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<Articles><Article><Journal><PublisherName></PublisherName><JournalTitle>Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research</JournalTitle><Issn>1735-9066</Issn><Volume>12</Volume><Issue>4</Issue><PubDate PubStatus="epublish"><Year>2008</Year><Month>06</Month><Day>24</Day></PubDate></Journal><title locale="en_US">Preconceptional care for diabetes: health care providers' experiences on how the patients face disease and pregnancy</title><FirstPage>25</FirstPage><LastPage>25</LastPage><AuthorList><Author><affiliation locale="en_US">MSc, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran</affiliation></Author><Author><affiliation locale="en_US">MSc, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran</affiliation></Author><Author><affiliation locale="en_US">MSc, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran</affiliation></Author></AuthorList><History><PubDate PubStatus="received"><Year>2010</Year><Month>11</Month><Day>13</Day></PubDate></History><abstract locale="en_US">Background: Preconceptional care is very effective to ensure mothers and babies health during and after pregnancy. The&#13;
clinics and health center personnel are able to offer preconceptional care especially to the risky cases. Learning about the&#13;
experiences of health center personnel in such cases is useful for others to find solutions for the same problems which may&#13;
come up. This study tends to consider these experiences.&#13;
Methods: This was a qualitative study based on the phenomenology method. The participants included the personnel of public&#13;
health centers as well as some private clinics. Sampling was based on the objectives and the sufficient data soaked up&#13;
by 15 participants. Data gathered through deep interviews during nine months from November 2005 to August 2006 and&#13;
the Colaizzi method was used for data analysis.&#13;
Results: The phenomena appeared in this study regarding the health care providers' experiences and descriptions of how the&#13;
patients face the disease and pregnancy were as following; patients and family, teaching the patients.&#13;
Conclusion: Health care provider can be the best options for educating diabetic pregnant women and their families regarding&#13;
preconceptional care, because they have the opportunity to access and communicate with this group of patients.&#13;
Key words: Diabetes, health care providers' experiences, preconceptional care</abstract><web_url>http://ijnmr.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijnmr/article/view/25</web_url><pdf_url>http://ijnmr.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijnmr/article/download/25/25</pdf_url></Article></Articles>

