How do women prepare for pregnancy? Preconception experiences of women attending antenatal services and views of health professionals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Stephenson, Judith ^a   Patel, Dilisha ^a   Barrett, Geraldine ^b   Howden, Beth ^a   Copas, Andrew ^a   Ojukwu, Obiamaka ^a   Pandya, Pranav ^c   Shawe, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MANPOWER; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PERCEPTION; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904799321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103085     Document Type: Article

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