American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 199, Issue 6, Supplement B , Pages S266-S279 , December 2008

The clinical content of preconception care: an overview and preparation of this supplement

  • Brian W. Jack, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Brian W. Jack, MD, Boston Medical Center, Dowling 5, Room 5309, 1 BMC Place, Boston, MA 02118
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  • Hani Atrash, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • National Center on Birth defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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  • Dean V. Coonrod, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
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  • Merry-K. Moos, BSN, FNP, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Julie O'Donnell, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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  • Kay Johnson, MPH, EdM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH

Received 12 June 2008 ,Accepted 29 July 2008.

References 

  1. Atrash H, Jack BW, Johnson K, et al. Where is the “W” in MCH?. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008;199:S259–S265
  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Recommendations for improving preconception health and health care: United States: a report of the CC/ATSDR Preconception Care Workgroup and the Select Panel on Preconception Care. MMWR Morb Mortal Weekly Rep. 2006;551–23
  3. Public Health Service. Caring for our future: the content of prenatal care: a report of the Public Health Service Expert Panel on the Content of Prenatal Care. Washington (DC): US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service; 1989;
  4. Moos M-K, Dunlop AL, Jack BW, et al. Healthier women, healthier reproductive outcomes: recommendations for the routine care of all women of reproductive age. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008;199::S280-9
  5. US Preventive Services Task Force. Guide to clinical preventive services. 2nd ed.. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins; 1996;

 The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 Conflict of Interest: Brian W. Jack, MD; Hani Atrash, MD, MPH; Merry-K Moos, BSN, FNP, MPH; Julie O'Donnell, MPH; and Kay Johnson, MPH, EdM have no conflict of interest including grants, honoraria, advisory board membership, or share holdings. Dean V. Coonrod, MD, MPH, is a Grant Recipient from the March of Dimes Arizona Chapter to develop an internatal Care Clinic and has funding from CMS (#1HOCMS030207 101) working on compliance with the 6 week postpartum visit as a strategy to improve preconception care.

PII: S0002-9378(08)00887-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.07.067

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 199, Issue 6, Supplement B , Pages S266-S279 , December 2008

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