Preconception Medical Assessment (PreMA)
Thinking about having a baby?
Your health and well-being are important. Let’s make sure you are strong and ready, so when you do decide to get pregnant, you’ll feel your best.
About PreMA
PreMA is a simple, eight-question quiz designed to reduce preventable maternal deaths by identifying the need for potential medical care, even before a pregnancy begins. With a focus on proactive prevention by increasing awareness and education, PreMA paves the way for safer pregnancies and healthier outcomes for mothers, pregnant people, and their babies.
Issue Brief
The Preconception Medical Assessment (PreMA) is poised to redefine preconception health across California, making preventive care a standard part of maternal healthcare. This simple yet transformative tool increases awareness and promotes participation to saves lives and create opportunities for healthier outcomes.
Take PreMA Now
PreMA is an easy-to-use quiz designed by the Office of the California Surgeon General to help people understand how their current health status and history affects a future pregnancy. It is a conversation starter that can be taken anytime anywhere and encourages early actions to prepare for a healthy pregnancy and baby. Help make PreMA available in your community–print it out or link directly to it!
PreMA (Preconception Medical Assessment) Quiz
The Office of the California Surgeon General invites all Californians to take one small step that can save lives. Add the free, evidence-based Preconception Medical Assessment (PreMA) Widget to your digital platform to empower individuals to understand and improve their health before pregnancy.
By joining this bold, statewide effort, you’ll help advance California’s goal to reduce maternal deaths by half by December 2026.
Together, we can make preconception health the new standard of care—one click at a time.
Partner with Us
What your partnership means
PreMA must be widely integrated into everyday locations such as laundromats, places of worship, and beauty salons, for example. We are putting a call out for a united effort to raise awareness, encourage participation, and foster partnerships with trusted community organizations and leaders that extend PreMA’s reach and impact.
FEEDBACK
The Office of the California Surgeon General welcomes your partnership and feedback. Please direct any questions, comments, and/or recommendations to StrongStartAndBeyond@osg.ca.gov.