Preconception Care Education for Women With Diabetes: A Systematic Review of Conventional and Digital Health Interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Worldwide, 199.5 million women have diabetes mellitus (DM). Preconception care (PCC) education starting from adolescence has been recommended as an effective strategy for safeguarding maternal and child health. However, traditional preconception care advice provided by health care professionals (HCPs) within clinic settings is hindered by inadequate resources, suboptimal coverage, and busy clinics. Electronic health (eHealth), which is instrumental in solving problems around scarce health resources, could be of value in overcoming these limitations and be used to improve preconception care and pregnancy outcomes for women with DM.

Objective

The objectives were to: (1) identify, summarize, and critically appraise the current methods of providing PCC education; (2)

SUBMITTER: Nwolise CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5120238 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature