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Innovations in Preconception Care: Optimizing Health for All Individuals.

Cynthia Nypaver¹, Amanda Yeager¹

¹University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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|August 6, 2024

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Optimizing preconception health through innovative strategies can improve maternal and infant outcomes. This review synthesizes evidence-based innovations for better preconception care and counseling.

Keywords:

interconception care postnatal care preconception care primary care

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Healthcare Innovation

Background:

Maternal and infant mortality rates are rising in the U.S. despite high expenditures.
Significant racial and ethnic disparities persist in perinatal health outcomes.
Preconception care offers a strategy to address these challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

To synthesize recent evidence-based innovations in preconception care.
To identify strategies for improving preconception health and counseling.
To highlight the role of midwives in implementing equitable care.

Main Methods:

State of the Science review synthesizing existing literature.
Focus on recent, evidence-based innovations in preconception care.
Exploration of strategies for clinician and consumer partnership.

Main Results:

Innovations include group care, health apps, EHR reminders, social marketing, and policy changes.
Integration into primary, reproductive, and mental health care is feasible.
Public and clinician education is crucial for effective implementation.

Conclusions:

Improving preconception health requires consumer-clinician partnership.
Innovative strategies can enhance the reach and effectiveness of preconception care.
Equitable implementation of preconception care is essential for reducing disparities.