With the support of external partners and the
Select Panel, the CDC will continue to promote preconception health
and care with providers, policy makers, and the public in accordance
with action steps that have been agreed upon for each of the
recommendations. Next steps will include convening workgroups to
further define and develop the content of preconception care. The
workgroup meetings are planned for June 2006 in Atlanta, GA. In
addition, the MCH Epidemiology Journal will publish a supplement on
preconception care which includes over 30 articles discussing the
various aspects of preconception health and preconception care such
as: policy, finance, current practice, domestics and international
programs, and the scientific basis for various recommended
components of preconception care interventions. In June 2006, CDC
will convene workgroups to further define and develop the content of
preconception care and identify interventions, roles and
responsibilities of clinical care providers, public health workers
and for consumers.
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Date: April 12, 2006
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities