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  • Title: Knowledge and attitudes regarding preconception care in a predominantly low-income Mexican American population.
    Author: Coonrod DV, Bruce NC, Malcolm TD, Drachman D, Frey KA.
    Journal: Am J Obstet Gynecol; 2009 Jun; 200(6):686.e1-7. PubMed ID: 19380123.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to determine knowledge and attitudes regarding preconception care in a low-income Mexican American population. STUDY DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional survey of 305 reproductive-age women at an urban public hospital. RESULTS: The sample was mostly Hispanic (88%) and pregnant (68%); 35% had not completed high school. Eighty-nine percent agreed that improving preconception health benefits pregnancy. Seventy-seven percent expressed some interest in preconception health care with the obstetrics gynecology office at the preferred location. The average knowledge of preconception care score was 76% (higher score more favorable). Areas of higher knowledge included the effects on pregnancy of folic acid; alcohol use; substance use; and verbal, physical, and sexual abuse; lower knowledge was found for the effects of cat litter and fish products. CONCLUSION: There was interest in preconception education and agreement that preconception health has a positive effect on pregnancy. Fewer respondents agreed that it had a good effect than a suburban sample in the same region (89% vs 98%).
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