An Article On Preconception Care

An Article On Preconception Care

Pre conception care is considered as a critical component of health care for the women of the reproductive age group.

The goals of the pre conception care are as below

1.Pre conception care improve knowledge, attitude and behaviour of men and women who are completely related to the preconception care.

2.Preconception care ensure that all women of children bearing age receive the child.

3 . Pre conception care services that helps them to enter into pregnancy in their optimal health.

Pre conception care reduces the risk which indicates by a previous adverse pregnancy outcome through intervention during the interconception period.

Pre conception care reduces the problems in adverse pregnancy outcome.

In April 2006 centers for disease control and prevention announced revised pre conception care guidelines . And the recommended guidelines are —-

• Every woman,man and couple should be encouraged to have a reproductive health plan so that individual responsibilities across the lifespan can be developed.
• Pre conception care increase public awareness of the importance of the preconception health behaviour and preconception care services by using information and tools appropriate across various ages,literacy and cultural and linguistic context and this is developed for consumer awareness.
• Preconception is a part of primary care visit, provide risk assessment and educational and health promotion counseling to the women and child bearing age and it also reduces reproductive risks and improve pregnancy outcome.
• Preconception care also increases the proportion of women receiving follow up intervention to pre conception risk screening and focusing on high priority intervention.
• Pre conception care also use the interconception period to provide additional intensive interventions to women who have had previous pregnancy with the adverse outcomes.
• Pre conception care offer as a component of maternity care .one pregnant visit for couples and persons planning pregnancy.
• Pre conception care increase public and private health insurance coverage for women with low income to improve the access to pre conception and inter conception care .
• Pre conception care integrate component of pre conception health care into existing local public health related programs including emphasis on inter conception intervention for women with previous adverse outcomes.
• Pre conception increases and promote the evidence based care to improve preconception health.
• Preconception care maximize public health surveillance and related research mechanism to monitor pre conception health.

The component of preconception are as below

1. Risk assessment ( a productive life plan )
2. Health promotion, family planning,healthy weight and nutrition, healthy behaviour, healthy environment are related to pre conception care.
3. Physical exam, screening and reproductive life span are included under pre conception care.

Benefits of preconception care are

1. Pre conception care reduces un intended pregnancy
2. Pre conception care prevent birth defeat.
3. Pre conception care prevent low birth weight and preterm birth.
4. It prevents poor pregnancy outcome and recurrence..
5. It promotes healthy behaviour and prevent risk taking behaviour.
6. It prepares and reinforces parents for parenting.
7. It promotes family planning.