ArticleFrontiers in public health2026
Factors associated with preconception care behaviors and behavioral stages among emerging adults: a cross-sectional study.
Article in Frontiers in public health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: It remains a challenge to promote reproductive healthcare behaviors-including preconception care-among emerging adults. To effectively influence behavioral changes among emerging adults, it is necessary to understand their behavior according to their psychological steps. Objective: This study aimed to describe the distribution of preconception care behavioral stages among emerging adults, using the framework of the precaution adoption process model (PAPM), and to examine factors associated with each stage. Methods: This cross-sectional study used an online convenience sample of 929 participants aged 18-25 years in South Korea between March and October 2020. Behavioral stages of preconception care were assessed using the PAPM, and participants were classified into three groups (unaware, pre-adoption, and adoption of preconception care behaviors). Separate binary logistic regression models were used to compare each group with the adoption group as a reference. Results: Compared with the adoption group, the unaware group was more likely to be male, to be sexually inexperienced, to use contraception inconsistently, to have no intention of future childbearing, and to report higher self-perceived knowledge of pregnancy-related issues. The pre-adoption group was more likely to be sexually inexperienced and to report lower perceived health status and lower levels of reproductive health-promoting behaviors. Conclusions: This study described the behavioral stages of preconception care using the PAPM framework and identified characteristics associated with each stage. The findings may inform the development of future communication strategies; however, further research is required to evaluate their effectiveness.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.