Evaluating the effectiveness of an educative workshop for pregnant women using pre and post intervention surveys

Abstract

This paper will report the findings of an education intervention performed by a workshop aimed to provide pregnant women with knowledge about pregnancy, delivery, breastfeeding and newborn care. A cross-sectional study, using a pre and post-intervention research design, was performed with 105 pregnant women from an obstetric service for a two-year period. Time points (pre and post) were compared using either Student t test and ANOVA. Significance was set at p ≤ 0.05. After the intervention all items increased their level from the three stations: antenatal care (20.4%), labor and delivery (36.8%) and postnatal and breastfeeding (32.1%). The total score of the surveys also increased 31.7% when comparing the pre and post applications (p < 0.001). It was evidenced the importance of strategies to improve knowledge about pregnancy and its surroundings to pregnant women. The workshop proposal presented increases in its knowledge and can most likely bring better results in short and long-term outcomes.

Effect of educational video on newborn care for the knowledge of pregnant and postpartum women and their families

“…The care of the baby must be prepared throughout the gestational period and extend until after the birth of the child, when other doubts and difficulties may arise about the care to be given to the newborn. However, during the months in which the woman performs prenatal care, for the limited time of consultations, it is a challenge for health professionals to provide and discuss the necessary information with the pregnant woman and family (12) .…”

Breastfeeding interventions and programmes conducted in Portuguese‐speaking sovereign states: A scoping review

“…Different types of interventions to improve exclusive breastfeeding and other breastfeeding practices were assessed, including individual educational activities after child's birth, 25,[34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42] and education activities and discussions with groups of mothers. 33,[43][44][45][46][47] Training health professionals to follow specific guidelines involving breastfeeding was used in seven studies. 26,[29][30][31][32]48,49 Moreover, three studies included training health professionals on breastfeeding, 28,50,51 and two studies provided home visits to provide counselling on breastfeeding involving health professionals 27 and members of the community.…”

“…Maternal self-efficacy in breastfeeding was assessed in three studies [41][42][43] and five studies examined changes in breastfeeding knowledge after the intervention. 46,47,51,53,54 TA B L E 1 Electronic databases used with relevant search period and terms. Up to and including July 30th 2023 "breastfeeding"; "lactation"; "education"; "promotion"; "intervention"; "Program" AND "Angola"; "Brazil" OR "Brasil"; "Cape Verde"…”

“…47 Moreover, workshops using pre-prepared audio-visual material and discussions about breastfeeding, and participation in meetings about healthy feeding increased pregnant women and maternal knowledge. 46,53…”

Educational workshops about bonding with the fetus during pregnancy: a clinical trial

“…In this context, educational workshops based on Popular Health Education (7) can represent a strategy to build knowledge and practices with first-time parents during pregnancy, based on such principles as dialog, love, raising questions, a shared building of knowledge, and the emancipation of individuals.…”