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Provision of Pre-pregnancy Care for Women with Pre-existing Diabetes in Lagos, Nigeria: An Exploratory Qualitative Study
World Journal of Nursing Research
| Vol 5, Issue 1
Table 4. Summary of the emerged themes and subthemes
| Themes | Subthemes |
| Clinical importance of PPC for women with diabetes | Safe motherhood |
| Glucose optimization | |
| Enhance folic acid intake. | |
| Pregnancy-intention Screening for diabetic women | Screening for pregnancy |
| PPC as a standard care practice for women with diabetes | Universal protocol of service |
| Raising Awareness of PPC | Public enlightenment |
| Use social media space for awareness | |
| Additional health facilities | |
| The Enablers of Pre-pregnancy Care | Funding to sustain the PPC provision |
| Training of health workers | |
| More employment of specialists |