Abstract
Considerable evidence suggests that modifiable risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preterm birth and low birthweight include obesity, sedentary behavior, and infections. There is a growing consensus that the preconceptional and interconceptional periods may be an ideal time for preventive intervention targeting these risk factors; enhancing health before pregnancy would subsequently reduce the risk for poor pregnancy outcomes. This paper provides an overview of the development of a health behavior intervention, Strong Healthy Women, that aims to improve women's preconceptional and interconceptional health. We describe the rationale, delivery, and targeted outcomes of the program, as well as the design of an ongoing trial currently testing program efficacy. The content areas are also discussed and include pregnancy-conception, stress, physical activity, nutrition, infection, sources of smoke in the home, and substance use. This intervention protocol may offer researchers and healthcare professionals a framework for designing other programs aiming to improve women's preconceptional health.
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