Women's Media Use and Preferences of Media-Based Interventions on Lifestyle-Related Risk Factors in Gynecological and Obstetric Care: A Cross-Sectional Multi-Center Study in Germany.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to investigate factors affecting (1) women's media use regarding health-related behaviors during pregnancy and lactation, (2) women's preferences for media format, and (3) the content of media-based interventions on lifestyle-related risk factors during pregnancy and lactation. A cross-sectional observational multi-center study of pregnant and lactating women and women of childbearing age was carried out in 14 randomly selected obstetric and gynecologic care settings in the 12 most populated cities in Baden-Wuerttemberg, South-West Germany. Data from 219 surveyed women showed that older women, pregnant women, and lactating women have a higher probability of using media during pregnancy and lactation, respectively. The majority of women preferred a combination of analog and

SUBMITTER: Bombana M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8466324 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature