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Abstract Objective: To explore the knowledge and service utilization of preconception care among migrant women in order to provide technological supports to build a right and effective intervention model. Methods: A total of 779 women (378 migrant, 401 resident as control) who experienced preconception health examination were recruited from March to August, 2013. A questionnaire survey were conducted. Results: The average age of the respondents was 2519±3.34 years old. There was no significant difference in age, educational level or occupation between the migrant group and the control group (P all>0.05). The respondents knew little about preconception eugenic measures and services. Compared with the migrant group, women in the control group knew more about free access to these services and the importance of screening Mediterranean anemia through preconception eugenic check (P all<0.05). The migrant group got lower score for knowledge of birth defects than the control group. Conclusion: The scientific propaganda about knowledge and preconception care in the primary prevention of birth defect should be promoted in the inflow region of migrant population in order to improve the effect of primary intervention for birth defects among the target population.
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