Preconception Care in Publicly Funded U.S. Clinics That Provide Family Planning Services.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Federal recommendations for providing quality family planning services were published in 2014 and included preconception care (PCC). This paper aims to describe the prevalence of PCC delivery among publicly funded clinics, prior to the recommendations.

Methods

Prevalence of providing occasional or frequent PCC in the last 3 months and having written protocols for recommended PCC screenings were estimated in 2015 using survey data collected from a nationally representative sample of publicly funded clinic administrators (2013-2014, N=1,615). Analyses included examination of differential distributions of outcomes by clinic characteristics (p<0.05) and multivariable regression.

Results

Prevalence of occasional or frequent PCC delivery was 81% for women and 3

SUBMITTER: Robbins CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5379123 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature