Paper Title
Interventions to Improve Preconception Nutritional Status on Pregnancy Outcomes in West Sulawesi

Abstract
Backgrounds: Conceptional care is a concept that has been proposed to address maternal health problems and environmental risk factors during pregnancy so as to improve the quality of pregnancy. The purpose of this literature review is to describe the relevant evidence of preconception care on pregnancy and the outcome of conception. Methods: This narrative review uses several sources from the Elsevier database. Key terms such as preconception, iron status, pregnancy and fetus were used in this review. Of the 50 studies identified, 20 were eligible for inclusion in this review. Results: Preconception care is getting increasing attention as an effective way to prevent complications, pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum and fetal abnormalities by estimating nutritional status in the preconception period. Preconception care focuses on improving a woman's health before pregnancy as a means to improve her health and future pregnancy outcomes. Low preconception iron status will have an impact on preconception gynecological morbidity which will cause complications in pregnancy and cause low birth weight. Conclusion: Preconception care given regularly will affect the quality of pregnancy and the baby born. Preconception care provides an opportunity for women and their partners to overcome health risks from an early age so that the baby born is in normal condition. Considering that a healthy baby is very late if it is prepared during pregnancy but must be prepared from the preconception period, that is why preconception is so important Keywords - Preconception, Iron Status, Pregnancy, Fetus.