Barriers to good nutrient intakes during pregnancy: a qualitative analysis.

Objective: To identify barriers to initiating and maintaining dietary change for pregnancy.Design: A descriptive qualitative study using focus groups.Subjects: Ninety women of child-bearing age who were planning a pregnancy or currently pregnant.Setting: Women were recruited from antenatal classes,...

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Publicado en:Nutrition & Dietetics Vol. 59; no. 3; pp. 175 - 181
Autor principal: Begley A
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Sep2002
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          Food Intake In Pregnancy
          Nutrients In Pregnancy
          Qualitative Studies
          Female
          Pregnancy
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          Western Australia
          Data Analysis Software
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          Pregnancy Outcomes
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          Physicians, Family
          Nutrition Education In Pregnancy
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          Listeria Infections Prevention and Control
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      ab: Objective: To identify barriers to initiating and maintaining dietary change for pregnancy.Design: A descriptive qualitative study using focus groups.Subjects: Ninety women of child-bearing age who were planning a pregnancy or currently pregnant.Setting: Women were recruited from antenatal classes, infant health clinics, community groups and articles in community newspapers in two health service regions in Perth, Western Australia between August 1999 and April 2000.Main outcomes measures: Barriers identified by participants to good nutrition for pregnancy.Analysis: Transcripts were analysed for common themes using the QSR.NUD*IST program.Results: The five barriers identified were: nutrition which was just one of a range of health issues women were dealing with when pregnant; a lack of knowledge and advice received on what are good nutrient intakes for pregnancy; the promotion of listeria awareness was seen as giving food a negative connotation; general practitioners (GPs) were identified as lacking nutrition knowledge and having limited time to discuss nutrition; and printed educational materials did not contain sufficient detail.Conclusions: There is a lack of consistent educational and promotional efforts for general nutrition in pregnancy, particularly from GPs. There is a need to design and implement effective and consistent strategies to improve nutrient intakes during pregnancy to meet public health nutrition objectives in Australia. The use of focus groups provides important insights into the nutrition-related beliefs and attitudes of pregnant women for the design of such efforts.
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