ReviewReproductive health2013
Born too soon: care before and between pregnancy to prevent preterm births: from evidence to action.
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 95 citations in OpenAlex.
- Internet-Based Interventions for Preventing Premature Birth in Preconceptional Women of Childbearing Age: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Total Adverse Childhood Experiences and Preterm Birth: A Systematic Review.Maternal and child health journal · 2021Pooled it
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- A new screening of preterm birth in gestation with short cervix after pessary plus progesterone.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2024Trial
- Estimates of avoided costs attributed to a short cervix screening program to prevent preterm birth from the perspective of the Unified Health System (SUS).Revista de saude publica · 2023Trial
- Characterisation of anaemia and associated factors among infants and pre-schoolers from rural India.Public health nutrition · 2016Trial
- Preconceptual care reduces risk of spontaneous preterm birth for select high-risk populations: A prospective study.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026Article
- Developing and piloting an intervention to increase adolescent access to sexual and reproductive healthcare: a mixed-methods study.Health education research · 2025Article
- Preconception Care: A Concept Analysis of an Evolving Paradigm.Journal of advanced nursing · 2025Review
- Associations Between Modifiable Preconception Care Indicators and Pregnancy Outcomes.Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM · 2025Article
- Neonatal Mortality Disparities by Gestational Age in European Countries.JAMA network open · 2024Article
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- Perception and experiences of adolescent mothers and communities in caring for their preterm babies: findings from an in-depth study in rural Bangladesh.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Pre-term labour: A study on evaluation of causes and outcome.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2024Article
- Like mother like daughter, the role of low human capital in intergenerational cycles of disadvantage: the Pune Maternal Nutrition Study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Article
- Self-reported Provision of Preconception Care and Associated Factors.The East African health research journal · 2024Article
- Predicting preterm birth using auto-ML frameworks: a large observational study using electronic inpatient discharge data.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- Research prioritisation on prevention and management of preterm birth in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) with a special focus on Bangladesh using the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) method.Journal of global health · 2023Article
- Interconception Care for Adolescent Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Maternal and child health journal · 2023Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
Providing care to adolescent girls and women before and between pregnancies improves their own health and wellbeing, as well as pregnancy and newborn outcomes, and can also reduce the rates of preterm birth. This paper has reviewed the evidence-based interventions and services for preventing preterm births, reported the findings from research priority exercise, and prescribed actions for taking this call further. Certain factors in the preconception period have been shown to increase the risk for prematurity and, therefore, preconception care services for all women of reproductive age should address these risk factors through preventing adolescent pregnancy, preventing unintended pregnancies, promoting optimal birth spacing, optimizing pre-pregnancy weight and nutritional status (including a folic acid-containing multivitamin supplement) and ensuring that all adolescent girls have received complete vaccination. Preconception care must also address risk factors that may be applicable to only some women. These include screening for and management of chronic diseases, especially diabetes; sexually-transmitted infections; tobacco and smoke exposure; mental health disorders, notably depression; and intimate partner violence. The approach to research in preconception care to prevent preterm births should include a cycle of development and delivery research that evaluates how best to scale up coverage of existing evidence-based interventions, epidemiologic research that assesses the impact of implementing these interventions and discovery science that better elucidates the complex causal pathway of preterm birth and helps to develop new screening and intervention tools. In addition to research, policy and financial investment is crucial to increasing opportunities to implement preconception care, and rates of prematurity should be included as a tracking indicator in global and national maternal child health assessments.
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