Diana Ramos

TL;DR: The Clinical Workgroup of the National Preconception Health and Health Care Initiative proposes nine core measures that can be assessed at initiation of prenatal care to index a woman's preconconception wellness and recommends that health care systems adopt these nine preconception wellness measures as a metric to monitor performance of preconception care practice.

TL;DR: Urinary incontinence adversely affects a woman's physical, psychological, and social well-being by limiting participation in social gatherings and work activities, interfering with sexual function, and reducing independence, and is underreported by women and therefore infrequently recognized by clinicians.

TL;DR: Screening for anxiety in women and adolescent girls aged 13 years or older who are not currently diagnosed with anxiety disorders, including pregnant and postpartum women is recommended.

TL;DR: The Well-Woman Chart summarizes current recommendations for preventive health services for women from adolescence and continuing across the lifespan that are covered with no cost-sharing for public and most private insurance plans under the prevention service mandate of the Affordable Care Act.

TL;DR: The WPSI recommends counseling midlife women aged 40 to 60 years with normal or overweight BMI to maintain weight or limit weight gain to prevent obesity with the long-term goals of optimizing health, function, and well-being.