. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 15.

Published in final edited form as: J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2018 Apr 9;27(6):739–743. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2018.7034

Table 2.

Comparison of Criteria Used to Identify 45 Core Preconception Health Indicators and Condensed Set of 10 Preconception Health Indicators

Criteria used to select 45 indicators	Criteria used to select 10 indicators
General public health importance	Prevalence
	Related to professional recommendations (e.g., U.S. Preventive Task Force, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Academy of Family Physicians, Institute of Medicine, and CDC Community Guide)
State-specific policy/program importance	Related to HP 2020 objective
	Related to CDC Winnable Battle
Data availability	N/A—addressed through developed exclusion criteria
Simplicity/complexity of calculating	Simplicity in calculating
Data quality	Data completeness
N/A—not included in original evaluation	Usefulness

CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.