ArticlePreventive medicine
The relationship between pregnancy intention and preconception health behaviors.
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- A systematic review of non-binary measures of pregnancy perceptions, attitudes and reactions, and associated outcomes.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
- Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Interconception Intervention Provided by Public Health Nurses.Maternal and child health journal · 2020Trial
- Prevalence of Multivitamin/Folic Acid Intake, Diabetes, and Other Risk Factors for Birth Defects Among Women in the United States, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2017-2022.Birth defects research · 2026Article
- Pregnancy, Birth, Neonatal, and Mental Health Outcomes Are Minimally Associated with Pregnancy Ambivalence.Studies in family planning · 2026Article
- Pregnancy intention, preconception health, health behaviours, and information and health advice seeking among expectant male partners.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Application of theory of planned behavior to predictors of preconception care behavior in women of childbearing age.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Multivitamin Use Among Hispanic Women of Reproductive Age in the United States, 2013-2022.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2024Article
- "A patient should not have to ask": Women's experiences of patient education about preconception care for type 2 diabetes.Patient education and counseling · 2023Article
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- Determinants of preconception care among pregnant women in an urban and a rural health facility in Kenya: a qualitative study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
- Lifestyle and Psychological Factors of Women with Pregnancy Intentions Who Become Pregnant: Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort of Australian Women.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Lifestyle and Psychological Factors Associated with Pregnancy Intentions: Findings from a Longitudinal Cohort Study of Australian Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Integrating interconception care in preventive child health care services: The Healthy Pregnancy 4 All program.PloS one · 2019Article
- Most Frequently Reported Prescription Medications and Supplements in Couples Planning Pregnancy: The LIFE Study.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2018Article
- Preconception care in therapeutic abortion applicants.Journal of education and health promotion · 2017Article
- Demographic Characteristics, Health Behaviors Before and During Pregnancy, and Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes in Mothers with Different Pregnancy Planning Status.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2016Article
- Pregnancy Intention and Post-partum Depressive Affect in Louisiana Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System.Maternal and child health journal · 2016Article
- The Impact of Prior Poor Birth Outcomes on Smoking Behavior on Subsequent Pregnancies: Analysis of the National PRAMS Data.Maternal and child health journal · 2016Article
- Prevalence and Characteristics of Bed-Sharing Among Black and White Infants in Georgia.Maternal and child health journal · 2016Article
- Socioeconomic Status, Alcohol Use, and Pregnancy Intention in a National Sample of Women.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe smoking, heavy drinking, and folic acid supplementation in preconception women and determine if the likelihood of healthy preconception behaviors differs by whether and when women intend future pregnancy.
methodsAnalysis was based on 35,351 nonpregnant women who participated in the 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System who were of reproductive age (18-44 years), sexually active, and capable of future pregnancy. The association between future pregnancy intention and preconception behaviors was determined adjusting for diabetes, weight category, age group, race/ethnicity, marital status, education, income, and children living in household.
resultsEighty percent of women were non-smokers, 94.3% were non-heavy drinkers, and 42.6% were daily folic acid users. In adjusted analysis, only the odds of folic acid supplementation remained higher in women intending pregnancy in the next 12 months (adjusted odds ratio, 1.57; 95% confidence interval, 1.21-2.04) compared with women not intending future pregnancy. Women intending pregnancy later or ambivalent about future pregnancy were no more likely to be engaging in healthy preconception behaviors than women not intending future pregnancy.
conclusionWomen intending pregnancy within 12 months were more likely to use folic acid, but pregnancy intention was not associated with preconception smoking or heavy drinking.
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