An intersection of women's and perinatal health: the role of chronic conditions.
This paper has three objectives: 1) to review data on the prevalence of chronic disease among women of reproductive age; 2) to establish that chronic diseases are an important influence on perinatal health; and 3) to emphasize opportunities where women's health and perinatal health can intersect. This involves broadening strategies aimed at improving perinatal health to emphasize a woman's overall health, regardless of childbearing status or plans, and using perinatal health care as a bridge to ongoing care for women. These issues are discussed in the context of a continuum often used to organize perinatal health interventions.
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Women's and Children's Health Policy Center, Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D018743:Perinatal Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology