Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 6, Supplement , Pages S81-S86 , November 2008

Where are the Data to Drive Policy Changes for Preconception Health and Health Care?

  • Samuel F. Posner, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health, Atlanta, Georgia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Samuel Posner, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health, 4770 Buford Highway MS K-40, Atlanta GA 30341. Phone: (770) 488-6398; Fax: (770) 488-5971.
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  • Danielle L. Broussard, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Council of State and Territorial, Epidemiologists Applied Epidemiology Fellowship Program, Atlanta, Georgia
    • Florida Department of Health, Division of Family Health Services, Tallahassee, Florida
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  • William M. Sappenfield, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Florida Department of Health, Division of Family Health Services, Tallahassee, Florida
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  • Nan Streeter, MS, RN

      Affiliations

    • Utah Department of Health, Division of Community and Family Health Services, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Lauren B. Zapata, PhD, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health, Atlanta, Georgia
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  • Magda G. Peck, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and CityMatCH at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

Received 28 April 2008 ,Revised 9 July 2008 ,Accepted 10 July 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 of this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, the Florida Department of Health, the Utah Department of Health, the University of Nebraska Medical Center, or CityMatCH.

PII: S1049-3867(08)00096-0

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.07.001

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 6, Supplement , Pages S81-S86 , November 2008

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