BACKGROUND Optimal parental preconception health benefits reproductive outcomes. However, preconception health promotion is not routinely offered in primary health care settings to people of reproductive age. The aim was to gauge the planned preconception health behaviours and attitudes towards being asked about pregnancy intention by a general practitioner (GP) among people of reproductive age in Australia. METHOD The research was conducted on a single wave of Australia's first and only probability-based online panel, Life in Australia™. Members of the Life in Australia™ panel are Australian residents aged 18 years or over. All active members between the ages of 18 and 45 years were eligible to participate. Eligible panel members were invited to complete a survey about fertility and childbearing. Data were collected from 18 February to 4 March 2019. RESULTS In all 965 female and male members of Life in Australia™ aged between 18 and 45 years were invited to complete the survey. Of these, 716 (74.2%) agreed. Most respondents indicated that if they were planning to have a child they would try to optimise their preconception health by adopting a healthier diet (80%), seeing a GP for a health check-up (78%), reducing alcohol consumption (78% of those consuming alcohol), getting fitter (73%), and stopping smoking (70% of smokers). Three in four (74%) stated that they would not mind if their GP asked them about their pregnancy intentions. CONCLUSION Findings suggests that routinely asking people of reproductive age about their pregnancy intentions and advising those who are planning pregnancy about what they can do to ensure optimal preconception health would be acceptable to most people and may improve reproductive outcomes.

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一般实践中对怀孕意愿进行筛查的可接受性：对育龄人群的人口调查。

背景技术最佳的父母孕前健康有益于生殖结果。但是，在初级卫生保健机构中通常不向育龄人群提供孕前保健促进服务。目的是评估计划生育前的健康行为和对全科医生（GP）在澳大利亚育龄人群中询问怀孕意向的态度。方法该研究是在澳大利亚首个也是唯一一个基于概率的在线小组“ Life in Australia™”中进行的。澳大利亚生活™小组的成员是18岁以上的澳大利亚居民。所有年龄在18至45岁之间的活跃成员都有资格参加。邀请了合格的小组成员完成有关生育和生育的调查。数据收集于2019年2月18日至3月4日。结果邀请了年龄在18至45岁之间的965名澳大利亚生活男性和女性成员完成调查。其中716人（占74.2％）同意。大多数受访者表示，如果他们打算生孩子，他们将尝试通过采用更健康的饮食（80％），去看医生进行健康检查（78％），减少饮酒（78％）来优化孕前健康。饮酒的人中），变得更健康（73％）和停止吸烟（70％的吸烟者）。四分之三（74％）的人表示，他们不介意家庭医生问他们怀孕的意图。