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Preconception Guidelines

The Preconception Health Council of California Clinical Work Group adapted the Colorado Guidelines for Clinical Care to provide a clinical content guideline for California healthcare providers to suggest important assessment and counseling for women of reproductive age.

Keywords: Reproductive Life Planning Guidelines Clinical Examination Health Care Doctor Visit Counseling Preconception Guidelines

Counseling the Overweight Child

In 2009, Children’s Medical Services (CMS) developed a Counseling Module for Child Health and Disability Prevention Program (CHDP) providers: On the Training Materials, Tip Sheet they recommend using “unhealthy weight” when discussing children’s overweight and obese status with their parent.

Preconception Counseling Guide for Women with HIV

Preconception Counseling Guide for initiating an informed conversation with patients about pregnancy and HIV.

Six Week Postpartum Checklist and Questionnaire (WIC)

Postpartum clinical tools developed by PHFE WIC as part of the WOW program.

Interconception Care Project of California

The Interconception Care Project for California, led by the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, District IX and funded by March of Dimes, California Chapter, created the following recommendations to improve and promote the interconception health of women by maximizing care provided during the postpartum visit – an ideal, and often the only, visit to address a woman’s health before another pregnancy.

NIH study finds doctors miss many alcohol screening opportunities (with Clinical Guidelines)

Physicians often fail to counsel their young adult patients about excessive alcohol use, according to a study led by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health.

Preconception Health and Health Care Environmental Scan: Report on Clinical Screening Tools and Interventions (2012)

A newly-released Centers scan of preconception and interconception tools and interventions

Keywords: environmental scan; tools; clinical algorithms; preconception; interconception care

Guidance and Annotated Articles for Specific High Risk Conditions

Guidance and Annotated Articles for Diabetes, Thyroid Disease, HIV and PKU from Before, Between and Beyond Pregnancy: the National Preconception Curriculum and Resources Guide for Clinicians.

Keywords: risk factors; medical/pre-existing conditions; preconception care; well woman visit

Before, Between and Beyond Pregnancy Continuing Education Module for Preconception Health Promotion

The modules are short, engaging and filled with practical information. The modules can be used for CME credit by physicians, nurse midwives, nurse practitioners and physicians' assistants. In some states, CME credit may be useful for the continuing education requirements of other professional groups, as well.

Keywords: continuing education; credit; training; licensure

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