"Preconception Care" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An organized and comprehensive program of health care that identifies and reduces a woman's reproductive risks before conception through risk assessment, health promotion, and interventions. Preconception care programs may be designed to include the male partner in providing counseling and educational information in preparation for fatherhood, such as genetic counseling and testing, financial and family planning, etc. This concept is different from PRENATAL CARE, which occurs during pregnancy.
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D016742
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.775 N02.421.143.620.620 N02.421.585.775 N02.421.920.660
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Preconception Care" by people in Profiles.
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Hyperthyroidism During Pregnancy: A Clinical Approach. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2019 06; 62(2):320-329.
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Case Studies in Thyroid Dysfunction and Pregnancy. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2019 06; 62(2):388-397.
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Public Perceptions of Recessive Carrier Testing in the Preconception and Prenatal Periods. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2015 Nov-Dec; 44(6):717-25.
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Developing a culturally appropriate preconception health promotion strategy for newly immigrated Latinos through a community-based program in South Carolina. Am J Health Promot. 2013 Jan-Feb; 27(3 Suppl):S7-9.
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"We weren't using condoms because we were trying to conceive": the need for reproductive counseling for HIV-positive women in clinical care. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2012 Nov; 26(11):700-7.
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Varicella-zoster virus: Prevention through vaccination. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Jun; 55(2):560-70.
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Discussing childbearing with HIV-infected women of reproductive age in clinical care: a comparison of Brazil and the US. AIDS Behav. 2012 Jan; 16(1):99-107.
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Use of genetics in the clinical evaluation of cardiomyopathy. JAMA. 2009 Dec 09; 302(22):2471-6.
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Treatment of tobacco use in preconception care. Matern Child Health J. 2006 Sep; 10(5 Suppl):S147-8.
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Periconceptional multivitamin folic acid use, dietary folate, total folate and risk of neural tube defects in South Carolina. Ann Epidemiol. 2003 Jul; 13(6):412-8.