Promoting preconception health in primary care.

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Laura Fuehrer practices otolaryngology at Paparella Ear, Head & Neck Institute in Minneapolis, Minn. Elizabeth Buckler practices internal medicine at Novant Health Thomasville Medical Associates in Thomasville, N.C. Elizabeth Bowman practices primary care at Hartford HealthCare Medical Group in West Hartford, Conn. At Wake Forest School of Medicine's PA program in Winston-Salem, N.C., Tanya Gregory and Janie McDaniel are assistant professors. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

Published: August 2015

Recommendations that all women of reproductive age have preconception care integrated into their primary care visits have been made since 1990. By looking at every premenopausal woman as a potential mother and advising her accordingly, primary care PAs can help women improve both their health and pregnancy outcomes.

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