Sökning: "Preconception health"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 avhandlingar innehållade orden Preconception health.
1. Preconception health in Sweden : The impact of lifestyle factors and the role of midwife's counselling
Sammanfattning : Preconception health is an important topic since women and men have a possibility to change lifestyle habits preceding pregnancies, to increase the chances of a healthy pregnancy and child. The aim of this thesis was to increase knowledge about fertility and awareness of preconception health. LÄS MER
2. Before Being Born : Studies on Preconception Health and Unplanned Pregnancies in Low- and High-Income Settings
Sammanfattning : Nearly half of all pregnancies globally are unplanned. They represent a failure to meet individuals’ reproductive health needs and are associated with adverse maternal and child outcomes. Preconception and contraception care can help improving outcomes of pregnancies that are desired, and preventing those that are undesired. LÄS MER
3. Early life influences on adult organ function, health and disease, including data from Swedish population-based cohorts
Sammanfattning : Prenatal insults or adverse events during the in-utero period may lead to suboptimal function of adult organs because of the impairment of critical organ development and growth, as linked to lower birth weight. This may ultimately predispose the individual to the later onset of some diseases in adulthood, a process known as Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD). LÄS MER
4. Preconception Health and Care : A Window of Opportunity
Sammanfattning : Women’s health and lifestyle before pregnancy can influence both the fertility and the health of mother and child. The overall aim of this thesis was to explore current preconception health and care and evaluate a new tool for preconception care. LÄS MER
5. Considering a Baby? Responsible Screening for the Future : Ethical and social implications for implementation and use of preconception expanded carrier screening in Sweden
Sammanfattning : Preconception expanded carrier screening is a novel technology that involves the offer of a screening test for many recessive diseases (via an expanded screening panel) to prospective parents, with no priori risk. Test positive couples have a number of reproductive choices; prenatal diagnosis and aborting affected fetus, IVF and preimplantation genetic diagnosis, sperm or ovum donation or simply accept the risk. LÄS MER