Preconception Health and Care: Second National Summit
When: October 29-31, 2007
Where: Oakland, California

This meeting focused on strategies for implementing the national recommendations to improve women's health, preconception care, and pregnancy outcomes. Key topics included:

• Integration of preconception care into clinical practice
• Promising practices from local public health departments and community-based organizations
• Research
• Reaching underserved and hard-to-reach women of reproductive age
• State-level approaches
• Medicaid and other public and private finance strategies
• Consumer outreach

The March of Dimes was one of the convening organizations for the summit.

To view abstracts and learn more about the program, click here.