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Annotation: This webinar provides information about how to improve the health of women of childbearing age. Panelists include contributors to the January/February 2013 supplemental issue on preconception health of the American Journal of Health Promotion (volume 24, no. sp. e). Topics include an overview of the journal issue, consumers' perceptions of preconception health, couples and preconception health, implementing interconception care in community settings, and reaching women through health information technology.

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Keywords: Communities, Health care, Information dissemination, Multimedia, Outreach, Preconception health, Reproductive health, Women's health

Annotation: This report summarizes a March 2013 workshop to discuss issues related to encouraging behavior change that would reflect updated guidelines on weight gain during pregnancy, such as charting weight gain during pregnancy, improving choices concerning nutrition and physical activity, and receiving adequate pre- or post-conception advice about weight and pregnancy weight gain. Contents include communicating the pregnancy weight gain guidelines, discussing efforts to support behavior change, implementing the guidelines, reviewing the First Thousand Days Program, and collaborating for action, as well as final thoughts. Appendices include the workshop agenda, list of participants, speaker biographies, and the workshop statement of task.

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Keywords: Gestational weight gain, Guidelines, Nutrition, Physical activity, Weight management, Postnatal care, Preconception care, Pregnancy, Pregnant women, Prenatal care, Resources for professionals

Annotation: This chart is intended for women who have diabetes and want to get pregnant. It provides information on the potential effects of uncontrolled diabetes before and during pregnancy. Tips on controlling blood sugar to help prevent problems and links to additional resources on diabetes and pregnancy are included.

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Keywords: Adverse effects, Congenital abnormalities, Infants, Preconception, Pregnancy in diabetics, Self care, Women

Annotation: These guidelines provide health professionals with information for discussion with HIV-infected pregnant women to enable the patient-health professional team to make informed decisions about the use of antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy and the use of elective Cesarean delivery to reduce perinatal HIV transmission. The recommendations in the guidelines are accompanied by discussion of various circumstances that commonly occur in clinical practice and the factors influencing treatment considerations. Topics include (1) lessons learns from clinical trials of antiretroviral interventions to reduce perinatal transmission of HIV, (2) preconception counseling and care for HIV-infected women of childbearing age, (3) antepartum care, (4) intrapartum care, (5) postpartum care, and (6) neonatal postnatal care.

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Keywords: Cesarean section, Counseling, Disease transmission, Guidelines, HIV infected patients, Pediatric HIV, Physician patient relations, Postnatal care, Postpartum care, Preconception care, Pregnant women, Prenatal care, Prevention, Treatment

Annotation: This report discusses what is known about preterm birth and its causes and trends. The report, which includes national, regional, and global estimates of preterm birthrates, including rates by country, presents a plan for the actions needed to reduce the incidence of death and disability resulting from preterm birth, provide care for infants born preterm, and reduce the numbers of preterm births.

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Keywords: Geographic factors, High risk infants, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Infant death, Infant health, Infant mortality, International health, Neonatal intensive care, Postpartum care, Preconception care, Prenatal care, Preterm birth, Prevention

Annotation: This report focuses on opportunities for collaboration in preconception health and health care and early childhood comprehensive systems (ECCS). The report (1) provides evidence for the causal link between health at birth and well-being later in life, (2) presents statistics on existing disparities in birth outcomes across socio-demographic groups in the United States, (3) discusses how improving mothers' preconception health can influence child birth outcomes, (4) presents examples of how different states and organizations are implementing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations, (5) discusses how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 can impact preconception health and health care, and (6) presents recommendations for ECCS coordinators and other early childhood policymakers.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Child health, Economic factors, Ethnic factors, Health care systems, Infant health, Legislation, Preconception care, Public policy, Racial factors, Reproductive health, State programs, Statistical data, Young children

Annotation: This report comprises summaries of 16 key informant interviews about existing programs and innovative strategies for preconception health and promotion throughout the United States. The report describes the methods, discusses strategies being used (such as integrating preconception health into clinical settings, vitamin giveaways, and provider education and training), and discusses relevant formative research and other work.

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Keywords: Health promotion, Preconception care, Programs, Reproductive health, Research, Women's health

Annotation: This issue brief reports the activities of health plans and foundations that are addressing preconception health. The brief examines the role of private health plans and their philanthropic foundations in promoting preconception health, including the motivations for their interest in preconception care and their strategies to increase access to preconception care and document how these approaches are reaching women of childbearing age. The brief concludes with a summary of remaining barriers, along with potential strategies for overcoming the barriers and promoting preconception health. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Access to health care, Barriers, Health insurance, Health promotion, Philanthropy, Preconception care, Women's health

Annotation: This website provides information on food safety and preventing foodborne illness for pregnant women. Advice is provided for women before they get pregnant, during pregnancy, in addition to over a whole life cycle. More contents include a food-by-food guide, revised food handling guidelines, educator tools, resources for professionals, and brochures.

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Keywords: Consumer education materials, Disease prevention, Food safety, Maternal nutrition, Preconceptional nutrition, Pregnant women, Resources for professionals

Annotation: This videorecording provides information about preconception health. It discusses birth control, avoiding smoking and illegal drugs, abstaining from alcohol consumption during pregnancy, vaccinations, receiving regular checkups, taking multivitamins and folic acid, nutrition, and physical activity. Vignettes with women at different stages in their life are presented.

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Keywords: Alcohol consumption, Birth control, Folic acid, Illicit drugs, Immunizations, Multimedia, Nutrition, Physical activity, Preconception care, Prenatal care, Prevention, Smoking, Vitamin supplements, Women's health

Annotation: This action plan to improve preconception health and the quality of preconception health care aims to advance the knowledge of women and their partners, increase the availability of evidence-based services, and improve the health of communities and of the nation as a whole. The plan outlines goals, objectives, strategies, and action steps that can help (1) move science into clinical practice; (2) market messages and images that will raise consumer awareness of preconception care; (3) inform policy development, implementation, and innovation; (4) guide public health and prevention programs in efforts to improve the health of women, infants, and families; and (5) monitor the progress and impact of preconception and interconception care at the local, state, tribal, territorial, and national levels. The report also sets forth a vision, goals, and strategies for achieving change in maternal and child health.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Communities, Families, Health services, Infant health, MCH services, Marketing, Preconception care, Pregnancy, Pregnant women, Prenatal care, Prevention, Programs, Public awareness materials, Public health, Public policy, Strategic planning, Women's health

Annotation: This report presents recommendations from the Association of Maternal and Child Health Program's Action Learning Collaborative related to preconception health care for young adults with disabilities. It includes a discussion of this population and their unique challenges; a summary of the sexuality education standards in the state of Oregon; and a set of preconception health recommendations at the individual level, relationship level, community level, and societal level. The methodology used to develop the recommendations, as discussed in the report, included literature reviews, data analysis, and a survey of youth with disabilities. The purpose of the report is not only to share recommendations but to initiate a discussion, contribute to the body of knowledge in this area, and initiate action to better address the health of youth with disabilities of reproductive age.

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Keywords: Disabilities, Guidelines, Oregon, Preconception care, Reports, Sexuality education, Special health care needs, Standards, State programs, Young adults, Youth

Annotation: This webinar, broadcast January 10, 2012, provides an orientation to the application process and a review of the Healthy Start program requirements, as well as the Healthy Start role in addressing disparities in perinatal health and reducing infant death rates. Additional topics include key measures and the Healthy Start logic model, core interventions, perinatal and postpartum depression, interconception care for women, evaluation and performance measures, and coordination with state Title V agencies.

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Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Healthy Start, Infant mortality, Maternal health services, Perinatal health, Preconception care, Pregnant women, Program descriptions, Program evaluation

Annotation: This report provides the results of an environmental scan to identify preconception or interconception screening tools and brief interventions that had been previously evaluated. It describes the methodology of the scan and describes 15 unique tools and interventions identified in the scan.

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Keywords: Intervention, Literature reviews, Preconception care, Prenatal screening

Annotation: These resources for clinicians and others provide information about preconception health, its history, the evidence supporting it, and strategies for incorporating relevant content into daily clinical practice. Contents include continuing medical education opportunities, journal articles, clinical guidance, and news.

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Keywords: Continuing education, Curricula, Distance education, National initiatives, Preconception care, Public private partnerships, Research, Resources for professionals

Annotation: This distance learning project consists of six webinars focusing on screening and treating women of reproductive age, particularly those who are planning a pregnancy, are pregnant, or are new mothers, for mental health and substance abuse issues. Series objectives include: increasing knowledge of the key chronic disease, substance abuse and mental health issues that impact women of reproductive age; increasing understanding of the systems issues and priorities involved in providing a continuum of care from prevention through disease management; describing partnership opportunities in addressing chronic disease, mental health and substance abuse issues; describing effective strategies to bridge the categorical structures of mental health, public health, and primary care; describing leadership opportunities for addressing these issues from a variety of approaches, including policy, systems, and primary prevention. Each webinar includes a definition of the problem, including the impact on a variety of racial/ethnic groups; descriptions of strategies that can be deployed to address the problem; descriptions of challenges to full implementation of best practice approaches; discussions about key partners and allies around this issue, including differing perspectives, approaches, and roles; and a call to action and leadership opportunities. This program is available for continuing education credits. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Continuing education, Distance education, MCH training programs, Mental health, Preconception care, Prenatal education, Prevention services, Screening, Substance abuse prevention, Women's health services

Annotation: This directory catalogs programs in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin that provide direct health care services, enabling services, population-based services, and infrastructure-building services related to preconception and interconception care. The aim of the document is to display the variety of initiatives that have been taken to improve the health of women of reproductive age and their families. An index of national resources including research-based articles, educational materials, funding sources, and health policy-related materials is also included.

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Keywords: Families, Health services, Illinois, Indiana, Initiatives, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Preconception, Programs, Reproductive health, Women's health, and Wisconsin

Annotation: This report provides policy, research, and practice recommendations related to paternal involvement in pregnancy outcomes, with the goal of offering best and promising practices to address policy barriers and increase the involvement of men and expectant fathers in family planning, preconception health and care, reproductive health, maternal and child health research, and clinical practice.

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Keywords: Families, Family planning, Fathers, Paternal behavior, Preconception care, Pregnancy, Public policy, Reproductive health, Research

Annotation: This booklet was developed for women who have diabetes and are thinking about getting pregnant. Topics include potential health complications in and self-care during and after pregnancy. A log for monitoring blood sugar and diet is included. A Spanish-language booklet is also available.

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Keywords: Consumer education materials, Diabetes, Low literacy materials, Preconception, Pregnancy complications, Pregnancy outcome, Self care, Spanish language materials, Women, Women's health promotion

Annotation: This packet contains materials from a seminar held in August 2010 in Salt Lake City, Utah to educate regional physicians on preconception health care for women in Utah based on the life course perspective. The packet includes the seminar agenda, photocopies of presentation slides, information on Utah's Preconception Health Media Social Marketing Campaign, and copies of a preconception magazine for young women and a brochure about pregnancy spacing (in both English and Spanish), along with brochures from Child Care Aware to help expectant parents find affordable child care for their newborn. A compact disc containing all of the packet materials is included in the folder.

Keywords: Consumer education materials, Development, Educational materials, Life course, Preconception care, Preventive health services, Professional education, Spanish language materials, Women's health