What Is It? The Evidence-Base and Science Supporting Preconception Care
- A Snapshot of Preconceptional Health (Moos) (492 kb)
- Interconception Care (Klerman) (492 kb)
Genomics: The Implications for Preconception Care
- The Role of Genetic Counseling in Preconception Care (Hoskovec) (131 kb)
- Preventing Prematurity: Genomics and Preconception Care (Dolan) (4.4 mb)
Putting It All Together in Policy and Finance: The Case of Illinois
Every Woman, Every Time
- Georgia Folic Acid Campaign (Weber et al) (320 kb)
- Every Woman, Every Time: The California Preconception Care Initiative (Cullum) (5.9 mb)
- The WELL Project: A Women's Health Program in Three Title X Baltimore County Family Planning Sites (Cheng) (2.9 mb)
- Enhancement and Integration into MCAH/OFP Programs in California (Gonzalez) (98 kb)
- Evaluation of a Preconception/Interconception Care Pilot Project in an Urban and Two Rural Family Planning Projects (Feuerborn) (688 kb)
Community-Based Approaches to Preconception Care
- Interconceptional Counseling: A Community-Based Approach, Broward Healthy Start Coalition (Davenport and Lesh) (3.7 mb)
- Toward Women's Health: Cities Take Action, CityMatch (Kent) (2.1 mb)
- Will Preconception Protocols Improve Birth Outcomes in Marion County? (Beasley) (524 kb)
- A Healthy Baby Is Worth the Weight (Beaudette)
-Part I (4.4 mb)
-Part II (5.2 mb)
Provider Education: What We Know and What We Need to Know
- An Interdisciplinary Preconception Care Curriculum for Four Medical Specialties (Chazotte/March of Dimes Preconception Working Group) (66 kb)
- What Every Health Care Provider Should Know About the Preconception Visit (Malnory) (360 kb)
- Folic Acid Knowledge and Practices Among Health Care Providers, 2002-2003 (Williams) (3.7 mb)
- Improving Preconception Care (Bernstein et al.) (96 kb)
Tools You Can Use
- The Preconception Toolkit: Making It Easy for Providers (Conway) (328 kb)
- The Story of Folic Acid Woman: Folic Acid Education for Middle Schoolers and Girl Scouts (Samuels) (65 kb)
- Evaluating a Preconceptional eHealth Education Program and Message Delivery Tool (Fassett) (4.2 mb)
The Role of Infectious Disease Prevention in Preconception Care
Key Strategies for High-Risk Women
- Interconceptional Education and Counseling (Levine) (181 kb)
- The Interpregnancy Care Program: The Feasibility and Impact of Delivering Interpregnancy Care to Mothers of Very-Low-Birthweight Infants (Dunlop) (197 kb)
- Interconceptional Care Counseling: A Curriculum for Health Care Educators and Providers (Sierra)
-Part I (1.9 mb)
-Part II (3.3 mb) - A Novel Comprehensive Preconception and Interconception Care Program (Dayal et al.) (164 kb)
- The Magnolia Project: Reducing Infant Mortality—A Preconceptional Care Strategy (Brady) (2.4 mb)
Data for Change: Action, Policy and Practice
- The Importance of Marketing Perinatal Health to Noncontemplators: The Cases of Folic Acid and Alcohol (Rosenberg et al.) (131 kb)
- Preconception Care: An Opportunity to Prevent Maternal Mortality (Chazotte et al.) (852 kb)
- Using the Perinatal Periods of Risk (PPOR) Approach to Implement Preconception Health Policies and Programs (Johnson) (1.8 mb)
- "Stir-Fried" Strategies for Women's Health (Opalek and Bambace) (4.0 mb)
- The Fountain Project: Toward an Integrated Model for Evidence-Based Preconceptual Care (Cook et al.) (380 kb)
Using Surveys to Assess Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs
- Folic Acid Consumer Knowledge (Biermann) (1.2 mb)
- Low-Income Women of Diverse Ethic Groups Report Better Interpersonal Care with Psychosocial and Health Promotional Services (Korenbrot et al.) (229 kb)
- Pregnancy Planning and Lifestyle Behaviors Among Nonpregnant, Childbearing-Age Women: Southern California, 1998-2000 (Raleigh) (492 kb)
- Predictors of Preconception Care and Birth Defects Prevention (Case et al.) (229 kb)
Reaching and Influencing Specific Populations
- Folic Acid Awareness and Use by Women in California: 1997-2002 (Haydu and Ammad) (1.5mb)
- The DOUGLAS Preconception Plan: Madres Saludables Pilot (Baker) (6.3 mb)
- Save Our Babies: An Orange County Healthy Start Coalition Preconception Health Program (Ahonkhai and Sutherland) (5.4 mb)
- Vitamin Distribution for Women in Their Childbearing Years: March of Dimes Florida Chapter VitaGrant Project (Jensen) (131 kb)
- Access to Care and Communication with Providers for Females of Childbearing Age: Relevance to Preconception Care (Dayton and Correa-de-Araujo) (721 kb)
All Over the Map: Strategies from Around the Globe
- Application of Preconceptional Care in Korea (Han et al.) (5.1 mb)
- Social Marketing Preconception Care: A Pilot Study (Li) (3.1 mb)
- Improving Maternal and Child Outcomes Through Preconceptional Care in Resource-Poor Islands in the Philippines (Ago) (131 kb)
- Preconception Care: The Belgian Project (Delvoye) (492 kb)
- Promoting Preconception Health Care Services in China (Wang) (197 kb)
Medicaid Waivers for Family Planning, Preconception and Interconception Care
Disparities in Preconception Health Care
- Disparities in Preconception Health Care: An Overview (Correa-de-Araujo) (2.6 mb)
- Preconception Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases Among Minority Women (Weinstein) (66 kb)
- Alameda County, California: Health Information Team (Brett) (4.3 mb)
-Abstract - Disparities in Perinatal Outcomes Using Perinatal Periods of Risk (PPOR): Results from the Bay Area Collaborative (Stein) (2.1 mb)
Where Are the Men in Women's Health? Relevance to Preconception Care
- Healthy Dads (Schrader) (596 kb)
- Men's Workplace Hazards (Frazier et al.) (2.4 mb)
- The Occupational and Environmental History: A Key Element of the Preconception Visit (McDiarmid) (5.8 mb)
Promising Clinical Practice Strategies
- First PAGE: A Strategy for Screening for Birth Defects and Genetic Disorders Applicable to Preconception Care (Kloza et al.) (214 kb)
- Improving Perinatal Outcomes by Providing Preconception Care for Women with a History of Depression (Wilen) (3.9 mb)
How to Pay for It? Financing Preconception Care
