The clinical content of preconception care: preconception care for special populations

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Dec;199(6 Suppl 2):S384-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.09.019.

Abstract

Women with disabilities, immigrant and refugee women, and cancer survivors may have medical, psychosocial, and/or cultural issues. Appropriate preconception guidance and management of reproductive planning and preconception issues is essential to ensure that women in these groups can make informed reproductive decisions and achieve optimal reproductive outcomes.

MeSH terms

  • Disabled Persons
  • Emigrants and Immigrants
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Preconception Care*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / prevention & control*
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Pregnancy in Diabetics
  • Pregnancy, High-Risk*
  • Refugees