Recent Articles

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• Making the Case: The Importance of Using 10 Key Preconception Indicators in Understanding the Health of Women of Reproductive Age, Journal of Women’s Health, June 2018
• Diabetes During Pregnancy: Surveillance, Preconception Care, and Postpartum Care, Journal of Women’s Health, May 2018
• Preconception Health Indicators for Public Health Surveillance, Journal of Women’s Health, April 2018
• Disparities in Preconception Health Indicators – Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2013-2015, and Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2013-2014, MMWR Surveill Summ, January 2018
• The Link Between Reproductive Life Plan Assessment And Provision of Preconception Care At Publicly Funded Health Centers, Perspect Sex Reprod Health, September 2017
• A Paradigm Shift in Preconception and Interconception Care: Using Every Encounter to Improve Birth Outcomes, Zero to Three, April 2017
• Interpregnancy Interval and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: An Analysis of Successive Pregnancies, ACOG, March 2017
• Interpregnancy Interval and Pregnancy Outcomes: Casual or Not?, ACOG, March 2017
  Advancing preconception health in the United States: strategies for change, Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, September 2016
• Using the Reproductive Life Plan in contraceptive counselling, Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences September 2016
• MCH and Chronic Disease 1st Steps Towards a Life Course Aligned Agency McClain, K., Brazeel, C., & Verbiest, S. (2016)
• Reproductive Life Planning to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2016
• The future of preconception care in the United States multigenerational impact on reproductive outcomes, Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, July 2016.
• Recommendations for Health Systems to Measure and Index Preconception Wellness, Obstetrics & Gynecology, May 2016
• Preconception Wellness and Healthcare: Can We Practice (and Measure) What We Preach?, NEJM Journal Watch, May 2016 – PDF version
• Catalyzing a Reproductive Health and Social Justice Movement, Maternal and Child Health Journal, April 2016
• Preconception Care in Publicly Funded U.S. Clinics That Provide Family Planning Service American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2016
• AAFP Preconception Care (Position Paper), American Academy of Family Physicians, December 2015