Health Promotion for Women before Pregnancy: Promoting Reproduction Planning

Health Promotion for Women before Pregnancy: Promoting reproduction planning
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Introduction
According to a report by UNICEF (2011) the reproductive health of women is very
critical in determining the future of humanity. Young girls and women should be equipped with
necessary knowledge which will help them deal with motherhood responsibility effectively
(Huang, Sauve, Birkett, Fergusson, & van Walraven, 2008). Pre pregnancy care includes all
efforts and programs undertaken to protect the health of all females who are mature enough to
get pregnancy with an intention of raising their health levels and those of young ones.
Sexual harassment and some cultural beliefs threaten the reproductive health of young
women. It is so unfortunate that some communities in some parts of the world are still practicing
female genital mutilation. Statistics from different health bodies shows that rape cases have
increased significantly in the low and medium income countries in the recent years. Some
women including those who are married are coerced into sexual activity. It has also been
observed that some adolescent engage themselves in unprotected sex. All this incidences and
activities may leads to contracting of diseases and early pregnancies (Frey, Navarro, Kotelchuck,
& Lu, 2008). Pregnancies shut the educational future of young girls and also expose them to the
risk of early marriages. World Health Organization report on adolescent pregnancy indicates that
about a third of girls in the low income countries are married while still minors.
Reproductive planning is seen as solution to reproductive health challenges that many
young women and girl undergo. It forms part of the pre pregnancy care given to young women
and girls. Statistic indicates that reproductive planning can help cub unwanted pregnancies,
abortion infant death rate among others (Kenny, et al, 2014). Results of a systematic review
carried out to bring together the evidence for risks and interventions relating adolescent health
and reproductive planning during pre pregnancy period are presented in this paper. This paper
will discuss the benefits accrued from right birth spacing, and the risks of conceiving at an
advanced.
Methods
Literatures published prior to 2011 were reviewed systematically to look for journal
illustrating the effectiveness of pre pregnancy interventions and risks for adolescent health and
reproductive planning on maternal newborn and child outcome (Molitoris, 2018). Searches with
no restriction were also conducted in several electronic databases, that is, PubMed, Embase, and
WHO Regional Database. Cochrane criteria were used to check for quality of the experimental
studies while STROBE helped in checking the quality of observational studies. The software
Review Manager helped in analyzing all the data collected.
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