Nutritional knowledge and practices of low-income women during pregnancy: a qualitative study in two Oaxacan cities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adequate dietary intake is critical for healthy pregnancies. Recent changes in social services in Mexico, coupled with high levels of food insecurity, call into question whether expecting women of the lowest socioeconomic status are able to meet their dietary and nutritional needs in this changing context. The aim of this study was to explore the nutritional practices, education and received and employed among women during their pregnancy.

Methods

Guided by Ecological Systems Theory and an Intersectionality Framework, this qualitative study was carried out in Oaxaca City and Puerto Escondido, in Oaxaca, a Mexican state with high levels of food insecurity. Women who had at least one child in the past five years and had lived in Oaxaca for the past five years were e

SUBMITTER: Marian M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11806553 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature