The need for preconception care: Australian women’s health beliefs, expectations, and trust in healthcare
Women's perception of the need for preconception care is shaped by intersecting issues of trust, individualised responsibility, and privacy. In the absence of relationship-based care with a trusted primary care provider, women seek lived experience and formal expertise online. Individual responsibility for preconception health is disempowering to women. Relationship-based models of primary maternity care, including midwifery models of care, and parasocial connections with experts may better meet women's health needs in the preconception period.
Authors
- Cynthia A. Irvine
- Sherrie Liu
- Susan de Jersey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6321-8558)
- Bec Jenkinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6723-8898)
- Lisa Buckley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1542-938X)
- Jenny Doust (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4024-9308)
- Somaye Nabi
- Seema Mihrshahi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6567-9884)
- Kathleen Baird (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0142-6962)
- Gita D. Mishra
- Matilda Riek
Institutions
- University of Technology Sydney (AU)
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (AU)
- Advisory Board Company (United States) (US)
- Macquarie University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
- Published
- 2025-03-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2025.101092
- Primary Topic
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00