Concerns, attitudes, beliefs and information seeking practices with respect to nutrition-related issues: a qualitative study in French pregnant women

Bianchi, C.; Huneau, Jean François; Goff, Gaëlle Le; Verger, Eric O.; Mariotti, François; Gurviez, Patricia

doi:10.1186/s12884-016-1078-6

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“…Pregnant women in this study modified their food choices, by eating less fruits and vegetables and more convenience items, due to physiological changes, pregnancy-related symptoms, or the behavior of their partners, which is consistent with previous studies (Bianchi et al, 2016;Goodrich et al, 2013;Graham et al, 2013;Hromi-Fiedler et al, 2016;Lucas et al, 2016;Reyes et al, 2013). The results showed that mothers who lived with a spouse were affected by their spouses' healthy and unhealthy behaviors and vice versa.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…High social support from a partner is one factor that could enhance prenatal intake of produce (fruits and vegetables) if these foods are eaten together, or the knowledge of how to cook these foods is exchanged (Goodrich et al, 2013;Hromi-Fiedler et al, 2016). Indeed, women have been reported to be more receptive to cooking knowledge when it comes from a family member (Bianchi et al, 2016). This is because human behavior is influenced by one's partner; for example, pregnant women feel self-conscious about unhealthy eating habits when their partners witness these habits (Graham et al, 2013).…”

Section: Review Of Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Pregnancy is a unique life-cycle phase in which healthy food choices are of the utmost importance, as the mother's diet quality has repercussions for both her and her infant's health (House & Coveney, 2013;Hromi-Fiedler et al, 2016;Lucas, Charlton, & Yeatman, 2014;Reyes, Klotz, & Herring, 2013). Women generally want to make healthier choices than they did before this major life event, and they tend to make some changes to their usual habits (Bianchi et al, 2016). Despite many women understanding the recommendations and intention to improve their diet, pregnant women could face some barriers to providing a healthy environment for their developing baby, such as restrictions on usual activities (Hromi-Fiedler et al, 2016).…”

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Perceptions of a Father's Role during a Couple's First Pregnancy

Greenhill

Vollmer

2019

Family & Consum Sci Res J

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The objective of this study was to explore the first‐time pregnant couples’ perception of the father's role in relation to a pregnant woman's food and activity behavior during pregnancy. Eleven first‐time pregnant, cohabitating couples across the United States completed a one‐on‐one semi‐structured phone interview for the study. Couples shared similar expectations of a father's role during pregnancy. Fathers were also important in setting and achieving health behavior goals of the pregnant mother. Family and Consumer Sciences professionals might consider including fathers in programs for expecting mothers. Maintaining functional social support from an equally as motivated partner might improve health during pregnancy and after pregnancy as well.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Perceptions of a Father's Role during a Couple's First Pregnancy

Greenhill

Vollmer

2019

Family & Consum Sci Res J

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“…Our results support and extend the results from the USA [26] in which researchers conducted interviews with 24 overweight and obese women and found that discussions about GWG with HCPs did not occur but that women would like to have these discussions. Focus groups with pregnant women in France also noted that women look to their HCP for direction about health, eating and appropriate weight gain [27]. …”

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Women’s perceptions of discussions about gestational weight gain with health care providers during pregnancy and postpartum: a qualitative study

Nikolopoulos

Mayan

MacIsaac

et al. 2017

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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BackgroundMaternal body weight is an indicator of the health of a mother and her developing fetus. Risks of poor maternal and fetal health issues increase when women gain too little or too much weight during pregnancy. A study of 600 women from Alberta, Canada, reported approximately 30, 46, 80, and 80% of underweight, healthy weight, overweight, and obese women, respectively, gained in excess of Health Canada gestational weight gain guidelines. Behavioural interventions during pregnancy have shown to be effective at supporting women achieve gestational weight gain (GWG) recommendations and return to their pre-pregnancy weight postpartum, yet few women are counseled about weight gain during pregnancy. A discrepancy exists between health care providers’ (HCP) reported counseling behaviours and women’s perceptions of counseling by HCPs; most HCPs report counseling women about GWG; conversely, most women report not receiving counseling about GWG. This study explored women’s experiences with GWG and their perceptions of discussions about GWG with HCPs during pregnancy and postpartum. This will help to identify gaps in service delivery and highlight areas for improvement that may better support women to achieve GWG recommendations leading to better health outcomes for women and children.MethodsFive focus groups (n = 26) were conducted with women up to 1 year postpartum across the five Alberta health zones. Focus groups were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using qualitative content analysis.ResultsGWG is important to women, for their health and for the health of their baby. In-depth conversations with HCPs about GWG or weight loss do not occur; however, women want the opportunity to discuss weight gain/loss with HCPs. Women would like discussions about gestational weight gain/loss to become part of standard care and offered to all women.ConclusionsWomen suggested that discussions about GWG should occur with all women, and that HCPs should initiate these discussions by asking women how they feel about discussing weight. Conversations should begin early on in pregnancy and continue through to the postpartum period. Interventions assessing discussions about GWG should be implemented and evaluated as this has been identified as a gap in prenatal service delivery.

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“…However, the population sizes were generally small (n = 17-60) [8,12,13,18,20,23], and information sources were rarely the main outcome [8,12,16,[19][20][21][22][23]. Three studies had moderate methodological quality and sufficient population sizes (n = 350-368) [7,9,24].…”

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confidence: 99%