American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 199, Issue 6, Supplement B , Pages S362-S366 , December 2008

The clinical content of preconception care: care of psychosocial stressors

  • Lorraine V. Klerman, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Child, Youth, and Family Policy, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
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  • Brian W. Jack, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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  • Dean V. Coonrod, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Center for Healthcare against Family Violence, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
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  • Michael C. Lu, MD, MS, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology & Community Health Sciences, University of California-Los Angeles Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Yvonne W. Fry-Johnson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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  • Kay Johnson, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Johnson Group Consulting, Inc, Hinesburg, VT

Received 17 June 2008 ,Revised 6 August 2008 ,Accepted 20 August 2008.

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 Conflict of Interest: Lorraine V. Klerman, DrPH; Brian W. Jack, MD; Michael C. Lu, MD, MS, MPH; Yvonne W. Fry-Johnson, MD; and Kay Johnson, MPH 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 from the State of Arizona for a hospital-based domestic violence program. He 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)00979-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.08.042

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 199, Issue 6, Supplement B , Pages S362-S366 , December 2008

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