Prevention of pregnancy (contraception) and preparation for pregnancy (preconception
care) are services that most people need during their reproductive life course. Despite …

Background Community pharmacies are an easily accessible and cost‐effective platform for
delivering health care worldwide, and the range of services provided has undergone rapid …

Each year, more than 4500 pregnancies in the European Union are affected by neural tube
defects (NTD). Unambiguous evidence of the effectiveness of periconceptional folic acid in …

BACKGROUND Adverse reproductive performance has been linked to unhealthy dietary
intake and lifestyles. Our objectives were to investigate the prevalence of unhealthy dietary …

Background Folic acid use in the periconceptional period reduces the risk of neural tube
defects (NTDs). However, applying this knowledge in daily practice is not an easy task. We …

Background The recognition that community pharmacies have the potential to make a
greater contribution to promoting public health has led to a new concept, called the Healthy …

Background: Community pharmacist-led interventions are effective in improving health
outcomes; however, their impact in improving preconception and pregnancy health is not …

OBJECTIVE: To obtain more insight into the process of potential implementation of a
screening program, which aims to identify carriers of cystic fibrosis and …

ObjectiveTo test the hypothesis that a concise intervention to promote the preconception use
of folic acid (FA) supplements among mothers who visit a well-baby clinic (WBC) for the 6 …

The role of periconceptional folic acid supplementation in the prevention of neural tube
defects (NTDs) has been well established. Maternal red blood cell (RBC) folate …