Healthy conversation skills as an intervention to support healthy gestational weight gain: Experience and perceptions from intervention deliverers and participants.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In a pilot RCT we assessed training a dietitian in "Healthy Conversation Skills" (HCS) to support behavior change. This study describes the acceptability of the intervention from the participant and practitioner perspective.

Methods

Seventy pregnant women participated (intervention = 33; control = 37). The evaluation included: i)audio-recording sessions to assess use of HCS from the intervention dietitian; ii)semi-structured interview with the intervention dietitian to assess experiences of using HCS; iii)Quality of Prenatal Care Questionnaire and focus groups to assess participants' views of study experience.

Results

Intervention sessions involved conversations where the dietitian used HCS. The dietitian reflected on the simplicity of learning HCS in traini

SUBMITTER: Jarman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7617156 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature