Implementation of preconception care for preventing adverse pregnancy outcomes in rural and tribal areas of Nashik District, India.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The World Health Organization has suggested preconception care to improve pregnancy outcomes. Hence, the study aimed to compare the effect of preconception care on pregnancy outcomes, particularly prematurity and low birth weight.

Methods

We carried out interventions in one tribal and one non-tribal block. For comparison, one adjacent tribal block and one non-tribal block were included in Nashik district, India. The total study period was from April 2018 to July 2021. All reproductive age group women desiring pregnancy within one year in selected four blocks participated in the study. The services included clinical examination, laboratory investigations, treatment, six-monthly deworming, anemia management, folic acid supplementation, family planning services, an

SUBMITTER: Prabhakarrao Doke P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11257142 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature