Campaigning for preconception health.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. What do we mean by preconception health and preconception care in research and policy? A systematic review.Human reproduction update · 2026
   Pooled it
2. The association between preconception cannabis use and gestational diabetes mellitus: The Preconception Period Analysis of Risks and Exposures Influencing health and Development (PrePARED) consortium.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2024
   Pooled it
3. Which factors play a role in the decision of mothers to participate in child follow-up examinations after participation in an RCT?: a semi-quantitative study.BMJ open · 2022
   Trial
4. Association between maternal mental health-related hospitalisation in the 5 years prior to or during pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes: a population-based retrospective cohort data linkage study in the Northern Territory of Australia.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2024
   Article
5. Large-Scale Data Harmonization Across Prospective Studies.American journal of epidemiology · 2023
   Article
6. Lifestyle interventions to reduce endocrine-disrupting phthalate and phenol exposures among reproductive age men and women: A review and future steps.Environment international · 2022
   Review
7. Preconception health in current society: The PreconNet project.European journal of midwifery · 2021
   Article
8. Dutch trends in the use of potentially harmful medication during pregnancy.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2020
   Article
9. "It's Never Too Early": Preconception Care and Postgenomic Models of Life.Frontiers in sociology · 2020
   Article
10. Preconception Health Attitudes and Behaviours of Women: A Qualitative Investigation.Nutrients · 2019
    Article

Corrections and comments

• Comment on
  Before the beginning: nutrition and lifestyle in the preconception period and its importance for future health.2018
• Comment on
  Origins of lifetime health around the time of conception: causes and consequences.2018
• Comment on
  Intervention strategies to improve nutrition and health behaviours before conception.2018

Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

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Abstract

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