Preconception
and Pregnancy
Knowledge Path
Knowledge Path Table of Contents
- Websites
- Additional Electronic Resources
- Databases: Data, Literature and Research, and Programs
- News and Commentary
- Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting
- Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
- Assisted Reproductive Technologies
- Breastfeeding
- Childbirth
- Community Services Locator
- Depression During and After Pregnancy
- Domestic Violence
- Environmental Health
- Fatherhood
- Fertility and Infertility
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- Genetics
- Health Insurance and Access to Care
- Home Visiting
- Infant Mortality and Pregnancy Loss
- Medications
- Nutrition During Preconception and Pregnancy
- Oral Health
- Screening
- Sleep
- Tobacco, Alcohol, and Substance Use During Preconception and Pregnancy
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This knowledge path directs readers to a selection of current, high-quality resources that analyze data, describe effective programs, and report on policy and research aimed at improving access to and quality of preconception and prenatal care to improve perinatal health outcomes. This knowledge path can be used by health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, and researchers to learn more about preconception and pregnancy, for program development, and to locate training resources and information to answer specific questions. A separate brief lists resources for families. This knowledge path has been developed by the MCH Library at Georgetown University and will be updated periodically. View Related MCH Library Resources for guides about childbirth, fertility and infertility, medications, nutrition during preconception and pregnancy, and more.
- Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Evidence-based information on health care outcomes; quality; and cost, use, and access. Links to evidence reports and research findings about maternal
health and pregnancy.
Offers access to the Healthcare
Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Health Care Innovations Exchange, National
Guideline Clearinghouse,
and National
Quality Measures Clearinghouse™
(NQMC). Recent publications include
Complicating Conditions of Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2008. (2011). [Statistical brief].
Gestational Diabetes: Caring for Women During and After Pregnancy. (2009). [Clinician's guide].
Maternal-Fetal Surgical Procedures. (2011). [Technical brief].
- American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
(ACOG). Information and materials about preconception and pregnancy
for health professionals. Topics include health
care for underserved women; perinatal HIV; maternal
mortality; diabetes and pregnancy; tobacco, alcohol,
and substance abuse; and women with disabilities.
Note: Some resources on the website are accessible
to members only. Recent, web-accessible resources include
Immunization for Women. Updates and advisories on immunizations for adult and adolescent women, including those who are pregnant and breastfeeding. Includes information on seasonal flu and other vaccine-preventable diseases, immunization safety fact sheets, recommended immunization schedules, and practice-management guidelines.
- Before, Between, and Beyond Pregnancy: The National Preconception Curriculum
and Resources Guide for Clinicians. Continuing education modules, descriptions of state plans and programs for
preconception and interconception care, news, key articles and guidance
for specific high-risk conditions, and practice supports for physicians,
nurse midwives, nurse practitioners, and physicians' assistants.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Division of Reproductive Health. Links to reports, data, and other resources about preconception and pregnancy, including pregnancy-related complications, tobacco use, folic acid consumption, and emergency preparedness and response.
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR). Reports that summarize data submitted to CDC weekly by state health departments. Search for reports on the topics by entering preconception OR pregnancy in the search field and a publication date range. Click on Search to get your results.
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). National data and statistics about preconception and pregnancy, including
- Blood Lead and Mercury Levels in Pregnant Women in the United States, 2003–2008. (2010). [Data brief].
- Childbearing Differences Among Three Generations of U.S. Women. (2011). [Data brief].
- National Vital Statistics Reports. Monthly reports about infant births and deaths that include data about prenatal
care, behavior during pregnancy, and childbirth.
Other resources and initiatives about preconception and pregnancy from CDC:
Group B Strep. Guidelines, clinical tools, and patient-education materials for obstetric and neonatal health professionals and laboratory professionals about preventing perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease.
Guidelines for the Identification and Management of Lead Exposure in Pregnant and Lactating Women. (2010).
Guidelines for Vaccinating Pregnant Women. Information about vaccinating pregnant women and women who are breastfeeding.
One Test, Two Lives. Resources for health professionals and materials for their patients to help encourage universal voluntary prenatal testing for HIV.
Responding to Influenza: A Toolkit for Prenatal Care Providers. (2011).
Also see CDC's Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), Pregnancy Surveillance System (PNSS), and VitalStats.
- Blood Lead and Mercury Levels in Pregnant Women in the United States, 2003–2008. (2010). [Data brief].
- CityMatCH. Tools and resources for implementing initiatives to support the improvement of local perinatal HIV systems, mobilize urban communities to reduce infant mortality and pregnancy loss, and reduce racial inequities in infant mortality in urban communities.
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development
(NICHD): Women's Health Research.
Research and grant information, publications,
and other resources on topics that include
prenatal care, miscarriage
and stillbirth, preterm labor and premature
birth, disorders of pregnancy, drug safety in pregnant
women, breastfeeding, birth defects and developmental
disabilities, and reproductive
health among women with physical disabilities. Recent publications include
Pregnancy in Women with Physical Disabilities. (2010). [Workshop agenda, presentations].
Scientific Vision Workshop on Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes: Workshop White Paper. (2011).
- Global Library of Women's Medicine. Peer-reviewed clinical information and guidance on women's health for health
professionals. Includes surgical video clips, diagnostic atlases, information
about laboratory tests, patient-education materials, and a special section
on safer motherhood.
- Healthy People
2020. National health-promotion and disease-prevention
initiative of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). View the overview, objectives, and recommended interventions and resources for family planning and maternal, infant, and child health, which include objectives about pregnancy planning, maternal and infant morbidity and mortality, pregnancy health and behaviors, and preconception health and behaviors.
- Kaiser
Family Foundation (KFF): Women's Health Policy.
Fact sheets, issue briefs, meeting
materials, and data for
policymakers, journalists, advocates, and public
health professionals about women's reproductive
health and access to care, including pregnancy-related
care.
- March of Dimes (MOD). Perinatal
statistics, educational tools, research and medical reference information, and patient-education materials
on topics that include preconception, pregnancy,
prenatal screening, and genetics. Recent resources include
Toward Improving the Outcome of Pregnancy: Enhancing Perinatal Health Through Quality, Safety and Performance Initiatives (TIOP III). (2010). [Report, executive summary].
- Maternal
and Child Health Bureau (MCHB).
Information about MCHB's projects and initiatives
on behalf of America's women, infants, children,
adolescents, and their families. Initiatives include
Healthy Start, a program to address factors contributing
to infant mortality, low birthweight, and other adverse
perinatal outcomes in high-risk populations, and
the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program, a federal, state, and community collaboration to improve health and development
outcomes for children who are at risk through evidence-based
home-visiting programs. Additional resources include
MCHCOM.com. Video and audio webcasts to support communication and collaboration between state and federal maternal and child health (MCH) professionals. Slides, transcripts, and background materials accompany each webcast. Topics include Healthy Start, perinatal systems, and home visiting.
Women's Health USA. (2011). [Data book]. Includes health status indicators about reproductive and maternal health.
Also see the MCH Library, the Title V Information System, the Discretionary Grant Information System (DGIS), and the Maternal and Child Health Research Program.
- National
Healthy Start Association (NHSA).
Information about the federal Healthy Start
program and its efforts to address infant mortality,
infants with low birthweights, and racial disparities
in perinatal outcomes.
Includes a directory of Healthy Start projects nationwide, tools to raise awareness about infant mortality, and a newsletter
and blog. Recent publications include
Federal Healthy Start Initiative: A National Network for Effective Home Visitation and Family Support Services. (2010). [White paper].
It Takes Two to Tango: Defining the Role of Fathers. (2010). [Issue brief].
Saving Our Nation's Babies: The Impact of the Federal Healthy Start Initiative. (2011). [Report].
Two Pieces of the Puzzle: A Collaboration Between the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring Systems (PRAMS) and the Federal Healthy Start Initiative. (2010). [Issue brief].
Also see the MCH Library Healthy Start Collection Database for an online catalog of materials developed by Healthy Start projects.
- National SUID/SIDS Resource
Center. Resources for health and social services professionals, first responders, and child care providers, as well as for families about risk reduction and bereavement support for pregnancy loss and sudden and unexpected infant and child death. The center is part of a national consortium of four centers supported by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) to address infant mortality and pregnancy loss. Resources include bibliographies, Spanish-language materials, a multimedia collection, a resource database, journal article summaries, and a training toolkit.
- Office of Minority Health: A Healthy Baby Begins with You. Information about this national campaign to raise awareness about infant mortality with an emphasis on the African-American community. Includes campaign materials and infant mortality disparities fact sheets. Also presents information about another aspect of the campaign, the Preconception Peer Educators (PPE) Program, which is designed to educate college students about preconception health and care and to train them to serve as ambassadors for their peers who are not attending college.
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for Maternal and Infant Health. Preconception and pregnancy research and program information, algorithms for the management of high-risk pregnancies, screening protocols and policies, and patient-education fact sheets in English
and Spanish on pregnancy topics, genetics,
and serious pregnancy and fetal conditions.
- What to Expect Foundation: Baby Basics Prenatal Health Literacy Program. Program information and tools, case studies, models, and guidelines to provide coordinated, evidence-based prenatal-health education within underserved communities.
Additional Electronic Resources
- Almond D, Currie J, Herrmann M. 2011. From Infant to Mother: Early Disease Environment and Future Maternal Health. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). [Paper].
- Association of Reproductive Health Professionals. 2010. Counseling Patients on Preconception Care: Folate and Beyond. (Upd. ed.). Washington, DC: Association of Reproductive Health Professionals. [Fact sheet].
- Harrison E, Partelow J, Grason H. 2009. Environmental Toxicants and Maternal and Child Health: An Emerging
Public Health Challenge. Baltimore, MD. Women’s and Children’s Health Policy Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. [Issue brief].
- Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Commission on Paternal Involvement in Pregnancy Outcomes. 2010. Commission Outlook: Best and Promising Practices for Improving Research, Policy and Practice on Paternal Involvement in Pregnancy Outcomes. Washington, DC: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. [Report].
- Panel on Treatment of HIV-Infected Pregnant Women and Prevention of Perinatal Transmission. 2010. Recommendations for Use of Antiretroviral Drugs
in Pregnant HIV-1-Infected Women for Maternal
Health and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV
Transmission in the United States. Rockville, MD: AIDSinfo. [Guidelines].
- Promising Practices Network (PPN) on Children, Families, and Communities. 2010. Promising Practices for Preventing Low Birth Weight. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. [Issue brief].
- Qureshi MF. 2010. Catalog of Preconception Health Initiatives in Region V States. Chicago, IL: University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, Maternal and Child
Health Program. [Directory].
- Reagin AE. 2009. Preventing Prematurity and Adverse Birth Outcomes: What Employers Should Know. Washington, DC: National Business Group on Health. [Issue brief].
- Rebecca Project for Human Rights and National Women’s Law Center. 2010. Mothers Behind Bars: A State-by-State Report Card and Analysis of Federal Policies
on Conditions of Confinement for Pregnant and Parenting Women and the Effect
on Their Children. Washington, DC: Rebecca Project for Human Rights and National Women’s Law Center. [Report, Fact sheet, Webinar].
- Task Force on SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths. 2011. SIDS and Other
Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Expansion of Recommendations for a Safe
Infant Sleep Environment. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). [Policy statement, Technical report]. Some recommendations are directed toward women who are pregnant or may become pregnant in the near future.
- Womack L, Sappenfield WM. 2010. Preconception Health: An Issue for Every Woman
of Childbearing Age in Florida—Florida's Preconception Health Indicator Report. Tallahassee, FL: Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Family and Community Health.
The databases listed below are excellent tools for identifying data, additional literature and research, and programs about preconception and pregnancy. Many of the entries below contain tips on how to use the databases efficiently. Please note that databases vary in how terms should be entered; for example, some require quotation marks and others don't. Enter search phrases as shown in bold below.
- Child
Trends DataBank.
Data briefs about pregnancy and birth.
- Community
Health Status Indicators (CHSI).
County-specific data on health status indicators
obtained from a variety of federal agencies
including DHHS, the Environmental Protection Agency,
the Census Bureau, and the Department of Labor.
Use the indicators to compare a county with
counties similar in population composition
and selected demographics and to characterize
the overall health of a county and its citizens
to support health planning. Select a state
and county and click on Display Data. Select
Measures of Birth and Death to view birth measures
including births to women who received no care
in the first trimester of pregnancy.
- Healthcare
Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP): HCUPnet.
Health statistics and information
on hospital inpatient and emergency department
utilization at the national, regional, and
state levels. To identify data about hospital
use related to pregnancy and childbirth, select
National Statistics on All Stays or State Statistics
on All Stays. Select Researcher, medical professional.
Under type of query, select Statistics on specific
diagnoses or procedures. Select a year (e.g.,
2009). Select Diagnoses grouped by Clinical
Classifications Software (CCS). Select Principal
diagnosis. Under the field, Browse all CCS
categories, scroll to 11 COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH, AND THE PUERPERIUM. Highlight the
category of interest (e.g., Normal pregnancy
and/or delivery). Hold the control key down
and click to make multiple selections. Click
on Next. Select the outcomes and measures of
interest (e.g., Number of discharges) and click
on Next. Select patient and hospital characteristics
(e.g., All patients in all hospitals) and click
on Next. View your results. Also see the set of HCUP statistical briefs about pregnancy and childbirth.
- Health Indicators Warehouse (HIW). National, state, and community health indicators organized by topic, geography, and initiative. Data are provided by agencies and offices within DHHS. To identify indicators about preconception and pregnancy, click on Select a topic
and choose Maternal and Infant Health. Scan and select an indicator. Use the filters to narrow the list of indicators. Toggle between an overview of the survey and the data.
- Kaiser
Family Foundation: statehealthfacts.org. State-level data on more than 700 health topics,
including infertility
diagnosis and treatment, prenatal care, births, and
health care access. View individual state profiles
or compare data for all states by category.
- March
of Dimes (MOD): PeriStats.
Maternal and infant health–related data at the
national, state, county, and city levels. Topics
include prenatal care, folic acid, substance use,
preterm birth, infants with low birthweights, singletons and multiples, infant
mortality, and health insurance coverage.
Create graphs and maps. View fact sheets and state summaries. Data are referenced to the relevant source.
- National
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS): VitalStats.
Interactive maps and tables for over
100 public-use birth variables such as low
birthweight, gestation, pregnancy-associated
risk factors, and Cesarean deliveries.
- National
Quality Measures Clearinghouse™
(NQMC).
Evidence-based health-care-quality
measures and measure sets for physicians,
hospitals, and health plans to evaluate
and improve the quality of health care
for consumers. Identify measures by
selecting Advanced Search. Type pregnancy in the Keyword field. Click on Show results to get your
results.
- Office
on Women's Health (OWH) Quick Health Data Online.
County,
state, regional, and national women's health data, including maternal health and reproductive health.
- Pregnancy
Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS).
State-specific, population-based data
on maternal attitudes and experiences before,
during, and immediately following pregnancy.
- Title V Information System (Title V IS).
Data from annual Title V Block Grant applications and reports submitted by all 59
U.S. states and jurisdictions. To learn about
states' efforts to improve pregnancy outcomes,
conduct several searches. Select Financial
Data to view state and federal budget and expenditure
data on prenatal care for pregnant women. Under
Program Data, find the number of pregnant women
served by Title V, health screening and treatment
information by states, Medicaid/non-Medicaid
comparison of prenatal care services, and eligibility
criteria for pregnant women for Medicaid and
the Children's Health Insurance Program. Also view Measurement and Indicator
Data to learn about states' efforts to address
a core set of performance and outcome measures
that include services for pregnant women. Title
V IS is a service of the Maternal
and Child Health Bureau (MCHB).
Also see MCHB's Discretionary
Grant Information System (DGIS).
- Also see the Morbidity
& Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR),
the National
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS),
and Women's Health USA.
- Bioethics Research Library at Georgetown University. Citations to literature on bioethics and professional ethics, information about bioethics organizations, and descriptions of bioethics syllabi. Topics include preconception and pregnancy.
- ClinicalTrials.gov.
Information about
clinical research studies for a wide
range of diseases and conditions. To identify studies,
select Search for Clinical
Trials. Enter preconception OR pregnancy in the Search Terms
field. Click on Search
to get your results.
- Maternal and Child Health Research Program: Funded Projects Search. Information about research grants issued annually by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). Identify grants by making a selection in the Key Terms field (e.g., Perinatal,
Preconception Health, Pregnancy). Click on Go
to get your results.
- MCH Library at
the National
Center for Education in Maternal and Child
Health (NCEMCH),
Georgetown University. Databases
to collect, manage, and disseminate knowledge
about MCH, with special
emphasis on knowledge gained from initiatives
and programs supported by the Maternal
and Child Health Bureau (MCHB).
The library's bibliographic databases are
Healthy Start Collection Database. Online catalog of over 2,000 items developed by Healthy Start sites, including brochures, bylaws, curricula, marketing materials, policies, and national evaluation reports along with other material related to maternal and infant health. Materials are classified according to the nine Healthy Start models of intervention that range from community-based consortia to risk prevention and reduction. Search the database using the term prenatal, and narrow your search by selecting a model of intervention, project name, or additional terms.
MCHLine®. Online catalog of materials in the MCH Library. A selection of recent library items on the topic is located in the following bibliographies: Adolescent Prenatal Care, AIDS/HIV in Pregnancy, Home Visiting and Resource Mothers, Nutrition During Pregnancy, Prematurity, Prenatal Care, Smoking During Pregnancy, and Substance Use During Pregnancy. To identify materials about preconception, type preconception in the keyword field of the database search form.
The MCH Library also offers organizations and programs databases.
- National
Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC).
Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines
and related materials for health professionals.
Identify guidelines on the topic by entering preconception
OR prenatal in the search box. Click on Go to get your results.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool (RePORT): RePORTER. Access to reports, data, and analyses of NIH research activities, including information on NIH expenditures and the results of NIH-supported research. To identify information, enter preconception OR pregnancy in the Text Search field. Click on Submit Query to get your results. Narrow your searches by selecting a project start date or adding terms to other search fields.
- National
Library of Medicine (NLM).
PubMed. Citations for biomedical articles from MEDLINE and life science journals. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher websites. To identify citations on the topic, enter preconception care OR prenatal care OR pregnancy in the search box. Refine your search by clicking on Limits and making the following selections on the page: select a date (e.g. Published in the last 2 years); click on Languages: English; click on Species: Humans; and select Search Field Tags: MeSH Major Topic. Click on Search to get your results. To narrow your search further or for additional searches, use the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) database to identify terms (e.g., (preconception care OR prenatal care OR pregnancy) AND diabetes mellitus).
PubMed Health. Integrated access to clinical effectiveness reviews with easy-to-read summaries for consumers as well as full technical reports. To identify reviews and related materials, type preconception care OR prenatal care OR pregnancy in the search box. Click on Search to get your results. Narrow your search by selecting a publication type under "Refine your search" or adding search terms (e.g., preconception care OR prenatal care OR pregnancy AND folic acid).
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Community Pediatrics Grants Database. Information about current and previously funded community-based grant projects.
Identify projects by typing pregnancy in the Enter Keyword field. Click on Keyword Submit to get your results.
- Discretionary Grant Information System (DGIS). Information about grants issued annually by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). Identify grants by selecting Abstracts. Type preconception pregnancy in the Search Word or Phrase field and click on Any of the words. Click on Search to get your results. To
find products and publications produced by MCHB training grantees, select Program
Data. Select Training and click on Search Products and Publications. Type preconception pregnancy in the Search Word or Phrase field and click on Any of the words. Click on Search to get your results.
- Health Care Innovations Exchange. Information about evidence-based innovations and tools for health professionals and researchers to improve the quality of health care and reduce health disparities. To identify innovations and tools on the topic, select Browse by Subject. Under Disease or Clinical Category, select Gynecologic/Obstetric care.
- MCH Library at
the National
Center for Education in Maternal and Child
Health (NCEMCH),
Georgetown University. Two databases
to identify pregnancy-related organizations
and programs:
MCH Organizations Database. Over 2,000 government, professional, and voluntary organizations involved in MCH activities, primarily at a national level. Several national organizations offer information about pregnancy and prenatal care, and these appear in a list produced from the database.
MCH Projects Database. Online catalog of projects funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) through October 1, 2004. To identify projects that focus on the topic, type preconception in the abstract field of the database search form. Click on Search MCH Projects to get your results. Conduct another search by typing pregnancy in the abstract field of the database search form. Click on Search MCH Projects to get your results. Final reports are available from several of these projects. See MCHB's Discretionary Grant Information System (DGIS) for information on projects funded after October 1, 2004.
- National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO): Model Practices. Information about model and promising state and local public health program
practices. To identify programs, select Model Practice
Database. Enter preconception in the Search by Keyword field. Click on Submit to get your results. Conduct another search by entering pregnancy in the Search by Keyword field. Click on Submit to get your results.
- National
Library of Medicine (NLM): Health
Services Research Projects in Progress (HSRProj).
Information about ongoing health services
research and public health projects. To identify
projects on the topic, enter the search phrase preconception
OR pregnancy. Click on Search to get your
results.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Birth Defects Surveillance
Listserv. This electronic discussion group aims to enhance communication among public health professionals working at the state level in birth defects surveillance and prevention.
- National Healthy Start Association (NHSA).
Getting Off to a Healthy Start. This newsletter informs Healthy Start staff and others in the MCH community about successful community-based approaches to reducing infant mortality and improving perinatal outcomes. The newsletter also highlights research and evaluation findings, legislative activities, and conference announcements.
Healthy from the Start. This blog offers updates about NHSA work and news from the MCH community about efforts to eliminate infant mortality, low birthweight, and racial disparities.
- National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB).
Monday Morning Memo. This weekly newsletter presents summaries of news and resources about maternal and infant health. Preconception and pregnancy are frequently addressed.
Text4baby Tuesday. This weekly newsletter presents information about Text4baby, which offers free weekly messages by cell phone to help pregnant women and new parents through pregnancy and their infant's first year. Sign up for Text4baby Tuesday to receive news from the national campaign and get program updates on partners' innovative promotion across the country. Also see the National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation fact sheet, Partnering to Promote Healthy Babies (2011), which describes the Text4baby service, highlights how health plans and health plan foundations support Text4baby, and suggests ways plans and foundations can partner with state and local governments and community organizations to further promote the service.
- See the MCH Library family resource brief Preconception and Pregnancy for links to resources for care, services, and support before and during pregnancy and websites about preconception and pregnancy. A separate section lists websites for pregnant adolescents.
- Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting resource brief
- Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention knowledge path, family resource brief, school resource brief
- Assisted Reproductive Technologies resource brief
- Breastfeeding resource brief
- Childbirth resource brief
- Community Services Locator: An Online Directory for Finding Community Services for Children and Families knowledge path
- Depression During and After Pregnancy knowledge path, family resource brief
- Domestic Violence knowledge path, family resource brief
- Environmental Health resource brief
- Fatherhood resource brief
- Fertility and Infertility resource brief
- Genetics resource brief
- Health Insurance and Access to Care for Children and Adolescents knowledge path, family resource brief, school resource brief
- Home Visiting resource brief
- Infant Mortality and Pregnancy Loss knowledge path, family resource brief
- Medications resource brief
- Nutrition During Preconception and Pregnancy resource brief
- Oral Health for Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women knowledge path, family resource brief
- Screening resource brief
- Sleep in Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women knowledge path, family resource brief, school resource brief
- Tobacco, Alcohol, and Substance Use During Preconception and Pregnancy resource brief
Preconception and Pregnancy: Knowledge Path, 3rd ed.
(January 2012).
Author: Susan Brune Lorenzo, M.L.S., MCH Library.
Reviewers: Jeanne Anastasi, M.A., National SUID/SIDS Resource Center; Shree Mohanty, M.A., M.S., R.D., L.D., Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Region V; Olivia K. Pickett, M.A., M.L.S., MCH Library.
Editor: Ruth Barzel, M.A., MCH Library.
