ArticleFacts, views & vision in ObGyn2013
Preconceptional care: a systematic review of the current situation and recommendations for the future.
Article in Facts, views & vision in ObGyn, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Determinants of knowledge of preconception care among healthcare providers in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
- Factors influencing preconception care awareness and knowledge among women in Africa: a systematic review.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Pooled it
- Mothers' utilization and associated factors of preconception care in Africa, a systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- 'It Was a Bit of a Now or Never Situation': Experiences of Preconception Care and Support for Women With Multiple Long-Term Health Conditions.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
- Preconception health risk factors documented in general practice electronic medical records.BMJ sexual & reproductive health · 2024Article
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- Preconception Care: A Strategic Intervention for the Prevention of Neonatal and Birth Disorders.Cureus · 2023Review
- Health Education about Lifestyle-Related Risk Factors in Gynecological and Obstetric Care: A Qualitative Study of Healthcare Providers' Views in Germany.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Knowledge, attitude and practice of physicians regarding periconceptional folic acid for women at low risk of a neural tube defect affected pregnancy.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Article
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- Primary health care nursing students' knowledge of and attitude towards the provision of preconception care in KwaZulu-Natal.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2019Article
- Level of Healthcare Providers' Preconception Care (PCC) Practice and Factors Associated with Non-Implementation of PCC in Hawassa, Ethiopia.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2019Article
- Knowledge of preconception care among healthcare providers working in public health institutions in Hawassa, Ethiopia.PloS one · 2018Article
- A needs assessment on addressing environmental health issues within reproductive health service provision: Considerations for continuing education and support.Canadian medical education journal · 2017Article
- China's community-based strategy of universal preconception care in rural areas at a population level using a novel risk classification system for stratifying couples´ preconception health status.BMC health services research · 2016Article
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
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objectiveTo review the current knowledge and implementation of preconceptional care (PCC) in the Western world, focusing both on health care workers and the general population, and to analyze pathways to disseminate the influence of preconceptional care on pregnancy outcome.
methodsA systematic literature study was performed using OvidSP and Pubmed, searching for articles about PCC and its implementation, published between 1966 and October 2012. Only randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews dealing with PCC in the Western world were retained.
resultsForty-six articles were identified for review. PCC might result in better pregnancy outcomes, including e.g. a reduction of congenital abnormalities. There are no proven disadvantages of PCC. Health care workers are in favor of the implementation of PCC, but claim that they don't have enough knowledge to do so. The general population shows interest in receiving PCC. The implementation of PCC should be improved by e.g. the development of guidelines and checklists.
conclusionsAs PCC might improve pregnancy outcomes and is considered important by health care workers and the general population, its implementation should be improved, e.g. by the development of guidelines and checklists.
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