Association Between Recommended Preconception Health Behaviors and Screenings and Improvements in Cardiometabolic Outcomes of Pregnancy

Preconception Health Behaviors of Low-Income Women

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing ◽

10.1097/nmc.0000000000000263 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 41 (5) ◽

pp. 293-298 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Adejoke B. Ayoola ◽

Krista Sneller ◽

Tega D. Ebeye ◽

Megan Jongekrijg Dykstra ◽

Victoria L. Ellens ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Behaviors ◽

Low Income ◽

Preconception Health ◽

Low Income Women

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Patterns and Determinants of Preconception Health Behaviors in Iranian Women

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal ◽

10.5812/ircmj.28565 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 18 (12) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Robab Latifnejad Roudsari ◽

Roghieh Bayrami ◽

Mojgan Javadnoori ◽

Hamid Allahverdipour ◽

Habibollah Esmaily

Keyword(s):

Health Behaviors ◽

Preconception Health ◽

Iranian Women

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A Network Analysis of Multiple Preconception Health Behaviors in Chinese Women

10.31234/osf.io/sncbq ◽

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.

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Preconception health behaviors associated with pregnancy planning status among Brazilian women

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP ◽

10.1590/s0080-623420160000200005 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 50 (2) ◽

pp. 208-216 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

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.

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