Interventions to change maternity healthcare professionals' behaviours to promote weight-related support for obese pregnant women: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There has been a rapid increase in the publication of guidelines for managing obesity and weight gain during pregnancy over the past five years. Healthcare professionals have identified multiple barriers to this area of practice, including the need to improve their communication skills, beliefs that pregnant women will have negative reactions to weight-related discussions, and a lack of weight management knowledge. This systematic review aimed to identify: the effectiveness of interventions in changing healthcare professionals' practice relating to maternal obesity or weight management during pregnancy; and which behaviour change techniques and modes of intervention delivery have been used in interventions to date.

Findings

The search strategy included searching e

SUBMITTER: Heslehurst N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4244067 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature