Association between pregnancy intention and preconception health behaviors

Cancer ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hena Naz Din ◽  
David Strong ◽  
Savitri Singh‐Carlson ◽  
Heather L. Corliss ◽  
Sheri J. Hartman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Pregnancy Intention ◽  
Preconception Health

scholarly journals The relationship between pregnancy intention and preconception health behaviors

2011 ◽  
Vol 53 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 85-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia H. Chuang ◽  
Marianne M. Hillemeier ◽  
Anne-Marie Dyer ◽  
Carol S. Weisman
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Pregnancy Intention ◽  
Preconception Health ◽  
The Relationship

Preconception Health Behaviors of Low-Income Women

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 293-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adejoke B. Ayoola ◽  
Krista Sneller ◽  
Tega D. Ebeye ◽  
Megan Jongekrijg Dykstra ◽  
Victoria L. Ellens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Preconception Health ◽  
Low Income Women

Patterns and Determinants of Preconception Health Behaviors in Iranian Women

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robab Latifnejad Roudsari ◽  
Roghieh Bayrami ◽  
Mojgan Javadnoori ◽  
Hamid Allahverdipour ◽  
Habibollah Esmaily
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Preconception Health ◽  
Iranian Women

scholarly journals Acceptability of screening for pregnancy intention in general practice: a population survey of people of reproductive age

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Hammarberg ◽  
Julie Hassard ◽  
Renee de Silva ◽  
Louise Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviours ◽  
Pregnancy Intention ◽  
Preconception Health ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Reproductive Outcomes ◽  
Pregnancy Intentions ◽  
Single Wave ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Online Panel ◽  
Primary Health Care Settings

Abstract Background: Optimal parental preconception health benefits reproductive outcomes . However, preconception health promotion is not routinely offered in primary health care settings to people of reproductive age. The aim was to gauge the planned preconception health behaviours and attitudes towards being asked about pregnancy intention by a general practitioner (GP) among people of reproductive age in Australia. Method: The research was conducted on a single wave of Australia’s first and only probability-based online panel, Life in Australia™. Members of the Life in Australia™ panel are Australian residents aged 18 years or over. All active members between the ages of 18 and 45 years were eligible to participate. Eligible panel members were invited to complete a survey about fertility and childbearing. Data were collected from 18 February to 4 March 2019. Results: In all 965 female and male members of Life in Australia™ aged between 18 and 45 years were invited to complete the survey. Of these, 716 (74.2%) agreed. Most respondents indicated that if they were planning to have a child they would try to optimise their preconception health by adopting a healthier diet (80%), seeing a GP for a health check-up (78%), reducing alcohol consumption (78% of those consuming alcohol), getting fitter (73%), and stopping smoking (70% of smokers). Three in four (74%) stated that they would not mind if their GP asked them about their pregnancy intentions. Conclusion: Findings suggests that routinely asking people of reproductive age about their pregnancy intentions and advising those who are planning pregnancy about what they can do to ensure optimal preconception health would be acceptable to most people and may improve reproductive outcomes.

A Network Analysis of Multiple Preconception Health Behaviors in Chinese Women

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiasheng Huang
Keyword(s):  
Network Analysis ◽  
Health Behavior ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Chinese Women ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Preconception Health ◽  
Multiple Health Behaviors ◽  
Behavior Network ◽  
Lifestyle Education ◽  
Multiple Health

A healthy preconception lifestyle, consisting of multiple health behaviors, is crucial for preventing adverse health outcomes in mothers and offspring. Although inter-behavior relations may be leveraged to boost the effectiveness of lifestyle education and multiple health behavior changes, this has not been adequately explored in the existing literature. Adopting a network perspective, the present study conceptualized multiple health behaviors as a behavior network (i.e., behaviors as nodes, inter-behavior relations as edges) and utilized network analysis to investigate the patterns of interdependence of preconception health behaviors in a large sample of Chinese women. We used the data of a population-based cohort study in China to estimate the behavior network. An analytic sample included 41,127 Chinese women who were surveyed about their adoptions of multiple health behaviors during the preconception period. Network analysis revealed a relatively dense behavior network and visualized the network structure of multiple preconception health behaviors, suggesting that the behaviors were strongly interconnected. Subsequent centrality analysis identified three central behaviors (i.e., avoiding passive smoke, reducing psychosocial stress, and reducing alcohol) that had distinctively stronger connections to other behaviors within the network. This study demonstrated the applicability of the network model in multiple health behavior research. Our findings highlight the interdependence of preconception health behaviors and implicate the potential usefulness of targeting central behaviors in preconception lifestyle education.

scholarly journals Preconception health behaviors associated with pregnancy planning status among Brazilian women

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Luiza Vilela Borges ◽  
Osmara Alves dos Santos ◽  
Natália de Castro Nascimento ◽  
Christiane Borges do Nascimento Chofakian ◽  
Flávia Azevedo Gomes-Sponholz
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Unplanned Pregnancy ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Preconception Health ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Pregnancy Planning ◽  
Planning Status

Abstract OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to assess preconception health behaviors among Brazilian women, and analyze the effect of pregnancy planning status in carrying out preconception measures. METHOD This is a cross-sectional quantitative study conducted with 807 women, of whom 649 had a planned or ambivalent pregnancy. Preconception health behaviors were assessed by the Brazilian version of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy. RESULTS Preconception health behaviors were performed by only 15.9% of women. Among those who planned their pregnancy, less than half completed a health measure (47.0%); the most common was seeking medical assistance and improving the diet. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed a strong association between the preconception health behaviors and a planned pregnancy (adjusted OR = 16.77; 95% CI: 9.47-29.81). Age over 30 years, paid work, and the time interval between menarche and first sexual intercourse were also associated with completing preconception measures CONCLUSION The low frequency of preconception health measures, even among women who planned their pregnancy, indicates the urgency of including preconception care on the agenda of public health policies in Brazil.

scholarly journals Acceptability of screening for pregnancy intention in general practice: a population survey of people of reproductive age

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Hammarberg ◽  
Julie Hassard ◽  
Renee de Silva ◽  
Louise Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviours ◽  
Pregnancy Intention ◽  
Preconception Health ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Reproductive Outcomes ◽  
Pregnancy Intentions ◽  
Single Wave ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Online Panel ◽  
Primary Health Care Settings

Abstract Background: Optimal parental preconception health benefits reproductive outcomes. However, preconception health promotion is not routinely offered in primary health care settings to people of reproductive age. The aim was to gauge the planned preconception health behaviours and attitudes towards being asked about pregnancy intention by a general practitioner (GP) among people of reproductive age in Australia. Method: The research was conducted on a single wave of Australia’s first and only probability-based online panel, Life in Australia™. Members of the Life in Australia™ panel are Australian residents aged 18 years or over. All active members between the ages of 18 and 45 years were eligible to participate. Eligible panel members were invited to complete a survey about fertility and childbearing. Data were collected from 18 February to 4 March 2019. Results: In all 965 female and male members of Life in Australia™ aged between 18 and 45 years were invited to complete the survey. Of these, 716 (74.2%) agreed. Most respondents indicated that if they were planning to have a child they would try to optimise their preconception health by adopting a healthier diet (80%), seeing a GP for a health check-up (78%), reducing alcohol consumption (78% of those consuming alcohol), getting fitter (73%), and stopping smoking (70% of smokers). Three in four (74%) stated that they would not mind if their GP asked them about their pregnancy intentions. Conclusion: Findings suggests that routinely asking people of reproductive age about their pregnancy intentions and advising those who are planning pregnancy about what they can do to ensure optimal preconception health would be acceptable to most people and may improve reproductive outcomes.

scholarly journals Pregnancy Intention and Health Behaviors: Results from the Central Pennsylvania Women’s Health Study Cohort

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 501-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia H. Chuang ◽  
Carol S. Weisman ◽  
Marianne M. Hillemeier ◽  
Eleanor Bimla Schwarz ◽  
Fabian T. Camacho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Pregnancy Intention ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Study Cohort ◽  
Central Pennsylvania
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