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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