Introduction:

the embryo-fetal effects derived of the exposition to diabetes mellitus during the prenatal period of the life, extend to the postnatal stage, with important repercussions for health, including the disease’s transgenerational effect.

Objective:

to assess the effectiveness of an educational intervention for increasing knowledge on pre-conceptional prevention of embryo-fetal effects of diabetes mellitus in fertile-aged women belonging to Family Doctor’s office 1, of the University Policlinic Carlos Verdugo, municipality of Matanzas, from January 2018 to December 2019.

Materials and methods:

an interventional study was carried out, divided into three stages. The universe were 198 fertile-aged women belonging to Family Doctor’s office 1, of the University Policlinic Carlos Verdugo, during the stated period. A survey was used to measure diabetes mellitus risk factors and women’s knowledge on pre-conceptional preventing the disease’s embryo-fetal effects.

Results:

age over 30 and being overweight or obese were the most frequently found risk factors. The knowledge level on pre-conceptional preventing diabetes mellitus embryo-fetal effects was poor before the intervention.

Conclusions:

after implementing the educational program, knowledge on pre-conceptional prevention of diabetes mellitus embryo-fetal effects increased among fertile-aged women of the Family Doctor’s 1, of the policlinic Carlos Verdugo, of the municipality of Matanzas, demonstrating its effectiveness.

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