Preconception health and care a life course approach /: a life course approach. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jill Shawe, Eric A.P. Steegers, Sarah Verbiest, editors.
• Other Names: Shawe, Jill; Steegers, Eric A. P; Verbiest, Sarah
• Contents: Forward -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Definitions, background, history, challenges and opportunities (global perspectives) -- Chapter 2. Epigenetics, Embryology, Preconception science, Periconception, Sperm health -- Chapter 3. Lifestyle: behavioural health, alcohol, tobacco, substance use -- Chapter 4. Lifestyle: weight (obesity, overweight, underweight) -- Chapter 5. Chronic conditions: risk assessment, diabetes, cardiac, RA, Thyroid, Cystic Fibrosis, Haematological, IBD, pharmacotherapy -- Chapter 6. Infections: vaccinations, toxoplasmosis, listeriosis, CMV, STIs, HIV/AIDS, Zika -- Chapter 7. Nutrition: folic acid, nutrients -- Chapter 8. Occupational Environment: occupational hazards. Environmental Pollutants: exposures to toxins, pollution, water -- Chapter 9. Social Environment: interpersonal violence, trafficking -- Chapter 10. Fertility awareness, maternal/paternal age, menstrual issues, reproductive life plan, birth spacing -- Chapter 11. Genetic health, genetic counselling, consanguinity -- Chapter 12. Strategies for improving preconception health -- examples from around the globe (China, Ethiopia, Europe, Canada, US, Bangladesh) -- Chapter 13. The Way Forward.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 618.1; Preconception care; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030317539; 3030317536
• Related ISBNs: 3030317528; 9783030317522
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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