Women's preconception health in England: a report card based on cross-sectional analysis of national maternity services data from 2018/2019.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To present the first national-level report card on the state of women's preconception health in England.

Design

Cross-sectional population-based study.

Setting

Maternity services, England.

Population

All pregnant women in England with a first antenatal (booking) appointment recorded in the national Maternity Services Dataset (MSDS) from April 2018 to March 2019 (n = 652 880).

Methods

We analysed the prevalence of 32 preconception indicator measures in the overall population and across socio-demographic subgroups. Ten of these indicators were prioritised for ongoing surveillance based on modifiability, prevalence, data quality and ranking by multidisciplinary UK experts.

Results

The three most prevalent indicators were the proportion of t

SUBMITTER: Schoenaker DAJM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10952348 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature