TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Preconception Care
A1  - Demian, Essam
A2  - South-Paul, Jeannette E.
A2  - Matheny, Samuel C.
A2  - Lewis, Evelyn L.
Y1  - 2015
N1  - 
T2  - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Family Medicine, 4e
AB  - Number  of  births  in  the  United  States  (from  preliminary  data)  in  the  year  2013  was  3,957,577.  Although  most  infants  are  born  healthy,  it  is  of  critical  importance  that  the  infant  mortality  rate  in  the  United  States  ranks  34th  among  developed  nations.  Preconception  care  has  been  advocated  as  a  measure  to  improve  pregnancy  outcomes.  In  2006,  the  Centers  for  Disease  Control  and  Prevention  (CDC)  published  a  report  aimed  at  improving  preconception  care.  This  report  outlined  the  following  10  recommendations:  (1)  individual  responsibility  across  the  life  span,  (2)  consumer  awareness,  (3)  preventive  visits,  (4)  intervention  for  identified  risks,  (5)  interconception  care,  (6)  prepregnancy  checkup,  (7)  health  insurance  coverage  for  women  with  low  incomes,  (8)  public  health  programs  and  strategies,  (9)  research,  and  (10)  monitoring  improvements.  Preconception  care  can  be  provided  most  effectively  as  part  of  ongoing  primary  care.  It  can  be  initiated  during  visits  for  routine  health  maintenance,  during  examinations  for  school  or  work,  at  premarital  or  family  planning  visits,  after  a  negative  pregnancy  test,  or  during  well  child  care  for  another  family  member.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106847796
ER  -