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The Dutch national summit on preconception care: a summary of definitions, evidence and recommendations

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  1. Preconception care may be a good opportunity to reduce perinatal mortality and morbidity

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Acknowledgments

The Erasmus MC group is grateful to the following participants (in alphabetical order): I. Aalhuizen, Royal Dutch Organization of Midwives (KNOV), Utrecht; A. Annegarn, Regional Organisational Support for Primary health care (ROS), Amsterdam; R. Bakker, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam; M. Beentjes, Royal Dutch Organization of Midwives (KNOV), Utrecht; M. Breden, Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (Zon MW), The Hague; G.J. Bonsel, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam; T. Brand, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; M.C. Cornel, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam (chair); M.R. Crone, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden; J. Derksen, the Health Care Insurance Board, Diemen; S.B. Detmar, Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Child Health, Leiden; J. Dijs-Elsinga, Perinatal Registry Netherlands (PRN), Utrecht; K. Dolsma, Dutch National Genetic Resource and Information Center (Erfocentrum), Woerden; C. Hoving, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht; A.A.J. van Iersel, Ministry of Health Welfare and Sport, The Hague; S. Jans, Royal Dutch Organization of Midwives (KNOV), Utrecht; A.H.J. Jaspar, National Association of General Practitioners (NHG), Utrecht; L.P. ten Kate, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Foundation of Preconception Care, Soest; C. Kirpestein, IRIS, Tiel; A. Kruger-Adriaenssen, Agis, Amersfoort; P. Lakeman, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; R. Lamara, Dutch National Genetic Resource and Information Center (Erfocentrum), Woerden; A. Meeuwese, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven; C. Oosterwijk, Dutch Genetic Alliance of Parent and Patient organizations (VSOP), Soest; K. van der Pal- de Bruin, Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Child Health, Leiden; M. Prins, Ministry of Health Welfare and Sport, The Hague; S Rombout- de Weerd, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht (chair); M. Rooseboom, Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (Zon MW), The Hague; V.W.T. Ruiz- van Haperen, Health Council of the Netherlands (Gezondheidsraad), The Hague; K. Scheele, CZ, Tilburg; D.J. de Smit, MediClara Projects BV, Abcoude; R.P.M. Steegers-Theunissen, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam; S. Veen, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden; P. Verloove- van Hoorick, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden; M. Vesters, Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (Zon MW), The Hague; E.A.P. van Vliet-Lachotzki, Dutch National Genetic Resource and Information Center (Erfocentrum), Woerden; A.J.J. Voorham, Municipality of Rotterdam (GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond), University of Applied Sciences of Rotterdam, Rotterdam; A.J. Waarlo, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht; G. de Wert, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht; S. Westerik, Regional Organisational Support for Primary health care (ROS), Friesland; B. Wijsen, Commission for Perinatal Health (CPZ), Utrecht; the Netherlands.

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Sevilay Temel, Sabine van Voorst, Lieke de Jong- Potjer, Adja Waelput, Martina Cornel, Sabina Rombout- de Weerd, Semiha Denktaş, Eric Steegers declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Centre, SK 4130, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Sevilay Temel, Sabine F. van Voorst, Lieke C. de Jong-Potjer, Adja J. M. Waelput, Semiha Denktaş & Eric A. P. Steegers

  2. Department of Clinical Genetics, Section of Community Genetics, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Martina C. Cornel

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, P.O. Box 444, 3300 AK, Dordrecht, The Netherlands

    Sabina Rombout de Weerd

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Temel, S., van Voorst, S.F., de Jong-Potjer, L.C. et al. The Dutch national summit on preconception care: a summary of definitions, evidence and recommendations. J Community Genet 6, 107–115 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12687-014-0204-2

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