Introduction: The aim of the study was to evaluate preconception risk factors that may adversely affect pregnancy outcomes, and care practices.
 Methods: A descriptive completed with 359 women. data were collected a questionnaire drawn up by researchers.
 Results: Findings demonstrated advanced age (20.6%), smoking (23.1%), existence chronic illness (23.6%) being overweight (26.7%). A...

OBJECTIVES Adequate preconception maternal health care is essential to reduce the risk of unwanted pregnancy outcomes and complications. Still, many women are exposed to a number of unhealthy risk factors both before and early in pregnancy. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of a number of important preconception risk factors using data from a recent multicenter study in Italy. METHO...

BACKGROUND Paternal preconception risk factors such as smoking, exposure to environmental substances, medication use, overweight and advanced age correlate with the occurrence of malformations and birth defects in the offspring. Nonetheless, the prevalence of risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes in the male population has been scarcely investigated and no report on preconception interven...

BACKGROUND Improving the quality of healthcare services is considered as the main strategy to improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes. Providing appropriate healthcare for mothers and their newborn children is facilitated significantly by considering the mothers' health and welfare before pregnancy occurs. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the quality of preconception care p...

Stillbirth rates in high-income countries declined dramatically from about 1940, but this decline has slowed or stalled over recent times. The present variation in stillbirth rates across and within high-income countries indicates that further reduction in stillbirth is possible. Large disparities (linked to disadvantage such as poverty) in stillbirth rates need to be addressed by providing mor...

INTRODUCTION Preconception care recognizes that many adolescent girls and young women will be thrust into motherhood without the knowledge, skills or support they need. Sixty million adolescents give birth each year worldwide, even though pregnancy in adolescence has mortality rates at least twice as high as pregnancy in women aged 20-29 years. Reproductive planning and contraceptive use can pr...

abouT one in Twelve infanTs born in rhode island during 2004–2006 were low birth weight and nearly one in ten were premature. These conditions greatly increase the risk of perinatal complications and of disability and poor health across the life course. Nationally, there is evidence of preconception care effectiveness for screening/referral of reproductive risks, folate supplementation, and tre...