Differences in health literacy related to gestational weight gain and children's birth weight according to maternal nativity status in the Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS): a longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We examined literacy related to healthy gestational weight gain (GWG) in immigrant and native Japanese mothers and determined whether it is associated with children's birth weight.

Design

Longitudinal cohort study.

Setting

As the baseline survey in the Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS), mothers completed self-administered questionnaires distributed by hand during pregnancy. The self-administered questionnaires used in this study were distributed by mail 6 months after delivery. Children's birth weight, actual GWG and any complications during delivery were recorded by obstetricians collaborating with JECS.

Participants

Of 97 452 mothers who consented to participate in the JECS during pregnancy between January 2011 and March 2014, 67 953 we

SUBMITTER: Kigawa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10773339 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature