ArticleMaternal and child health journal2017
Barriers in the Uptake and Delivery of Preconception Care: Exploring the Views of Care Providers.
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- Health professionals' beliefs and attitudes towards preconception care: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled 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
- A Mobile App Lifestyle Intervention to Improve Healthy Nutrition in Women Before and During Early Pregnancy: Single-Center Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- Organisation, Financing, and Implementation of Preconception Care in Primary Care: Implications for Women's Health and Well-Being.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Premarital Preventive Examinations and Access to Genetic Counselling in the South-Central Region of Bulgaria: Implications for Preconception and Child Health.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Primary care providers' perspectives on barriers and enablers influencing preconception care provision for African migrant and refugee women: qualitative interviews.Health promotion international · 2026Article
- Exploring social and public healthcare professionals' experiences providing pregnancy intentions and contraceptive counseling in the Netherlands.AJOG global reports · 2026Article
- Fertility counseling among family physicians in Turkey: a cross-sectional survey of knowledge, attitudes, and practices.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Preconception care utilisation among women of reproductive age in Ghana: using Andersen's behavioural model.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Article
- Use of Dialogue to Uncover Perceptions of Preconception Care From Women of Reproductive Age in the Sampled Districts of Limpopo Province.Journal of pregnancy · 2026Article
- Addressing unmet needs in pregnancy and family planning of people living with rare and low-prevalence diseases: results of the "ERN transversal working group on pregnancy and family planning" survey.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- Challenges faced by healthcare providers in implementing preconception care for women with diabetes in public health clinics in Malaysia - A qualitative study.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Preconception Care: Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Physicians at a Tertiary Hospital in Ethiopia.AJP reports · 2025Article
- An exploratory study on midwives' perceptions of the availability of preconception care in health facilities in the Kpandai District of Northern Ghana.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Primary care professionals' views on population-based expanded carrier screening: an online focus group study.Family practice · 2024Article
- Family Planning and Preconception Care Service Management: The Key Role of Bulgarian GPs.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A Development and Implementation of a Preconception Counseling Program for Black Women and Men in the Southeastern United States: A Pilot Protocol.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- A development and implementation of a preconception counseling program for black women and men in the southeastern United States: a pilot protocol.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Self-reported Provision of Preconception Care and Associated Factors.The East African health research journal · 2024Article
- Stimulating the Uptake of Preconception Care by Women With a Vulnerable Health Status Through mHealth App-Based Nudging (Pregnant Faster): Cocreation Design and Protocol for a Cohort Study.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Objectives To examine health care professionals' views of their role and responsibilities in providing preconception care and identify barriers that affect the delivery and uptake of preconception care. Methods Twenty health care professionals who provide preconception care on a regular basis were interviewed using semi-structured interviews. Results We interviewed twelve community midwives, three General Practitioners, three obstetricians, one cardiologist specialized in congenital heart diseases and one gastroenterologist.We identified four barriers affecting the uptake and delivery of preconception care (PCC): (1) lack of a comprehensive preconception care program; (2) limited awareness of most future parents about the benefits of preconception care, hesitance of GP's about the necessity and effectiveness of PCC; (3) poor coordination and organization of preconception care; (4) conflicting views of health care professionals on pregnancy, reproductive autonomy of patients and professional responsibility. Conclusion We have identified four barriers in the uptake and delivery of preconception care. Our findings support the timely implementation of a comprehensive program of PCC (already advocated by the Health Council of the Netherlands) and increasing awareness and knowledge of PCC from care providers and future parents. We emphasize the need for further research on how organizational barriers lead to suboptimal PCC and how interdisciplinary collaboration and referral can lead to optimally tailored intervention approaches.
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