Author's response to reviews Title: Improving the uptake of preconception care and periconceptional folate supplementation: what do women think? Authors:

Improving the uptake of preconception care and periconceptional folate supplementation: what do women think?

BACKGROUND Despite strong evidence of the benefits of preconception interventions to improve pregnancy outcomes, the delivery and uptake of preconception care in general and periconceptional folate supplementation in particular remains low. The aim of this study was to determine women's views of the barriers and enablers to the uptake of preconception care and periconceptional folate supplement...

Author's Response to Reviews Implementing Chlamydia Screening: What Do Women Think? a Review of the Literature Title: Authors

Folate and folic acid in the periconceptional period: recommendations from official health organizations in thirty-six countries worldwide and WHO.

OBJECTIVE To summarize the recommendations on folate intake and folic acid supplementation and fortification in the periconceptional period, aimed at prevention of neural tube defects (NTD), provided by official health organizations in different countries worldwide and WHO. DESIGN Information on recommendations for folate and folic acid intake in the periconceptional period was gathered from ...

Author’s response to reviews Title: Socioeconomic inequality in periconceptional folic acid supplementation in China: a census of 0.9 million women in their first trimester of pregnancy Authors:

Title: Socioeconomic inequality in periconceptional folic acid supplementation in China: a census of 0.9 million women in their first trimester of pregnancy Authors: Min Liu ([email protected]) Jing Chen ([email protected]) Jue Liu ([email protected]) Shikun Zhang ([email protected]) Qiaomei Wang ([email protected]) Haiping Shen ([email protected]) Yiping Zhang ([email protected]) V...

Barriers to the implementation of preconception care guidelines as perceived by general practitioners: a qualitative study

BACKGROUND Despite strong evidence of the benefits of preconception interventions for improving pregnancy outcomes, the delivery and uptake of preconception care and periconceptional folate supplementation remain low. General practitioners play a central role in the delivery of preconception care. Understanding general practitioners' perceptions of the barriers and enablers to implementing prec...