Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 6, Supplement , Pages S74-S80 , November 2008

Translating Policy to Practice and Back Again: Implementing a Preconception Program in Delaware

  • Charlan Kroelinger, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Excellence in Maternal and Child Health and Epidemiology, Senior Scientist assigned to Delaware from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Delaware Division of Public Health, Dover, Delaware
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Charlan Kroelinger, PhD, Center for Excellence in Maternal and Child Health and Epidemiology, Senior Scientist assigned to Delaware, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Delaware Division of Public Health, 417 Federal Street, Dover, DE 19901
    • ,
  • Deborah Ehrenthal, MD, FACP

      Affiliations

    • Women's Health Programs, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, Delaware

Received 18 April 2008 ,Revised 27 June 2008 ,Accepted 30 June 2008.

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 The authors have no direct financial interests that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted manuscript.The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

PII: S1049-3867(08)00094-7

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.06.006

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 6, Supplement , Pages S74-S80 , November 2008

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