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Factors Related to the Implementation of Preconception Care Recommendations in Selected Districts of Limpopo Province: A Qualitative Study

Preconception care (PCC) is the provision of biomedical, behavioural, and social health interventions to women and couples before they fall pregnant. The World Health Organization (WHO) developed PCC recommendations in 2013, which were included in the South African maternity care guidelines in 2016....

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Autores principales: Ndou, Ntombizodwa Paulinah, Malwela, Thivhulawi, Maputle, Maria Sonto, Raliphaswa, Ndidzulafhi Selina, Mabasa, Lawrence, Samie, Amidou, Netshikweta, Mutshinyalo Lizzy
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10530508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37761782
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11182586
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author Ndou, Ntombizodwa Paulinah
Malwela, Thivhulawi
Maputle, Maria Sonto
Raliphaswa, Ndidzulafhi Selina
Mabasa, Lawrence
Samie, Amidou
Netshikweta, Mutshinyalo Lizzy
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Malwela, Thivhulawi
Maputle, Maria Sonto
Raliphaswa, Ndidzulafhi Selina
Mabasa, Lawrence
Samie, Amidou
Netshikweta, Mutshinyalo Lizzy
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description Preconception care (PCC) is the provision of biomedical, behavioural, and social health interventions to women and couples before they fall pregnant. The World Health Organization (WHO) developed PCC recommendations in 2013, which were included in the South African maternity care guidelines in 2016. The purpose of PCC is to lessen behaviours and environmental factors leading to maternal ill-health, thus reducing maternal and perinatal mortality rates. Objective: To determine the implementation of PCC recommendations at health facilities in the selected districts of Limpopo Province and the associated factors. Methods: A qualitative exploratory design was used. Nonprobability, purposive sampling was used to sample 29 professional nurses (PNs), and 51 women of childbearing age (WCBA) (19–35 years) from clinics and community health centres (CHCs). Data were collected through in-depth interviews with the professional nurses and focus group discussions with the WCBA. Data analysis was performed through open coding. Measures of trustworthiness were adhered to. Permission to conduct the study was obtained from relevant stakeholders, participation was voluntary and participants signed a consent form prior to data collection. Results: The findings of the study revealed that there was partial implementation of the PCC recommendations in the selected districts of Limpopo Province, PCC provision was dependent on clients’ initiation, a knowledge gap regarding PCC recommendations was identified from the professional nurses, and a lack of awareness regarding PCC from the WCBA. Conclusion: The preconception period is an important determinant of the pregnancy outcome; therefore, focus should be redirected to the pre-pregnancy period and not only to when the woman is already pregnant. However, to achieve this, professional nurses and WCBA should be empowered regarding PCC and its benefits.
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spelling pubmed-105305082023-09-28 Factors Related to the Implementation of Preconception Care Recommendations in Selected Districts of Limpopo Province: A Qualitative Study Ndou, Ntombizodwa Paulinah Malwela, Thivhulawi Maputle, Maria Sonto Raliphaswa, Ndidzulafhi Selina Mabasa, Lawrence Samie, Amidou Netshikweta, Mutshinyalo Lizzy Healthcare (Basel) Project Report Preconception care (PCC) is the provision of biomedical, behavioural, and social health interventions to women and couples before they fall pregnant. The World Health Organization (WHO) developed PCC recommendations in 2013, which were included in the South African maternity care guidelines in 2016. The purpose of PCC is to lessen behaviours and environmental factors leading to maternal ill-health, thus reducing maternal and perinatal mortality rates. Objective: To determine the implementation of PCC recommendations at health facilities in the selected districts of Limpopo Province and the associated factors. Methods: A qualitative exploratory design was used. Nonprobability, purposive sampling was used to sample 29 professional nurses (PNs), and 51 women of childbearing age (WCBA) (19–35 years) from clinics and community health centres (CHCs). Data were collected through in-depth interviews with the professional nurses and focus group discussions with the WCBA. Data analysis was performed through open coding. Measures of trustworthiness were adhered to. Permission to conduct the study was obtained from relevant stakeholders, participation was voluntary and participants signed a consent form prior to data collection. Results: The findings of the study revealed that there was partial implementation of the PCC recommendations in the selected districts of Limpopo Province, PCC provision was dependent on clients’ initiation, a knowledge gap regarding PCC recommendations was identified from the professional nurses, and a lack of awareness regarding PCC from the WCBA. Conclusion: The preconception period is an important determinant of the pregnancy outcome; therefore, focus should be redirected to the pre-pregnancy period and not only to when the woman is already pregnant. However, to achieve this, professional nurses and WCBA should be empowered regarding PCC and its benefits. MDPI 2023-09-19 /pmc/articles/PMC10530508/ /pubmed/37761782 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11182586 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ndou, Ntombizodwa Paulinah
Malwela, Thivhulawi
Maputle, Maria Sonto
Raliphaswa, Ndidzulafhi Selina
Mabasa, Lawrence
Samie, Amidou
Netshikweta, Mutshinyalo Lizzy
Factors Related to the Implementation of Preconception Care Recommendations in Selected Districts of Limpopo Province: A Qualitative Study
title Factors Related to the Implementation of Preconception Care Recommendations in Selected Districts of Limpopo Province: A Qualitative Study
title_full Factors Related to the Implementation of Preconception Care Recommendations in Selected Districts of Limpopo Province: A Qualitative Study
title_fullStr Factors Related to the Implementation of Preconception Care Recommendations in Selected Districts of Limpopo Province: A Qualitative Study
title_full_unstemmed Factors Related to the Implementation of Preconception Care Recommendations in Selected Districts of Limpopo Province: A Qualitative Study
title_short Factors Related to the Implementation of Preconception Care Recommendations in Selected Districts of Limpopo Province: A Qualitative Study
title_sort factors related to the implementation of preconception care recommendations in selected districts of limpopo province: a qualitative study
topic Project Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10530508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37761782
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11182586
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