ArticleBMC health services research2019
The effect of a preconception care outreach strategy: the Healthy Pregnancy 4 All study.
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- A comprehensive assessment of preconception health needs and interventions regarding women of childbearing age: a systematic review.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2022Pooled it
- Knowledge of preconception care and its association with family planning utilization among women in Ethiopia: meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2021Pooled it
- The effect of a locally tailored intervention on the uptake of preconception care in the Netherlands: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial (APROPOS-II study).BMC public health · 2022Trial
- 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
- Predictors of receiving care and folic acid supplementation prior to pregnancy: a large cross-sectional study in Shiraz, Iran.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Building Cross-sectoral Collaborations to Address Perinatal Health Inequities: Insights From the Dutch Healthy Pregnancy 4 All-3 Program.International journal of health policy and management · 2024Article
- Development and Validation of Conversational Agent to Pregnancy Safe-education.Journal of medical systems · 2023Article
- "We Are Having a Huge Problem with Compliance": Exploring Preconception Care Utilization in South Africa.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Facilitators and barriers of preconception care in women with inflammatory bowel disease and rheumatic diseases: an explorative survey study in a secondary and tertiary hospital.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Associations between periconceptional lifestyle behaviours and adverse pregnancy outcomes.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
- Change in Lifestyle Behaviors After Preconception Care: A Prospective Cohort Study.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2021Article
- Systematic Development of Materials for Inviting Low Health-Literate Individuals to Participate in Preconception Counseling.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
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Abstract
backgroundPreconception care has been acknowledged as an intervention to reduce perinatal mortality and morbidity. However, utilization of preconception care is low because of low awareness of availability and benefits of the service. An outreach strategy was employed to promote uptake of preconception care consultations. Its effect on the uptake of preconception care consultations was evaluated within the Healthy Pregnancy 4 All study.
methodsWe conducted a community-based intervention study. The outreach strategy for preconception care consultations included four approaches: (1) letters from municipal health services; (2) letters from general practitioners; (3) information leaflets by preventive child healthcare services and (4) encouragement by peer health educators. The target population was set as women aged 18 to 41 years in 14 Dutch municipalities with relatively high perinatal morbidity and mortality rates. We evaluated the effect of the outreach strategy by analyzing uptake of preconception care consultations between February 2013 and December 2014. Registration data of applications for preconception care as well as participant questionnaires were obtained for analysis.
resultsThe outreach strategy led to 587 applications for preconception care consultations. The majority of applications (n = 424; 72%) were prompted by the invitation letters (132,129) from the municipalities and general practitioners. The effect of the municipal letter seemed to fade out after 3 months.
conclusionsOutreach strategies amongst the general population promote uptake of preconception care consultations, although on a small scale and with a temporary effect.
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