Gestational weight gain counselling practices among different antenatal health care providers: a qualitative grounded theory study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Inappropriate gestational weight gain in pregnancy may negatively impact health outcomes for mothers and babies. While optimal gestational weight gain is often not acheived, effective counselling by antenatal health care providers is recommended. It is not known if gestational weight gain counselling practices differ by type of antenatal health care provider, namely, family physicians, midwives and obstetricians, and what barriers impede the delivery of such counselling. The objective of this study was to understand the counselling of family physicians, midwives and obstetricians in Ontario and what factors act as barriers and enablers to the provision of counselling about GWG. METHODS:Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven family physicians, six midwives and five

SUBMITTER: Murray-Davis B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7017610 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature