Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 6, Supplement , Pages S13-S18 , November 2008

Transforming Preconceptional, Prenatal, and Interconceptional Care Into A Comprehensive Commitment To Women's Health

  • Paul H. Wise, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Paul H. Wise, MD, MPH, Richard E. Behrman Professor of Child Health and Society, Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Director, Center for Policy, Outcomes and Prevention, CHP/PCOR, 117 Encina Commons, Stanford, CA 94304-6019; Phone: 650-725-5645; Fax: 650-723-1919.

Received 16 July 2008 ,Accepted 29 July 2008.

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  2. Chandra A, Martinez GM, Mosher WD, Abma JC, Jones J. Fertility, family planning, and reproductive health of U.S. women: Data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Statistics. 2005;23:48
  3. Chavkin W, Breitbart V, Wise PH. National survey of the states: Policies and practices regarding drug using women. American Journal of Public Health. 1998;88:117–119
  4. Chavkin W, Elman D, Wise PH. Mandatory testing of pregnant women and newborns: HIV, drug use and welfare policy. Ford Urban Law Journal, XXIV. 1997;749–756
  5. D'Angelo D, Williams L, Morrow B, Cox S, Harris N, Harrison L, et al. Preconception and interconception health status of women who recently gave birth to a live-born infant—Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), United States, 26 reporting areas, 2004. MMWR. 2007;56:1–35
  6. DeFranco EA, Stamilio DM, Boslaugh SE, Gross GA, Muglia LJ. A short interprenancy interval is a risk factor for preterm birth and its recurrence. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2007;197:264;e1–6
  7. Finer LB, Henshaw K. Disparities in rates of unintended pregnancy in the United States, 1994 and 2001. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 2006;38:90–96
  8. Fraser AM, Brockert JE, Ward RH. Association of young maternal age with adverse reproductive outcomes. New England Journal of Medicine. 1995;332:1113–1117
  9. Mathews TJ, Menacker F, MacDorman MR. Infant mortality statistics from the 2002 period linked birth/infant death data set. National Vital Statistics Reports. 2004;53:13
  10. Wise PH, Wampler N, Barfield W. The importance of extreme prematurity and low birthweight to US neonatal mortality patterns: Implications for prenatal care and women's health. Journal of the American Medical Womens Association. 1995;50:152–155
  11. Wise PH. Child beauty, child rights and the devaluation of women. Health and Human Rights. 1995;1:101–105

 The author has no direct financial interests that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted manuscript.

PII: S1049-3867(08)00109-6

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.07.014

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 6, Supplement , Pages S13-S18 , November 2008

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